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Grafstrom Ben

Grafstrom Ben
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Assistant Professor
Research field  (2): Cultural anthropology and folklore ,  Literature - Japanese
Research keywords  (10): English Language Education ,  Content and Language Integrated Learning ,  English Medium Instruction ,  Japanese Studies ,  Japanese Literature ,  haiku ,  Japanese culture ,  medieval literature ,  Time Studies ,  kowakamai
Papers (16):
  • Ben Grafström. The Use of Poetic Verse in the Kōwakamai Fushimi Tokiwa. 2022. 3. 1-6
  • Ben Grafström. Review: English for Pharmacists. The Language Teacher. 2020. 44. 3. 38-39
  • Ben Grafström. Review: Teaching English at Japanese Universities: a New Handbook. JALT Journal. 2020. 42. 1. 73-76
  • Ben Grafstrom. Teaching Methodology: Developing Rubrics to Evaluate Critical-Thinking Discussions. Akita English Studies. 2019. 60. 1-12
  • Ben Grafstrom. Content-based Language Learning and Building an Environment for Learning. Tohoku-Hokkaido Region Higher and Secondary Education Core Curriculum Symposium. 2018
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MISC (7):
  • Ben Grafstrom. Introduction. Serow: Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network. 2019. 2
  • Ben Grafstrom. The Sound of Rain Dripping. NHK Haiku Masters: Shizuoka Special. 2018
  • Ben Grafstrom. Alone, daydreaming. Wales Haiku Journal. 2018
  • Ben Grafstrom. Sad Contemplation. Bonsai: a journal of haiku and other small poems. 2018. 1. 18
  • Ben Grafstrom. Introduction. Serow: Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network. 2018. 1
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Lectures and oral presentations  (16):
  • Professional Development for English Language Educators
    (Hokkaido Board of Education ALT Skills Development Conference 2018)
  • Time Studies
    (Akita Communicative English Studies 2018)
  • Content-based Language Learning and Building an Environment for Learning
    (Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Secondary and Higher Education Core Curriculum Research Symposium 2018)
  • Fushimi Tokiwa: Teaching Selfhood in Premodern Japan
    (Anthropology of Japan in Japan Fall Meeting 2017)
  • Kōwakamai: Japan’s Lost Performance Art
    (Akita Communicative English Studies 2017)
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Education (3):
  • 2006 - 2009 University of Colorado at Boulder East Asian Languages and Civilizations Japanese Literature
  • 1997 - 2001 Susquehanna University School of Arts & Sciences English Literature
  • 1993 - 1997 Monsignor Bonner High School
Professional career (1):
  • MA (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Work history (5):
  • 2019/04 - 現在 Akita University Global Center for Higher Education Lecturer/ Assistant Professor
  • 2012/06 - 現在 Akita University Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs Assistant Professor
  • 2009/08 - 2012/06 Town of Rausu, Hokkaido Hokkaido Rausu Board of Education Assistant Language Teacher
  • 2006/09 - 2009/08 University of Colorado at Boulder Center for Asian Studies Research Assistant
  • 2004/09 - 2006/08 Monsignor Bonner High School English & Language Arts Teacher
Committee career (17):
  • 2019/04 - 現在 Akita University Global Center for Higher-Education Educational Affairs Committee
  • 2019/04 - 現在 Akita University Global Center for Higher Education International Relations Committee
  • 2014/04 - 現在 Secondary Education Outreach Program, English Education Working Group Committee Member
  • 2014/04 - 現在 Akita University Secondary Education Outreach Program Committee
  • 2013/10 - 現在 Akita Association of English Studies Steering Committee Member
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Awards (28):
  • 2020/11 - The Japan Association for Language Teaching Best of JALT 2015 Award
  • 2020 - Akita University Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs Certificate in Recognition of High Course-Evaluations by Students English for Academic Purposes II C2
  • 2020 - Akita University Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs Certificate in Recognition of High Course-Evaluations by Students English for Academic Purposes II D12
  • 2019 - Akita University Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs Certificate in Recognition of High Course-Evaluations by Students English for Academic Purposes I C3
  • 2019 - Akita University Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs Certificate in Recognition of High Course-Evaluations by Students English for Academic Purposes I D10
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Association Membership(s) (9):
Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET) ,  The Japanese Society for Time Studies ,  Akita International Haiku Network ,  Asian Studies Conference Japan ,  The Japan Association for Language Teaching ,  International Society for the Study of Time ,  Anthropology of Japan in Japan ,  Association of Teachers of Japanese ,  Akita Association for English Studies
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