About Aya Okada
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Aya Okada is a native of Japan, raised and trained in both Japan and the United States. With interest in behaviors of individuals and organizations in the realm of civil society, she has received academic training in sociology and policy science. |
Education
| April 2013 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International and Public Affairs University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs |
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| April 2008 | Master of International Development University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs |
| March 2005 | M.A. in Social Sciences (Sociology) Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Social Sciences Institute for the Study of Global Issues |
| March 2003 | B.A. in Policy Management (International Development), Summa Cum Laude Keio University |
Professional Experience
| April 2024 - Present | Professor Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Science Sendai, Japan |
April 2019 - March 2024 | Associate Professor Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences Sendai, Japan |
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| April 2016 - March 2019 | Associate Professor Kanazawa University Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences Kanazawa, Japan |
| March 2016 | Associate Professor Kanazawa University Research Center for Higher Education Kanazawa, Japan |
| April 2013 - February 2016 | Assistant Professor Doshisha University Faculty of Policy Studies Kyoto, Japan |
| January 2015 - April 2016 | Subject Course Lecturer Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) Kyoto, Japan |
| August 2009 - March 2013 | Graduate Student Researcher University of Pittsburgh Center for Disaster Management Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
| September 2007 - February 2016 | Freelance Academic Translator in Social Science (English-Japanese/Japanese-English) Edisense Mumbai, India |
| May 2005 - July 2006 | Global/Development Education Program Assistant World Vision Japan Tokyo, Japan |
| April 2005 - March 2006 | Instructor of International Understanding Class for Undergraduates
Waseda Hoshien (Foundation) Tokyo, Japan |
Awards
| March 2022 |
Murasaki Sendai Hagi Award
Tohoku University Awardee Column (in Japanese) |
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| November 2018 |
The 16th Research Grant Yoshida Hideo Award (For Full-Time Researchers)
Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation Yoko Uryuhara (Doshisha University) and Aya Okada (Kanazawa University) |
| June 2018 | Best Paper Award for The 20th Annual Conference of Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA) |
| June 2018 | 2018 Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA) Special Recognition Award For Okada, A., Ishida, Y., Nakajima, T., and Kotagiri, Y. (2017). The State of Nonprofit Sector Research in Japan: A Literature Review. Voluntaristics Review, Vol. 2(3), pp.1-68. |
| April 2008 | Faculty Award (International Development) University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs |
| April 2008 | Taraknath Das Foundation Award for a Paper Relating to Asia |
| November 2007 | Emerging Scholar Award Association for Research on Nonprofits and Voluntary Actions (ARNOVA) |
Fellowships
| August 2012 - April 2013 | Japan Iron and Steel Federation/Mitsubishi Graduate Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center |
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| August 2011 - April 2012 | Dean’s High Merit Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs |
| August 2006 - April 2008 | Fulbright Graduate Studies Grant U.S. Department of State |
Other Academic and Professional Trainings
| July 2011 | Summer Institute of Civic Studies at Tufts University |
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| June 2011 | Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS) Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University |
| June 2010 | Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse University |