Name:MIYAKO OKUDA
Department/Title:
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Welfare, University of Shizuoka JuniorCollege (Shizuoka, Japan)
Educational background:
March 1986: Graduated from the Department of Home Life Administration, Faculty ofHome Economics, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
March 1988: Completed master’s program at the Graduate School of Home Economics,
Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
Academic degree:
1988: Master’s degree in home economics, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
Areas of Specialization:
Family relations, family life history, principles of home economics, family resourcesmanagement
Subjects Taught:• Family support• Family welfare• Life Support Skills I• Caring Recreation I• Guidance on Caring Practice I and II• Caring practice• Social welfare practice• Graduate work comprehensive practiceResearch themes:• History of the formation of the modern Japanese family and life
• Research on the roles of home economics in the welfare domain• Research on the use of life history in developing human resources for the welfare ofthe elderly

Academic society membership:• The Japan Society of Home Economics• Japan Society of Family Sociology• Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare• Japanese Association of Research on Care and Welfare• The Society for Comparative Family History• Japan Academy of Consumer Education• The Japan Association of Home Economics Education
Professional background:
April 1991: Assistant, Faculty of Home Economics, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
April 1993: Part-Time Lecturer, Faculty of Home Economics, Kyoritsu Women’s
University
April 1996: Part-Time Lecturer, Toyo Eiwa University
April 2002: Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, University of Shizuoka
Junior College; Assistant Professor from April 2007
Social activities:
Shizuoka City Gender Equality Council member 2007-2013
Shizuoka Family Court Committee member 2007-2011
Research publications:
Journal articles:
Inuzuka, ,M. “The Concept of ‘Home’ in the Middle Meiji Era Based on Articles inJogaku Zasshi, 1885–1893.” Ochanomizu University Studies in Arts and Culture, 1989,vol. 42, 49–61.
Inuzuka, M. “Meiji chuki no ‘homu’ ron ni miru kateikan to kaseikan” [Views of family
and home economics from the concept of “home” in the middle Meiji Era]. Kazoku
kankei gaku, 1989, vol. 8, 15–20.
Okuda, M. “Genron kenkyu no kadai ni kotaeru tameno kokoromi: Senkanki nokaseigaku ni okeru seikatsu kaizen eno torikumi wo rei to shite” [Attempts to address
issues in research on principles: using approaches for improving living in home
economics during the interwar period as an example]. Kasei gaku genron bukai kaihou,
1998, vol. 32, 100–105.

Ozawa, C. and Okuda, M. “‘Taijin sa-bisu senmon’ to shite no kasei gaku no kadai totenbo [The issues and vision of home economics as a study “specialized forinterpersonal services”]. Kasei gaku genron kenkyu, 2003, vol. 37, 19–22.
Kambe, J., Okuda ,M., ,Kumamoto, H,.,Kurata, A.,Shimazaki, T.,Nakagawa, H.,“The Subjects of Home Economics for the Care Workers Training.” Journal of Home
Economics of Japan, 2003, vol. 54, no. 6, 501–10.
Okuda, M.,,Ishikawa. S.,Kumamoto,H. ,Kurata, A.,Shimazaki, T.,Nakagawa, H.,“Current Situations and Issues in Home Economics Education at Training Schools forCare Workers.” Research Journal of Care and Welfare, 2003, vol. 10, no. 1, 19–32.
Okuda, M. “Zaitaku fukushi bunya ni okeru kasei gakusha no ri-da-shippu: fukushi
jinzai no yousei to enpawa-mento ni mukete [Leadership of home economists in thehome welfare domain: For development and empowerment of human resources inwelfare]. Kasei gaku genron kenkyu, 2004, vol. 38, 7–13.
,Nakagawa, H., Kambe, J., Okuda, M., Ohtsuka,J., Kurata, A.,Katsuragi, N., Tazaki, H.,Nara, T., Matsuda, K., Momota, H. “Living Support and Home Economics: HomeEconomics in the New Training Curriculum for Care Workers.” Research Journal ofCare and Welfare, 2003, vol. 16, no. 2, 189–208.
Book Chapters:Okuda, M. Zusetsu kazoku mondai no genzai [Illustrated current family problems].
Tokyo: NHK Publishing, 1995, 90–97.
Okuda, M. Seikatsu no keiei: jibun ryu raifu sutairu no tame ni [Life management forconstructing a personalized lifestyle]. Tokyo: Dobun Shoin, 1996, 13–44, 109–24,185–86, 193–98.
Okuda, M. Nihon no keizai hatten to zairai sangyo [Economic development andconventional industry in Japan]. Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppansha, 1997, 11–68.
Okuda, M. Seikatsu bunka no sekai: jinsei no shiki ni yosete [World of life culture inrelation to the four seasons of life]. Tokyo: Sakai Syoten, 1997, 20–31, 89–100, 102–15,116–27.

Okuda, M. Sobo, haha tachi no musume jidai [Daughterhood of grandmothers andmothers]. Tokyo: Kress Shuppan, 1999, 39–50.
Okuda, M. 21 seiki no seikatsu keiei [Life management in the 21st century]. Tokyo:
Dobun Shoin, 2001, 519.
Okuda, M. Toshika to zairai sangyo [Urbanization and conventional industry]. Tokyo:
Nihon Keizai Hyouronsha, 2002, 277–308.
Okuda, M. Kaigo fukushi no tame no kaseigaku [Home economics for care welfare].
Tokyo: Kenpakusha, 2004, 2–7, 14–19.
Okuda, M . Kaigo fukushi no tame no kaseigaku jisshu [Home economics practice forcare welfare]. Tokyo: Kenpakusha, 2005, 6–13, 161–64.
Okuda, M. Wakate kenkyusha ga yomu “kaseigaku genron” 2006 [“Principles for homeeconomics” for young researchers, 2006]. Tokyo: Kasei Kyoikusha, 2006, 217–26.
Okuda, M. Hyakunen mae no katei seikatsu [Family life 100 years ago]. Tokyo: KressShuppan, 2006, 189–224.
Okuda, M. Fukushi no tame no kaseigaku [Home economics for welfare]. Tokyo:
Kenpakusha, 2010, 22–32, 36–39.
My policies on education and research:
In educational activities, I would always like to think, with students, about how I can act
to solve problems, as well as increase awareness of family issues and problems as basic
human relations. I would also like to undertake my research questions seriously, asking
myself whether my research contributes to increasing the welfare of society.