Researcher Information - KUGA Hajime |

（Last updated : 2026-04-01 22:28:03）

KUGA Hajime

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University Academic Writing Center Academic Writhing Center

Job Research Associate

Specialization and related fields
Japanese Linguistics, Tertiary Education, Japanese Language Education, Linguistics, Education on School Subjects and Primary/secondary Education keyword(Ambiguity / Vagueness、Academic Writing、Grammar、First Year Experience、Study Skills、Writing Center、Descriptive Grammar、Quotative Expressions、Word Formation、Phonology)

Academic background
1.	Faculty of Literature Waseda University Graduated
2.	Waseda University
3.	Master Graduate School, Division of Letters Waseda University Finished
4.	Waseda University
5.	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) Graduate School, Division of Letters Waseda University Expired with Credits Obtained

Business career
1.	2023/04/01 ～ 2023/08/31	Part-time Lecturer Tokyo University of Career Development
2.	2023/09/01 ～ 2025/09/30	Research Associate Waseda University Global Education Center (Academic Writing Education Division)
3.	2025/04/01 ～ 2025/07/31	Part-time Lecturer Jumonji University
4.	2025/10/01 ～	Research Associate Aoyama Gakuin University アカデミックライティングセンターアカデミックライティングセンター
5.	2026/04/01 ～	Part-time Lecturer Waseda University Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Belonging society
1.	2016/04 ～	Waseda University Japanese Literature Association
2.	2019/04 ～	The Linguistic Society of Japan
3.	2019/04 ～	The Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association
4.	2019/04 ～	The Society for Japanese Linguistics
5.	2019/04 ～	The Society of Japanese Grammar
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1.	2024/04 ～ 2025/03	Research on “One Sentence, One Idea” in Japanese Academic Writing Individual Research
2.	2025/04 ～ 2025/09	A Japanese Linguistic Study on the Actual State of Quotations in Academic Writing Individual Research

Activity in society
1.	2026/04/10	Academic Writing Seminar
2.	2025/11/19	Aoyama Gakuin University Foreign Language Laboratory Public Seminar 2025
3.	2025/10/01 ～ 2026/03/31	Reviewer for “Aoyama Journal of Academic Writing Research”
4.	2025/06/12	Waseda University Library Information Search Workshop 2025 Spring Semester

Book and thesis
1.	Books	Dictionary of Ambiguous & Vague Expressions in Japanese Tokyodoshuppan (Co-authored) 2022/06
2.	Papers	[Seminar Abstract] Three Threads from a Writing Education Seminar: Citation, Style Manuals, Argument and Generative AI Aoyama Journal of Academic Writing Research 5,pp.89-91 (Sole-authored) 2026/03
3.	Papers	[Book Introduction] Dictionary of Ambiguous & Vague Expressions in Japanese Waseda Nihongo Kenkyû,pp.18-19 (Co-authored) 2023/03
4.	Papers	A Phonological Study on “Compound Noun without Quotative Markers”: Focusing on Sentence-final Tones Bulletin of the Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences of Waseda University,pp.121-137 (Sole-authored) 2022/03
5.	Papers	The Index of Kanji with Tone Diacritics in “Rongi Myômoku” (Vol.3/3) Ronsyû (Collegium of Philological Study on Accent History in Japanese),pp.121-165 (Co-authored) 2022/02
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2026/03/07	The Intersection of Generative AI and Higher Education Writing Centers: A Scoping Review (The 15th Symposium on Writing Centers in Asia)
2.	2025/02/15	Writing Centers' Philosophies and Practices in Japan: A Review of Published Literatures (The 14th Symposium on Writing Centers in Asia)
3.	2024/10/26	A Review on Writing Center's Philosophies and Policies in Japan: Focusing on "Dependent/Autonomous Writers" (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 2024)
4.	2024/04/10	How to Face "Dependent Writers" (The 11th Waseda University Writing Forum)
5.	2024/04/10	A Classification of Writing Center's Philosophies in Japan (The 11th Waseda University Writing Forum)
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