Living on the Edge 2025
from
Saturday, 4 October 2025 (09:00)
to
Sunday, 5 October 2025 (20:30)
Monday, 29 September 2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Friday, 3 October 2025
Saturday, 4 October 2025
09:15
Saturday registration
-
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
JENNIE ROLOFF ROTHMAN
(
Kanda University of International Studies, JALT SIG Representative Liaison
)
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
Saturday registration
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
JENNIE ROLOFF ROTHMAN
(
Kanda University of International Studies, JALT SIG Representative Liaison
)
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
09:15 - 10:15
10:15
Opening (E)
-
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
Yoshi Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Lberal Arts
)
Sean Gay
(
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
)
Phil Norton
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Opening (E)
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
Yoshi Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Lberal Arts
)
Sean Gay
(
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
)
Phil Norton
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
10:15 - 10:45
Welcome by Yoshi Grote Important details about the conference by Gretchen Clark "Fledgling" by Phil Norton
10:45
S403
10:45 - 12:00
Contributions
10:45
Between Worlds: Navigating My Legitimacy and Identity in Japan
-
Adrianne Verla Uchida
(
Tokyo City University
)
11:30
Shifting Roles, Persistent Gaps: Non-Japanese Female Faculty Navigating Identity, Leadership, and Well-being in Japan
-
Olivia Kennedy
Sandra Healy
(
Kyoto Institute of Technology
)
S405
10:45 - 12:00
Contributions
10:45
The Closet and the Classroom: A Reflection on A Critical Incident
-
Chelanna White
(
Reitaku University
)
11:30
Motherhood without borders: Choosing single parenthood as a foreign Woman in Japan
-
Shzh-chen Nancy Lee
(
Osaka University
)
Yoga with Ellie
10:45 - 11:15
12:00
LUNCH
LUNCH
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
S403
13:30 - 15:05
Contributions
13:30
“You are autistic, so you can’t become a university professor”: A Neurodivergent scholar’s struggles in Japanese academia
-
Yasushi Miyazaki
14:10
Sketching Stability: Using Gratidoodles to Navigate Changing Identities
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Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Kyoto Sangyo University
)
S405
13:30 - 15:05
Contributions
13:30
Becoming someone else: How actors can transform their identities
-
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka
(
Kyoto Sangyo University
)
Donna Fujimoto
(
Pragmatics SIG
)
Margaret Kim
(
Kobe College
)
14:10
Steady Your Voice: Yoga-Led Tools for Speaking with Presence
-
Ellie Smith
(
Aichi University
)
15:05
BREAK
BREAK
15:05 - 15:45
15:45
S403
15:45 - 17:30
Contributions
15:45
Silent Struggles: Recognizing Hidden Needs in Sensitive and Autistic Students
-
Ben McDonough
17:00
Coming out of the fog at 40: My adoption story
-
Robert Dykes
S405
15:45 - 17:30
Contributions
15:45
I’m (e.g. white) so what can I do about it?
-
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
JENNIE ROLOFF ROTHMAN
(
Kanda University of International Studies, JALT SIG Representative Liaison
)
17:00
Exploring identity through personal narratives by long-term residents of Japan
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John Rucynski
18:30
Conference Dinner (Space is limited. Sign up required.)
Conference Dinner (Space is limited. Sign up required.)
18:30 - 20:00
Sunday, 5 October 2025
09:00
Sunday registration
-
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
JENNIE ROLOFF ROTHMAN
(
Kanda University of International Studies, JALT SIG Representative Liaison
)
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Sunday registration
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
JENNIE ROLOFF ROTHMAN
(
Kanda University of International Studies, JALT SIG Representative Liaison
)
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
S403
09:30 - 12:30
Contributions
09:30
Navigating shifts in identities while living in Japan
-
Amanda Gillis-Furutaka
(
Kyoto Sangyo University
)
11:15
Reinventing Ourselves and Navigating Personal Identity While Living Abroad
-
Parvathy Ramachandran
(
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
)
S405
09:30 - 12:30
Contributions
09:30
Living on the Margins, Teaching in the Center: Diverse ALT Voices in Japan
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Bernadette Benjamin
(
Meiho Junior High School
)
Dillon Flores
(
JET Programme
)
Emmlyn Dversdall
(
JET Programme
)
Hayley Wallace
(
JET Programme
)
Kurtis Carter
(
AJET
)
11:15
From Mom de plume to Non de plume
-
Dar Watson
12:00
Translanguaging and Empathy-Based Practices: Teaching as a Woman of Color in Japan
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Ma Wilma Capati
(
Global Englishes SIG
)
12:00
Yoga with Ellie
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
S403
14:00 - 15:35
Contributions
14:00
Perspectives on Shared Experiences of Diaspora from a Jewish American in Okinawan Studies
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Travis Seifman
14:45
Examining Shifting Identities through Intersectionality
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Lisa Rogers
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
S405
14:00 - 15:35
Contributions
14:00
Loving and Becoming: Fandom as a Site of Identity Formation and Allyship
-
Terry Tuttle
14:45
Between Selves: Living Through Identity Extinctions
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Lynsey Mori
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
15:35
Closing
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Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Sean Gay
(
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
)
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
Phil Norton
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
Closing
Jennifer Jordan
(
Kwansei Gakuin University
)
Sean Gay
(
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
)
Yoshi Joanna Grote
(
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
)
Phil Norton
Gretchen Clark
(
Ritsumeikan University
)
15:35 - 16:05
Thank yous to all the important people (i.e. YOU) "In My House" by Phil Norton