Faculty profiles

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Suzanne Kamata

Affiliation

Associate Professor
Affiliated education department

Human Education
Affiliated course

Global Education
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E-mail

skamata@naruto-u.ac.jp
The date of birth

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Current fields of research and their synopses

Keywords

Affiliated academic societies

JALT, Association of Pacific Writers and Translators, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Major activities in academic societies and society

JALT Literature in Language Teaching Special Interest Group Co-ordinator
Kyoto Journal Fiction Editor

Status for awards won in relation to academics

2019 Freeman Book Award - Honorable Mention - Young Adult/High School Literature

Major research achievement

Books

Suzanne Kamata, Diversity of Voices: A Global Storytelling History （2023/06/20）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Lee and Penn Publishing
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, "The Lump"
Suzanne Kamata, Bake Sale （2022/10/04）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Gemma Open Door, Boston, MA, USA
Number of pages of book： 84
Parenting/Internet/Kids: Domesticating Technologies （2022/07/22）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Demeter Press, Bradford, Canada
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, "Enabled by the Internet: A Multicultural Mother and Daughter in Japan"
The Routledge Companion to Literature of the U.S. South （2022/07/22）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Routledge Press, New York
Number of pages of book： 4
Suzanne Kamata, Waiting （2022/02/07）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Kelsay Books
Number of pages of book： 48
Suzanne Kamata, The Best Asian Short Stories 2022 （2022/01/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Kitaab/Guernica
Pages of article： Singapore/Canada
My Robot & Me （2021/12/23）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Red Penguin Books
Pages of article： "Mon-chan"
Work in Progress （2021/12/15）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Three Dogs Write Press
Pages of article： "How Audrey Became an Academic"
What Keeps Me Going （2021/12/15）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Fine Line Press, New Zealand
Pages of article： "It's the Little Things"
Suzanne Kamata, The Baseball Widow （2021/10/05）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, Deadwood, OR, U.S.A.
Number of pages of book： 282
The Best Asian Travel Writing （2021/02/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Kitaab
Meridian: The APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing （2020/12/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Drunken Boat Media
Number of pages of book： 244
What We Didn't Expect: Personal Stories About Premature Birth （2020/11/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Melville House Publishing
Number of pages of book： 25-43
Suzanne Kamata, The Phantom Games : Dimensions Unknown 2020 （2020/10/10）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Excalibur Books
Pages of article： Tokyo, Japan
Suzanne Kamata, Intercultural Families and Schooling in Japan: Experiences, Issues, and Challenges （2020/09/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Candlin & Mynard
Pages of article： Hong Kong
Suzanne Kamata, Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter （2020/08/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Candlin & Mynard
Pages of article： Hong Kong
Suzanne Kamata, Inaka: Portraits of Life in Rural Japan （2020/08/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Camphor Press
Pages of article： United Kingdom
The Spy （2020/05/15）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Gemma Open Door
Number of pages of book： 100
Telltale Food: Writings from the Fay Khoo Award 2017-2019 （2020/03/15）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Hiyakat
Pages of article： George Town, Malaysia
Pop Flies, Robo-pets and Other Disasters （2020/03/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： One Elm Books
Number of pages of book： 208
Our Neighbourhood （2019/11/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Oxford University Press
Pages of article： Oxford, United Kingdom
Extraordinary Experiences: Tales of Special Needs Abroad （2019/10/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Tales from a Small Planet
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, My Daughter Through Joan of Arc's Eyes
Suzanne Kamata, Critical Perspectives on Wives: Roles, Representations, Identities, Work （2019/07/19）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Demeter Press
Pages of article： Bradford, Canada
Indigo Girl （2019/05/15）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： GemmaMedia
Number of pages of book： 258
Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk, and Wheelchair （2019/03/25）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing
Middle Grounds: Essays on Midlife Mothering （2018/06/05）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Demeter Press
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, Lilia's World
（2018/04/01）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, The Sound and the Worry
The Best Asian Short Stories （2017/11/01）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Kitaab International
Pages of article： Singapore
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Vol. 11 （2017/11/01）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, Heartbeats on Teshima
A Girls' Guide to the Islands （2017/03/01）（Individual authorship）
The Mermaids of Lake Michigan （2017/02/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing
Birth Writes: A Collection of Real Life Birth Stories （2016/12/17）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, Pain
On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities （2016/11/01）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, You're So Lucky
Dictionary of Literary Biography 378: Novelists on the American Civil War （2016/02/16）（Joint authorship）
Publisher： Gale Research Inc.
A Pink Suitcase: 22 Tales of Women's Travel （2015/11/01）（Joint authorship）
How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?: True Stories of Expat Women in Asia （2014/06/01）（Joint authorship）
Screaming Divas （2014/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Publisher： Merit Press
Erin Elizabeth Smith, Not Somewhere Else But Here: A Contemporary Anthology of Women and Place （2014/01/31）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, The Heart Finds a Home
（2014/01/12）（Joint authorship）
Pages of article： Suzanne Kamata, Blue Murder
Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible （2013/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Monday Coffee and Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs （2013/05/01）（Joint authorship）

Academic papers

Suzanne Kamata "Promoting Cross-Cultural Awareness Through Wordless Picture Books" （2024/02/01）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：The School House
Volume / Issue / Page： 31, 2, 6-11
Suzanne Kamata, Creating and Presenting Mash-up Stories in the English Language Classroom in Japan （2023/11/20）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Children's Literature in English Language Education
Volume / Issue / Page： Vol. 11 (2), pp. 14-27
Suzanne Kamata, "My Share: Hometown Karuta" （2023/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：The Language Teacher
Volume / Issue / Page： 47, 3, 34-35
Suzanne Kamata, A Study of Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Hiring Domestic Laborers （2022/04/04）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：Journal of International Women's Studies
Volume / Issue / Page： 23: 4, 16-35
Suzanne Kamata -- A pilot study to analyze descriptive questionnaire responses with natural language processing techniques （2021/10/25）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：Hyperion
Volume / Issue / Page： 67, 1-13
Suzanne Kamata, Working Women in Japan and the Complications of Hiring Household Help （2021/01/10）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：Journal and Proceedings of the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Volume / Issue / Page： vol. 13, pp. 49-65
Suzanne Kamata, The Power of Delivery: Reading Empowered by Orature or Audio? （2018/10/01）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：2018: Extensive Reading World Congress Proceedings
Volume / Issue / Page： vol. 4, pp. 104-113
Suzanne Kamata, Scarlett O'Hara is Dead: Weird Women in New Writing of the American South （2018/09/20）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Hyperion
Volume / Issue / Page： 64巻 21-34 頁
Suzanne Kamata, The Interplay of Silent Reading, Reading-while-listening and Listening-only （2018/04/01）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：The Reading Matrix
Volume / Issue / Page： 18:1, 104-123
（2016/12/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching
Volume / Issue / Page： vol. 5 (2), 5-12
Suzanne Kamata, My Share: Group Sentence Game （2016/11/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：The Language Teacher
Volume / Issue / Page： 40:6, 19-20
（2015/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Transnational Literature
Volume / Issue / Page： 7:1, 1-11
Suzanne Kamata, The Need for Diverse Picture Books in Japan （2014/12/01）（Individual authorship）
Volume / Issue / Page： vol. 5, 21-30

Proceedings

Suzanne Kamata & Yoko Kita, The Attitudes of Japanese University Students Toward Domestic Labor and their Implications for Gender Parity （2022/02/25）（Joint authorship）
Name of journal：3rd Global Conference on Women's Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Volume / Issue / Page： 1-10
（2014/08/01）（Joint authorship）
Volume / Issue / Page： pp. 521-8

Bulletin, etc.

Suzanne Kamata, review of Between Starshine and Clay （2023/01/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 26 (1)
Suzanne Kamata, Review of Phalaina by Alice Briere-Haquet （2022/09/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 25 (5) p. 53
Suzanne Kamata, Review of GINGER MANCINO, KID COMEDIAN by Wendi Aarons （2022/07/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 25 (4) 55
Suzanne Kamata, Reading Pat Conroy in Japan （2022/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Reading Nation Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： pp. 64-75
Suzanne Kamata, Review of This or Something Better by Elisa Stancil Levine （2022/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 25 (3) p. 68
Suzanne Kamata, "The Lump" （2022/01/23）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Fall Lines
Suzanne Kamata, Review of Correctional by Ravi Shankar （2021/11/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Suzanne Kamata, Review of Disquiet by Zulfu Livaneli （2021/07/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Review of Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee （2020/10/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 23: 5
Review of Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi （2020/07/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Foreword Magazine
Volume / Issue / Page： 23: 4
Suzanne Kamata, Review of Re-Orienting China: Travel Writing and Cross-Cultural Understanding （2018/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Transnational Literature
Suzanne Kamata, Mystery Dinner （2018/05/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Transnational Literature
Suzanne Kamata, Review of White Elephant by Mako Idemitsu （2017/03/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：World Literature Today
Suzanne Kamata, Review of Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura （2017/01/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：World Literature Today
Suzanne Kamata, Heartbeats on Teshima （2016/09/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Adanna Literary Journal
Suzanne Kamata, The Woman Who Loved Insects （2015/11/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Transnational Literature
Suzanne Kamata, War and Peace and Napoleon （2015/04/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Transnational Literature
Suzanne Kamata, Seeing "The Monet" （2015/04/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Asia Literary Review
Suzanne Kamata, Texts That Work: Introduction to the Summer of the Black Widows by Sherman Alexie （2015/01/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching
（2014/11/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Minus Tides International
Suzanne Kamata, Cavewomen （2014/07/01）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability Through Art and the Fine Arts

Others (monthly magazines, etc.)

An Evening with Suzanne Kamata, Pat Conroy Literary Center （2022/08/23）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Pat Conroy Literary Center Lecture Series
Suzanne Kamata, TAC Talk （2022/02/23）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：Tokyo American Club TAC Talk series
Suzanne Kamata, Creative Writing Workshop （2019/02/09）（Individual authorship）
Name of journal：WELL Conference and Retreat

Works / Performances / Competitions

Public Reading （2023/06/23）
Contents："A Real Job"
Classification： International / national level

Conference presentations

Suzanne Kamata, "This is the Best Book Ever" （2023/10/15）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference 2023
Venue： Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Nagoya, Aichi
Suzanne Kamata "Promoting Cross-Cultural Awareness Through Wordless Picture Books" （2023/10/08）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：21st Century Language Teaching Conference, JALT Okinawa, JALT Teachers of Young Learners
Venue： Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center Tiruru, Naha, Okinawa
Suzanne Kamata, "Creating Mash-up Stories in the EFL Classroom" （2023/06/22）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：16th International Conference on the Short Story in English
Venue： National Institute of Education, Singapore
Suzanne Kamata, "Can/Cannot, Lah: On Anthologizing Asia" （2023/06/03）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：16th International Conference on the Short Story in English
Venue： National Institute of Education, Singapore
Suzanne Kamata, Youth Fiction: Comparison Between East and West （2023/02/09）（Presentation ）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：International Conference on “The Emerging Trends in English Literature, Science and Technology”
Venue： S. B. Arts and K.C.P. Science College, Vijayapur, India
Suzanne Kamata, Sujata Parashar, Liz Packer -- "Outside the Lines: Writing for Kids, Teens and Parents" （2022/11/30）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Asia Pacific Literary Festival
Venue： Alliance School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
Suzanne Kamata et. al, "Between Cultures: Writing in Foreign Environments" （2022/11/29）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Asia Pacific Literary Festival
Venue： Alliance School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
Suzanne Kamata & Yoko Kita, "Who Should Do the Dishes?: Japanese University Students’ Perceptions of Gender and Household Tasks" （2022/11/12）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：JALT 2022 Conference
Venue： Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka
Suzanne Kamata, et. al , Pivot: Writing for the Post-Pandemic World （2022/10/16）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference 2022
Venue： Tokai University, Shonan Campus
Suzanne Kamata & Yoko Kita, The Attitudes of Japanese University Students toward Domestic Labor and their Implications for Gender Parity （2022/02/27）（Presentation ）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：3rd Global Conference on Women's Studies
Venue： Rotterdam, Netherlands
Social Media for Writers （2021/10/17）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference 2021
Venue： Zoom
Writing Identity, from Inside and Outside （2021/10/16）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference 2021
Venue： Zoom
Creative Writing in the EFL Classroom （2020/11/29）（Presentation ）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Tokyo JALT
Venue： Zoom
Wheelchair User or Wheelchair-bound?: Writing about Disability （2020/10/11）（Presentation ）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference 2020
Venue： Zoom
Effective Collaboration in English Education （2019/11/02）（Co-author）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：JALT
Venue： WINC Aichi, Nagoya
Suzanne Kamata, Wheelchair-bound or Wheelchair User?: Better Representations of People with Disabilities in Children's Literature （2019/10/05）（Presentation ）
Classification： Domestic academic society (nationwide)
Name of academic society：Living on the Edge Conference: The Joys and Challenges of Being Different in Japan
Venue： Kyoto Sangyo University
Portrayal of Special Needs in YA and Children's Books （2019/09/05）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Asian Festival of Children's Content
Venue： National Library of Singapore
Suzanne Kamata, A Voice for Change （2019/03/23）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Deckle Edge Literary Festival 2019
Venue： Richland County Public Library, Columbia, South Carolina
Suzanne Kamata, Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Plane, Train, Metro, Tuk-tuk, and Wheelchair （2019/03/04）（Presentation ）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：34th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
Venue： Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Myths and Intercultural Stories: A pathway to global literary citizenship （2018/12/07）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Conference
The Truth About Writing Contests （2018/10/13）（Invited lecturer at nation-wide conference）
Classification： Domestic academic society (nationwide)
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference
Venue： Otaru University of Commerce
The Best Asian Short Stories Anthology （2018/10/13）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Domestic academic society (nationwide)
Name of academic society：Japan Writers Conference
Venue： Otaru University of Commerce
Writing and Teaching "A Girls' Guide to the Islands" （2018/06/16）（Invited lecturer at regional conference）
Classification： Domestic academic society (regional block)
Name of academic society：9th Annual SHikoku JALT Conference
Venue： Shikoku Gakuin University, Zentsuji, Kagawa
（2017/10/01）（Co-author）
Classification： Domestic academic society (nationwide)
Name of academic society：Japan Writers
Suzanne Kamata, Teaching Creative Writing in Asia （2016/11/01）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：Asia Pacific Writers and Translators
Venue： Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Conference, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Suzanne Kamata, Creative Writing in the EFL Classroom （2016/04/01）（Co-author）
Classification： Domestic academic society (regional block)
Name of academic society：Matsuyama JALT
Suzanne Kamata, Literature in Language Teaching SIG Forum: What Makes a Good Classroom Book? （2015/11/01）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：JALT
Suzanne Kamata, Literature in Language Teaching SIG Forum: Literature and the Stories of Our Lives （2013/10/01）（Symposium / invited lecture）
Classification： Overseas academic society
Name of academic society：JALT
Venue： 39th Annual JALT International Conference on Language Teaching, Kobe

Research activities over the past five years