Professor
Laura MacGregor

While in the ISS, you will have many opportunities to think, learn, challenge, and be challenged. You will be exposed to different ideas, gain new abilities and learn new skills. I will help you develop them all and put them into action - in projects, in writing, in presentations, and in discussions with your classmates. Let's work together to take advantages of these opportunities to help you become a competent, confident, and capable internationalized person.

Courses

Academic Skills Ⅰ
Academic Skills Ⅱ
Presentation Ⅰ
Presentation Ⅱ
Economics in the World
Advertising and the Media
Theme-Based Discussions : The Economy
Advanced Academic Writing
Oral Fluency

Fields of Specialization

  • English Education
  • Film Studies
  • Cross-cultural Communication
  • Advertising Studies

Contact

  • E-mail :
  • Office :South 2－409

Profile

  • 2016
    Professor, the Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University
  • 2008
    Professor, Gakushuin University, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre
  • 2006
    Diploma in Japanese Language and Society, University of Sheffield
  • 2002
    Associate Professor, Gakushuin University, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre
  • 1999
    Instructor, Sophia University
  • 1997
    Associate professor, Seishu Junior College
  • 1993
    Instructor, Seishu Junior College
  • 1991
    Part-time instructor, various universities, Sapporo area (-1992)
  • 1989
    Assistant English teacher, JET Program Atsuma-cho Board of Education, Hokkaido(-1991)
  • 1989
    Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester New York, MA Music Theory
  • 1987
    University of Toronto, Hon. B.A. Music

Major PublicationsDetails

  • Contemporary Film Festivals in Japan: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 12 (2014) Gakushuin University.
  • Advertising Case Study: An Analysis of JR Tokai's "Ambitious Japan!" Campaign Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, 7 (1), (2007).
  • Contrasts in Japanese Society and Culture in Advertisements: 1960s and 1990s. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 6 (March, 2008) Gakushuin University.
  • Readability in English Entrance Examinations. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Centre Bulletin, 2 (March, 2004). Gakushuin University.
  • The Language of Shop Signs in Tokyo. English Today (January 2003).
  • English in Japanese TV Commercials. SIETAR Japan Journal (March 2003).