Research keywords (5)：
self-supported students in the US
, passion for visiting to the US
, Meiji, Taisho
, slum
, poor people
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2020 - 2024 Geopolitics of Anglophone Literature in East Asia in the Early Cold War
2015 - 2019 A Study on the Condition of Self-supporting Japanese Students in the United States during Meiji and Taisho Period
2013 - 2015 The Study on Guide Books about Visiting America
Papers (6)：
Female Students in Boston: Japanese Names in College Register. Annually Issue Journal "Kindai Bungaku Shiryo Kenkyu". 2020. 3. 43-47
Masumi Kagaya. “A Self-supporting Japanese Student In the US- Findings from Rikko Sekai.”] Kindai Bungaku Shiryo Kenkyu. No.2. Kindai Bungaku Shiryo Kenkyu. 2018. 2
Masumi Kagaya. Discourse of Emigration-A Comparative Study of Gennosuke Yokoyama, Sen Katayama and Shusui Kotoku. Akita Prefectural University RECCS Bulletin. 2015. 16. 16. 61-69
Masumi Kagaya. Japanese Youth Venturing Overseas-Student Life at Rutgers University. Kindai Bungaku Shiryo Kenkyu. 2015. 1. 3-19
Masumi Kagaya. The Narratives of Poverty in Meiji Era-from a Historical Perspective. Tsukuba Studies in Literature. 2014. 32. 19-32
Cross-cultural Understanding and Performances - Border Crossers
Shumpu Sha 2016
Lectures and oral presentations (10)：
Japanese Studied in the USA-from the End of 19th Century to the Beginning of the 20th Century
(58th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2019)
Life Spaces of the Poor-The Representation of Poverty in Meiji Era
(Japan Comparative Literature Association 2017)
Poverty in Victorian Britain Depicted in the Diary of Iwakura Mission
(The English Society of Japan. 71th Tohoku Branch Congress 2016)
A Study on the Condition of Self-supporting Japanese Students in the United States During Meiji andTaisho Period
(3th Akita Prefectural University Research Forum 2016)
A Self-supporting Japanese Student In the US- Findings from "Rikko Sekai"
(Workshop “Across Borders of 1945- Geopolitics of English Literature Education in Asia.” 2016)
2003 - 2005 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Literature and Linguistics
Professional career (1)：
修士(文学) (筑波大学)
Work history (3)：
2016/04 - 現在 Akita Prefectural University Research and Education Center for Comprehensive Science Associate Professor
2018/08 - 2019/03 Boston University Center for the Study of Asia Visiting Researcher
2012/04 - 2016/03 Akita Prefectural University Research and Education Center for Comprehensive Science Assistant Professor
Committee career (7)：
2013/06 - 現在 日本比較文学会 日本比較文学会東北支部役員
2013/04 - 現在 Japan Comparative Literature Association. Tohoku Branch Executive Committee. Japan Comparative Literature Association. Tohoku Branch
2017/04 - 2018/03 Akita Tourism Culture Sports Department Chair, Selection Committee for Akita Literature Award
2017/04 - 2018/03 Akita High School Alumni Association Vice-chairman (Editor), Editorial Committee for The 150th Memorial Magazine of Akita High School
2016/04 - 2017/03 Akita Tourism Culture Sports Department Selection Committee for Akita Literature Award
2014/08 - 2017/03 Akita High School Alumni Association Associate Editor, Editorial Committee for The 150th Memorial Magazine of Akita High School
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Association Membership(s) (5)：
The Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
, THE ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
, ASSOCIATION FOR JAPANESE SOCIAL LITERATURE
, JAPAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
