MARIKO OMORI

Last Updated :2025/01/07

Affiliations, Positions
., Associate Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
momorihiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan 739-8524, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7987 FAX : (+81)

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2023/04/01, The Institute for Diversity and Inclusion, The Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice (CSNERP), Associate Professor (Special Appointment)
  • 2020/04/01, 2023/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Division of Educational Sciences, International Education Development Program, Assistant Professor
  • 2018/05/16, 2020/03/31, Kyushu University, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Interdisciplinary Office, Academic Fellow

Educational Backgrounds

  • Kyushu University, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Education, Doctoral Course, Japan, 2011/04, 2018/03
  • Claremont Graduate University, School of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Studies, Master's Course, USA, 2011/08, 2013/05
  • Kyushu University, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Education, Master's Course, Japan, 2008/04, 2010/03

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Education, Kyushu University
  • Master of Arts in Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
  • Master of Arts in Education, Kyushu University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Education;Education

Research Keywords

  • Social history of education
  • Child protection
  • Welfare
  • Immigrants

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japanese Educational Research Association, 2019/07
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  • The Japanese Association for American History, 2015/05
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  • Japanese Society for Historical Studies of Social Welfare, 2014/11
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  • The Japanese Association for Migration Studies, 2014/05
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  • The Japan Society for Historical Studies of Education, 2013/01
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  • Kyushu Association of Education, 2008/04
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Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Collaborative Online International Seminar A
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special intensive course on Inclusive Asia
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Gender and Academic Disciplines
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Basic Theory and Practice of Inclusive Education
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Basic Theory and Practice of Special Needs Education
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Special Needs Education
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Introduction to Universal Design for Learning
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice in Special Needs Schools
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Methods of Research on Special Needs Education I
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Methods of Research on Special Needs Education II
  11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Special Needs Education
  12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Advanced Study in Special Needs Education
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Study in Special Needs Education
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Practical Study in Special Needs Education
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Clinical Seminar on Special Needs Education
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Research Methods of Children with Disabilities I
  20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study on Graduation Thesis
  21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Teaching Practice in Special Support Schools
  22. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Research Methods of Children with Disabilities II
  23. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Research of Special Needs Education I
  24. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study in Special Needs Education
  25. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Research of Special Needs Education II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The Establishment of Special Classes and Special Schools within the Public School System in the United States, 1903−1918: Based on the Proceedings and Addresses of the National Education Association, The Bulletin of the Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, 22, 51-60, 20240301
  2. ★, 'Home Visiting by Home Teachers in California, U.S.A. from the 1910s to 1920s: The Commission of Immigration and Housing of California's Approach to Children', "American History", 69-85, 20230831
  3. Multidimensional Psychometrics of Teacher Educators' Professional Identity: An Initial Validation with Teacher Educators in Southeast Asia, Education Sciences, 13(9), 20230916
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  4. History of aftercare for dependent children in Japan between the 1950s and 1970s: the expectations and limitations of the vocational parent (Shoku-oya, Hogojutakusha) system, Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 20230303
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  5. 'Curriculum Organization for the Classes of Intellectually Disabled Children in Minnesota, U.S.A.: "A Report on a Court of Study fo 'Opportunity Classes'" (1919)', "Kyushu University Bulletin of Teacher-Training Curriculum Studies", 33-47, 20230316
  6. ★, Educational therapeutics or a clearing house for exceptional children?: the development of adjustment rooms in Los Angeles, 1916–1923, Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 59(1), 90-107, 2022
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  7. Equitable Education Fund for Resolving Education Disparities in Thailand: Preliminary examination from education as welfare perspective, 256-265, 20201225
  8. Education and Nature: Trends in the Discussions of International Standing Conference for the History of Education (International Research Trends and Information), "Studies in the history of education : research bulletin of the Japan Society for Historical Studies of Education", 62, 150-155, 201910
  9. The Making of "Good Americans" in Los Angeles, USA in the Early 20th Century: The Child Protection Works of Maryknoll Sisters Home, The Annual Review of Migration Studies, 25, 127-137, 201906
  10. Difference and Interrelationship of Law and Moral as a Basis of Moral Education: "Law and Morals" by Kotaro Tanaka, "Bulletin of Philosophy and History of Education Kyushu University", 15, 101-111, 201803
  11. Study of Moral Education: Adoption of Group Activities for Active Learning, Bulletin of Philosophy and History of Education Kyushu University, 15, 89-100, 201803
  12. ★, The Discovery of Feeblemindedness Among Immigrant Children Through Intelligence Tests in California in the 1910s, Paedagogica Historica, 54(1-2), 1-15, 201803
  13. Protection for Women in California, USA in the 1910s: Improvement of Immigrant Family by Los Angeles Japanese Humane Society, Tobiume: Bulletin of Education Course Graduate School Kyushu University, 17, 1-15, 201703
  14. Coping with Immigrant Orphans in California: USA, 1909-1918: Racial Protection and the Intelligence Survey by the Board of Charities and Corrections, Bulletin of Philosophy and history of Education Kyushu University, 12, 1-16, 201503
  15. "Resolving" the Problems of Small-Scale and Aging Villages (Genkai Shuraku), Bulletin of Philosophy and History of Education Kyushu University, 8, 91-101, 201103

Publications such as books

  1. 2022/12, "Protection" and "Classification": A Social History of Japanese Immigrant Children in America, Kyushu University Press, Scholarly Book, Single work, 日本語, 978-4-7985-0340-0, 258
  2. 2019/02, The Epochs of Orphanage and Child-saving: the Multilayered Norms of Family and Childhood from the 16th to 20th Century, From "Americanization" to "Japanese Children were to be Japanese Home": Los Angeles Japanese Humane Society and Japanese Children's Home of Southern California, Keiso Shobo, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, Atsushi Tsuchiya, Toshiko Nonomura, Tsubasa Otosu, Mai Kusano, Saki Adachi, Mariko Omori, Yukako Tanaka, 978-4-326-60316-9, 376, pp.231-267
  3. 2015/04, Essentials of Child Rights Issues: In Search of the Fundamentals of Education: Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Children, Textbook, Joint work, 日本語, 9784865610321, 123, pp.19-22

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. "Development of Educational Welfare Theory and Children's Well-being in Japan", Mariko Omori and Riho Sakurai, International Conference on Sustainability, Global Diversity, Inclusion & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2024/01/18, Without Invitation, English, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
  2. The Development of Special Education in Los Angeles, 1916-1923: The Establishment and Practice of Adjustment Rooms, Mariko Omori, ISCHE 42, 2021/06/15, Without Invitation, English, International Standing Conference for the History of Educaion (ISCHE), Örebro, Sweden (Online)
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  3. Independence of dependent children: The job-parent (Shokuoya, Hogojutakusha) system in Japan after the Second World War, Yukako Tanaka, Mariko Omori, ISCHE 42, 2021/06/15, Without Invitation, English, International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE), Örebro, Sweden (Online)
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  4. Professional Development of Japanese Teacher Educators, Mariko Omori, Takayoshi Maki, The 2nd Webinar on Teacher Educators' Professional Development, Professional Development Challenges facing Teacher Educators, 2020/12/17, With Invitation, English, Asia Pacific and Africa Teacher Education Cooperation Center, Online
  5. Nature and Possibilities of Education of the Feebleminded Children: Discourse of Lewis Terman in the 1910s, Mariko Omori, ISCHE 40, 2018/08/31, Without Invitation, English, International Standing Conference for the History of Education, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  6. The Discovery of the Feeblemindedness Among Immigrant Children: Through the Intelligence Test in California in the 1910s, Mariko Omori, ISCHE 38, 2016/08/19, Without Invitation, English, International Standing Conference for the History of Education, Loyola University Chicago, USA

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research on the Changes of Child Protection in Early Twentieth-Century USA, 2020/04, 2023/03
  2. The Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program 2019, Interdisciplinary Study of Special Needs Schools Open to Local Communities: For the Initiative of Laboratory School Utilizing Local Learning and Cultural Resources, 2020/04, 2022/03

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. Instructor, 2012/08, 2013/05, Pomona College， Asian Languages and Literatures Department