Vita

Takahiko Masuda, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Contact Information:
Department of Psychology University of Alberta P-355,
Biological Sciences Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2E9

Phone: 780-492-7861 
Fax: 780-492-1768
Email: tmasuda@ualberta.ca sites.psych.ualberta.ca/takamasuda

Education

Education

B.A.

1993

Psychology, Hokkaido University, Japan

M.A.

1996

Psychology, Kyoto University, Japan

M.A.

1998

Psychology (Culture & Cognition), University of Michigan, USA

PhD

2003

Psychology (Culture & Cognition), University of Michigan, USA

 

Employment

2003-2005

Center of Excellence, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hokkaido University, Japan

2005-2011

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

2011-2018

Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

2012

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA

2013

Visiting Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan

2015-Present

Affiliate Researcher, Hokkaido University – Center For Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Japan

2017-present

Summer Visiting Scholar, The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotshubashi University, Japan

2017-present

International Partner, Hokkaido University, Japan

2018-Present

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada.

2019, Jan 1st –

Visiting Professor, School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University Business School, Japan

Grants, Scholarships, Awards and Honors

1996-1997

Research Fellowships of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Scholarship (4,800,000 JPY)

1997-2002

Fulbright Scholarship (35,000 USD)

2001

Brickman Memorial Award, University of Michigan (1,000 USD)

2003-2005

Center for Excellence Research Grant, Hokkaido University (1,300,000 JPY)

2005-2007

Endowment Fund for Future, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund University of Alberta (9,602 CAD)

2007-2010

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant (109,068 CAD)

2009

Endowment Fund for Future, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund University of Alberta (4,179 CAD)

2010-2013

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant (109,520 CAD)

2010

Japanese Psychological Association Award for International Contributions to Psychology (Award for Distinguished Early and Middle Career Contributions, 50,000 JPY)

2010

Endowment Fund for Future, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund University of Alberta (2,780 CAD)

2011

Book of the Year Award, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology. “Masuda, T., & Yamaghishi, T. (2010) Bunkashinrigaku [Cultural Psychology].” (100,000 JPY)

2012

Research Grant, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University (100,000 JPY)

2013

Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1,588,000 JPY)

2015

Endowment Fund for Future, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund University of Alberta (3,262 CAD)

2016

Killam Research Fund, Cornerstone Grant Program (6,882 CAD)

2016

Grant Assist Program Bridge Funding, University of Alberta (5,000 CAD)

2016

Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Interdepartmental Science Students’
Society.

2017-2022

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant (169,236 CAD)

2017

Tolman Award: Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

Administrative Experience

2007-2008

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

2008-Present

The Psychology Subject Pool Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

2011-Present

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

Present

Committee Member, Research Ethics Board 2, University of Alberta

2017-Present

Member of the Research Committee, Prince Takamado Japanese Center, University of Alberta, Canada

Community Service

2017-Present

President, Metro Edmonton Japanese Community School

Organizational Experience

2012-Present

The Organizing Committee, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology Preconference.

2012-Present

The Collaborative Organizer Committee, International Congress of Psychology (ICP), 2016 Yokohama

2013

The Scientific Organizing Committee, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), 2013 Los Angeles

2016

The Scientific Organizing Committee, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), 2016 Nagoya

Committee – Reviewer Experience

2007-2008

Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

2008

Reviewer, National Science Foundation, USA

2008-2009

Member, Adjudication Committee (#10 – Psychology) Standard Research Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

2010-2011

Member, Adjudication Committee (#10 – Psychology) Standard Research Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

2011

Reviewer, National Science Foundation, USA

2011

Reviewer, Switzerland National Foundation, Switzerland.

2012

Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Editorial Experience

 

Associate Editor

2017-Present

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Attitude and Social Cognition

2015-Present

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

2015-Present

Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology

 

 

 

Consulting Editor

2008-Present

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

2009-2015

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

2014-Present

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

2014-Present

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes

 

 

 

Ad hoc Journal Reviewer

 

Attention, Perception & Psychophysics

 

Child Development

 

Cognition

 

Cognitive Science

 

Emotion

 

European Journal of Social Psychology

 

Frontiers in Cultural Psychology

 

IEICE Tranactions

 

International Journal of Psychology

 

Japanese Psychological Research

 

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

 

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

 

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

 

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

 

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

 

Mind & Society-a journal of cognitive and epistemological studies on economics and social science

 

Neuro Image

 

Perspectives on Psychological Science

 

PLoSOne

 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America

 

Psychological Science

 

Royal Society Open Science

 

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Professional Affiliations

 

Asian Association of Social Psychology

 

American Psychological Society

 

Canadial Psychological Association

 

Cognitive Science Society

 

Japanese Group Dynamics Association

 

Japanese Psychological Association

 

Japanese Social Psychology Association

 

Society of Experimental Social Psychology

 

Society of Personality and Social Psychology

Invited Talks

 

Conferences/Workshops

Japan

Japanese Psychological Association

 

Japan Society of Developmental Psychology

 

JPA-Developmental Psychology Research Group “Doyoken”, Saitama University

 

Japan Society for Research on Emotions

 

Educational/Practical Research Forum, Hyogo Teachers University

Canada

Social & Personality Preconference, Canadian Psychological Association

 

 

 

University/Educational Organizations

Japan

Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

 

Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

 

Keio University-SFC, Kanagawa, Japan

 

Kobe Univerisity, Kobe, Japan

 

Jyochi (Sophia) University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Tamagawa University Kindergarten, Kagawaga, Japan

 

Tokyo Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

 

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

 

Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

 

Waki Junior High School, Iwakuni, Japan

Canada

University of British Columbia, Canada

USA

University of Michigan, USA

Singapore

Singapore Management University, Singapore