広島大学

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

• 2026/05, 9999, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
• 2021/04, 2026/03, Nagoya Bunri University
• 2020/04, 2022/03, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• 2020/09, 2021/03, Mukogawa Women's University
• 2020/04, 2021/03, Mie University
• 2018/04, 2020/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Educational Backgrounds

• The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Language and Culture, 2016/04, 2020/06
• The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Language and Culture, 2014/03, 2016/03
• The University of Osaka, School of Foreign Studies, Department of Foreign Studies, 2010/04, 2014/03

Academic Degrees

• Osaka University
• Osaka University

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

• Integrated Global Studies

Research Fields

• Humanities;Linguistics;Linguistics

Research Keywords

• Cultural Studies
• Identity Construction
• Minority
• Pragmatics
• Narrative Studies
• Discourse Analysis

Affiliated Academic Societies

• The Pragmatics Society in Japan
• International Pragmatics Association
• The Japanese Society for Language Sciences
• Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
• The Pragmatics Society of Japan, 2022/04, 9999
• The Japanese Society for Language Sciences, 2021/04, 9999
• International Pragmatics Association, 2017/07, 9999
• The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, 2016/03, 9999
• Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology, 2016/09, 2022/12

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, CommunicationIＡ
2. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Communication IＢ
3. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＡ
4. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＡ
5. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIＡ
6. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Communication IIＡ
7. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Sociolinguistics I
8. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Introduction to Sociolinguistics II
9. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Language and Society I
10. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Language and Society II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

1. Experiencing COVID-19 as minorities in the United States and/or Japan: narratives and articulation of changes during the pandemic, JSLS2024 Conference Handbook, 202407
2. The interference of religious belief and racism in animal rights discourse on social media, JSLS2023 Conference Handbook, 202307
3. Critical discourse analysis of Eurocentrism in animal rights activism, JSLS 2022 Conference Handbook, 202209
4. Discursive othering of Asian Americans: A preliminary reflection of a foreshadowing COVID-19’ related hate, Language, Discourse & Society, vol.9, 1(17), 15-32, 202106
5. Discourse of Native-Speakerism in Japan, PanSIG Journal, 197-204, 202006
6. Otherness” in Japanese/Japanese Americans: Case Study in Bay Area, 201909

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

1. Identities in Action: How We Talk about Social and Personal Changes, The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, 2025/06/24
2. Pre- and Post-Pandemic Experiences in Narratives of Change, Arisa Koba, The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, 2025/06/24
3. Experiencing COVID-19 as minorities in the United States and/or Japan: narratives and articulation of changes during the pandemic, The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 25th Annual International Conference, 2024/07
4. Forming Others: Comparing HIV and COVID-19 “Super Spreader” Discourses, Arisa Koba, Yingqian Zhang, Sociolinguistics Symposium 25, 2024/06
5. The interference of religious belief and racism in animal rights discourse on social media, Arisa Koba, Yingqian Zhang, The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 24th Annual International Conference, 2023/07
6. War symbols and anti-Asian sentiments in online animal rights advocate discourse, Arisa Koba, Yingqian Zhang, The 18th International Pragmatics Conference, 2023/07
7. Critical discourse analysis of Eurocentrism in animal rights activism, Arisa Koba, Yingqian Zhang, The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 23rd Annual International Conference, 2022/09
8. Anti-Asian hate related to COVID-19 veiled by animal rights discourse, Arisa Koba, Yingqian Zhang, Sociolinguistics Symposium 24, 2022/07
9. “Can I be gay and Christian?”: Intersectionality of religious and sexual identity”, Arisa Koba, The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 22nd Annual International Conference, 2021/09
10. “We’re not acceptable”: The discursive othering of Asian American before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, Arisa Koba, 17th International Pragmatics Conference, 2021/06
11. Otherness” in Japanese/Japanese Americans: Case Study in Bay Area, Arisa Koba, EJHIB2019, 2019/09
12. Japaneseness” in narrative: shared discourses, anecdotes and labelling of Japanese, Arisa Koba, 16th International Pragmatics Conference, 2019/06
13. Inside/outside the group: Japanese Americans’ perceptions of selves and others, Arisa Koba, Sociolinguistics Symposium22, 2018/06
14. A multilayered frames and sexuality perspective: mixed use of katakana and English pronunciation by L2 speakers of Japanese, Arisa Koba, 15th International Pragmatics Conference, 2017/07

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

1. 2025/04, 2030/03
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2. 2023/09, 2024/02
3. 2021/04, 2022/02
4. 2018/04, 2020/03
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Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

1. 2025, Journal of Nagoya Bunri University, Others, Reviewer
2. 2024, Journal of Nagoya Bunri University, Others, Reviewer
3. 2023, Journal of Nagoya Bunri University, Others, Reviewer
4. 2022, Journal of Nagoya Bunri University, Others, Reviewer, 1
5. 2021, Gender & Sexuality, Others, Reviewer, 1