This list is as of May 24, 2024
■Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences（⼈間総合科学学術院）
Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences（⼈間総合科学研究群）
Doctoral Program in Disability Sciences
List of Faculty Research Fields
Research fieldNameAffiliation

Research content
Special needs education○Kakizawa Toshibumi

Educational Psychology of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
Institute of
Human Sciences Eye Movement of Persons with Visual Impairment
Causes of Visual Impairments

Visual impairment
視覚障害学○Kobayashi Hideyuki○Miyauchi Hisae◯Obuchi Chie

Institute ofEducation for children with visual impairment
Human Sciences

Institute of
Human SciencesInstitute of
Human Sciences

Education for visually impaired, support system for children with lowincidence disabilities in local mainstream schools

Audiological study for people with deaf or hard of hearing, Assessment andmanagement for people with listening difficulties or auditory processing
disordersHearing impairment
聴覚障害学○Sato Atsuko

Institute of
Human Sciences

A psychological study of language development in deaf and hard-of-hearing
children
Educational support for deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Institute of○Kojima Michio

Human Sciences

A study on the self of intellectually disabled and developmentally disabledchildrenStudy on development support for children with Down syndrome*2 ○Noro Fumiyuki

Applied behavior analysis for children with intellectual and developmental
Institute of
Human Sciences disabilities

Institute ofIntellectual,Developmental andBehavioralDisorders
知的・発達・⾏動障害学○Yoneda Hiroki

Human Sciences

Education and Welfare for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental
disabilities
Curriculum for Students with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities
Inclusive Education System○Uono Shota

Institute of
Human Sciences

Cognitive psychology and neuroscience research on social cognitive
functions in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders○Okazaki ShinjiInstitute ofHuman Sciences

Physiological and psychological study on the attentional function of children
with intellectual disabilities and children with developmental disabilities○Sasaki Ginga

Institute ofDevelopmental Disabilities
Human Sciences

Support for Learning and Employment of Adolescents and Adults with
Use of Assistive Technology and ICT for People with Disabilities
Organizational Behavioral Management in Educational and Welfare Facilties◯TanjiTakayuki

Reading intervention, reading and writing development, assistivetechnology (ICT), self-regulated learning, applied behavior analysis,
developmental disabilities

Matsuda Soichiro

Early Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Institute of
Human Sciences Using Human-Human Technologies for Behavioral Change*1 ○Takeda Kazunori

Institute of
Human Sciences impairment

Physical disabilities/ HealthInstitute of
Human Sciences

Pediatrics, Disability medicine, Special education for children with health

Impairments

Studies on reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities in

運動・健康障害学

higher education

Assessment and treatment for speech fluency disorder (stuttering andSpeech / Language
Disorders○Miyamoto Shoko

Institute ofcluttering).
Human Sciences

A study of teaching and support methods for pediatric language

⾳声・⾔語障害学

developmental disorders and selective mutism

Iimura Daichi
Principles ofdisability sciences
障害原理論

Institute of
Human Sciences

Speech-language, physiological, and psychological research on mechanisms
and support for stuttering or other fluency disorders
History of education/welfare for people with disabilities○Oka Noriko

Institute ofInternational comparative study of disability issues disability and society
Human Sciences

Disability and society

Community life for people with disabilities
Nagawa Masaru

Advocacy for people with disabilities
Institute of
Human Sciences Supported decision-making
Supports for students with disabilities in higher education settings

Disability welfare
障害福祉学

Community life support for persons with intellectual disabilities◯Morichi Toru

Institute ofSupported decision making
Human Sciences

Self-advocacy○ indicates a research supervisor.
Notes:
1. *1 indicates the faculty member is scheduled to retire at the end of FY2026, and therefore cannot be appointed as a research supervisor.
2. *2 indicates the faculty member who cannot be appointed as a research supervisor for 2025 and 2026 entrance exam due to a position restriction.
3. There are also other co-research supervisors who are able to conduct research supervision so ask if needed.
4. Applicants must contact the faculty member of the desired research field before applying. For the contact information ofeach faculty member, refer to the website of the Program in Disability Sciences athttps://www2.human.tsukuba.ac.jp/ids/disability-mp/en/faculty.
5. Contact information for research field and content: Program in Disability Sciences at dsdc#@#human.tsukuba.ac.jp(Delete "#" before sending e-mail.)