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Yumi Takahashi

Assistant Professor

Division of Social Sciences

 

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Yumi Takahashi is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology and International Development department and MA in Anthropology and International Development program at the American University of Central Asia. She received her Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the American University of Central Asia (2019, Kyrgyzstan) and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with an emphasis on Culture, Linguistics, and Education from The Evergreen State College (2012, USA). She is a certified TESOL/TESL/TEFL Instructor and completed professional courses from the Oxford Seminars (2012, USA). She studied in the Anthropology Department at the American University of Central Asia (2009-2011, Kyrgyzstan) and holds her Associate of Arts degree in Speech and Art from Warner Pacific College (1985, USA).

Yumi joined 69ɫ in 2019 as a full-time Instructor in the Anthropology and International Development department and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2022. For the past four years, she has been teaching passionately, enjoying the student-centered, interdisciplinary, yet reciprocal teaching and learning process at 69ɫ. She is also a coordinator of the 69ɫ Japanese Club.

  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Ethnographic reconsideration of the life of Kurmanzhan Datka
  • Experiential learning
  • “Experiential Learning through Japanese ‘One Village One Product (OVOP) +1’ rural development project in Kyrgyz”, 13th International Conference EDUvision 2023 ''New Contemporary Challenges – Opportunities for Integrating Innovative Solutions into 21st Century Education'', EDUvision, Stanislav Jurjevčič s.p., Polhov Gradec, December 2023,
  • “Living heritage of indigo dyeing as a bridge between Japan and Kyrgyzstan: Tokushima”, Yumi Takahashi, Aidaana Khasanova, published in Journal of Intercultural Dialog, International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations under the auspices of UNESCO, 2023, Vol I, ISSN:3005-3579
  • Cross-Cultural Communication in the Age of Google-translate
  • Ethnicity and Identity in Multicultural Societies
  • Gender, Kinship, and Family
  • International Development and Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Religion and Culture in Japan
  • Religion and Spirituality as Cultural Categories

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