Vita

Current Title

Professor

Department of Psychology
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

CV

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/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