2021 - 2026 Creating the concept of "Early Childhood Education and Care as the cultural practices" based on the educators' multi-vocal in Japan,US, and China
2023 - 2025 二重ABCXモデルを用いた自閉スペクトラム症児の母親のストレス適応の解明
2023 - 2024 Mindfulness training to improve the wellbeing of childcare providers
2022 - 2023 Japanese Study Abroad Professional Research Survey
2020 - 2021 Expert advice for discipline in contemporary parenting magazines
2015 - 2016 Comparing stress of mothers who raise children with autism between Japan and USA: A mixed methods study
2006 - 2008 A content analysis of Japanese and U.S. maternal concerns expressed on online message boards and experts' advice
Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children with Autism
Noriko Porter, Katherine A. Loveland, Takahiro Yamane, Hannah Porter. What Is a “Good Mother of a Child with Autism”? a Comparison between the US and Japan. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting. 2024
Noriko Porter, Keiko Tanabe. The Mimamoru Approach in Contemporary Japanese Parenting Magazines: Strategies for Disciplining Young Children. Early Childhood Education Journal. 2023. 51. 7. 1241-1252
Why does the Japanese nursery teacher approach infants and toddlers using her/his own back?
(The 45th Annual Conference of the International Association of Early Childhood Education 2024)
Self-compassion in Japanese mothers: The relationship to mother and child characteristics
(The 45th Annual Conference of the International Association of Early Childhood Education 2024)
2002 - 2008 University of Missouri, Columbia Department of Human Development and Family Studies
1999 - 2002 University of Houston Department of Curriculum and Instruction (Early Childhood Education)
1984 - 1986 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Media
1980 - 1984 University of Toyama College of Education, Department of Early Childhood Education
Work history (20)：
2023/04 - 現在 Hokuriku Gakuin University
2022/09 - 現在 Hokuriku Gakuin University Department of Child Education Professor
2013/07 - 現在 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston / Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Clinical Instructor (Visiting Researcher)
2007/08 - 現在 Washington State University Department of Human Development Lecturer
2015/06 - 2021/03 Ritsumeikan University Institute of Human Science Visiting Researcher
2016/08 - 2017/05 Texas Tech University Department of Human Development and Family Studies Visiting Professor
2015/05 - 2016/06 Social Science Research Council Abe Fellow
2006/01 - 2007/05 University of Missouri Department of Human Development and Family Studies Instructor
2005/01 - 2005/12 University of Missouri Department of Human Development and Family Studies Teaching Assistant
2005/09 - 2005/11 Moberly Area Community College Department of Early Childhood Education Consultant
2004/09 - 2004/12 University of Missouri Department of Human Development and Family Studies Child Development Lab Preschool teacher
2004/01 - 2004/07 University of Missouri Center for Family Research and Policy Research Assistant
2002/04 - 2002/07 Neighborhood Center-Head Start, Area III in Houston, Texas. Consultant
1998 - 1998/07 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Department of Early Childhood Education Adjunct Instructor
1993/04 - 1998/03 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Department of Early Childhood Education Associate Professor
1992/04 - 1996/03 University of Toyama College of Education, Department of Early Childhood Education Adjunct Instructor
1991/04 - 1993/03 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Institute of Early Childhood Education Part-time consultant
1988/04 - 1993/03 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Department of Early Childhood Education Instructor
1987/04 - 1988/03 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Department of Early Childhood Education Assistant
1986/09 - 1987/03 Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College Lab School - Ogigaoka Preschool Preschool teacher
2021/04 - Society for Research in Child Development Strategic Plan Poster Award What do Japanese Experts say About how to Discipline Children?: Through the Analysis of Japanese Parenting Magazines
2014/11 - Social Science Research Council ・Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Abe Fellowship Comparing Stress of Mothers Who Raise Children With Autism Between Japan and USA: A Mixed Methods Study
2012/05 - Japan Society of Research on Early Childhood Care and Education Research Excellence Award Developing circumscribed interests of children with high-functioning autism through the Project Approach:
2005/04 - Gregory Scholarship
Association Membership(s) (9)：
日本質的心理学会
, 日本教育学会
, 国際幼児教育学会
, International Society for Autism Research
, National Association for the Education of Young Children
, 日本自閉症スペクトラム学会
, 日本小児保健協会
, 日本発達心理学会
, 日本保育学会
