Komisarof, Adam

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Affiliation

Faculty of Letters ( Hiyoshi )

Position

Professor
Scopus Paper Info  
Paper Count: 19 Citation Count: 196 h-index: 8

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2000.04
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    2006.03

    Shobi University, Department of Policy Management, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

  • 2006.04
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    2016.03

    Reitaku University, Department of Economic Studies & Business Administration, Associate Professor, Professor

  • 2012.04
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    2013.03

    University of Oxford, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Visiting Academic

  • 2016.04
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    Present

    Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Professor

  • 2022.03
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    2023.03

    Oxford University, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), Visiting Academic

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1986.09
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    1990.05

    Brown University, Educational Studies

    United States, University, Graduated

  • 1996.04
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    1998.12

    Antioch University, Master's Program in Intercultural Relations

    United States, Graduate School, Graduated, Master's course

  • 1998.04
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    1999.03

    Keio University, Center for Japanese Studies Japanese Language Program (Advanced Program completed)

    University, Completed, Other

  • 2004.09
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    2008.03

    International Christian University, Department of Public Administration

    Graduate School, Graduated, Doctoral course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Bachelor's Degree in Educational Studies, Brown University, 1990.05

  • Master's Degree in Intercultural Relations, Antioch University, 1998.12

  • PhD in Public Administration, International Christian University, Dissertation, 2008.03

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Licenses and Qualifications 【 Display / hide 】

  • Washington State Japanese Teaching License, 1995.09

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1, 2003.12

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Social psychology

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Acculturation

  • Intercultural Communication

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

  • Intercultural Communication, 

    1999.01
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    Present

  • Acculturation, 

    1999.01
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    Present

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Communication

    Shuang Lui, Adam Komisarof, Zhu Hua, and Levi Obijiofor , Sage, 2025.01,  Page： 593

    , Accepted

  • Weaving intercultural work, life, and scholarship in globalizing universities

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Routledge, 2016

    Scope: Sole author pages 23-38, and co-author with Zhu Hua pages 1-20 and 174-199

  • At home abroad: The contemporary Western experience in Japan

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Reitaku University Press, 2012

  • On the front lines of forging a global society: Japanese and American coworkers in Japan

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Reitaku University Press, 2011

  • Communication Success

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Nan’Un Do, 2004

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • Do I fit in here?” How immigrants’ endorsement of social markers is related to their wellbeing in three migrant receiving societies

    Justine Dandy, Adam Komisarof, et al.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (Elsevier)  113 2026.07

    Research paper (scientific journal), Accepted

  • The Psychology of Offensive and Defensive Intergroup Violence: Preregistered Insights from 58 Countries

    Jonas Kunst, Adam Komisarof, et al.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (National Academy of Sciences)   2026.03

    Research paper (scientific journal), Accepted

  • Promoting Interdisciplinary Interculturality: An Autoethnographic Reflection on the International Academy for Intercultural Relations

    Adam Komisarof

    Handbook of Communication and Culture (Edward Elgar)     267 - 283 2025.12

    Research paper (scientific journal), Lead author, Accepted

  • Belonging: An Essential Outcome in Mutual, Interactive Acculturation for Creating More Harmonious Multicultural Societies

    Adam Komisarof

    Journal of Intercultural Communication and Interactions Research (Peter Lang)  4 ( 1 )  2025.10

    Single Work, Accepted

    PDF1

  • New Developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism: A Guide for Scholars, Educators, Trainers, and Other Practitioners

    Adam Komisarof and Plamen Akaliyski

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (Elsevier)  107 ( July 2025 )  2025.07

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Corresponding author, Accepted

    PDF1

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • The exigent case for belonging: Conceptualization, operationalization, and actualization

    Komisarof A.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  83   A1 - A10 2021.07

    ISSN  01471767

  • Re-examining intercultural research and relations in the COVID pandemic

    Kulich S.J., Komisarof A., Smith L.R., Cushner K.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  80   A1 - A6 2021.01

    ISSN  01471767

    　View Summary

    The authors provide an urgent call for cross- and intercultural scholars to re-examine many of the related themes and classic or contemporary study areas of “intercultural communication” and “intercultural relations” in light of the impacts that the novel coronal (COVID-19) pandemic is having on human interaction both across and within our social-cultural contexts. As scholars focusing on intercultural communications/relations, education, management, psychology, and social issues, the global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a range of intercultural problems or issues that need to be researched to better understand related aspects of human suffering, social disruption, and economic inequalities. New research projects/papers need to address how these impact key intercultural theme/topic areas like cultural attributions/expectations, values/beliefs, identities, perceptions/stereotypes/prejudice, language/speech codes, cultural systems/patterns, acculturation/adaptation, intercultural effectiveness/sensitivity/competence, and conflict (Kulich et al., 2020, Table 3.7). Some research areas and applications potentially affected by COVID are highlighted, including our sense of national/international identity and cooperation, our mediated or actual social networks, our ways of framing or carrying out intercultural or cross-cultural cooperation, new issues emerging in inter-group contact, how we apply cross-cultural taxonomies or dimensions to analyze data, and how these ultimately affect our relationships with each other across all levels of culture (from dyads, to groups, sub- or co-cultures) or express and affirm interculturality at such times. Each area is highlighted by calls for specific types of intercultural research to address these challenges and opportunities.

  • Viewing intercultural adaptation and social inclusion through constructs of national identity: An introduction

    Komisarof A., Leong C.H.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  78   1 - 9 2020.09

    ISSN  01471767

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

  • Reconsidering Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism to Formulate Better Programs for Intercultural Educators and Trainers

    Adam Komisarof

    [Domestic presentation]  SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Japan Annual Conference (Obirin University, Tokyo) , 

    2025.10
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    Oral presentation (general), SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Japan

  • New Developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism: A Workshop for Scholars, Educators, Trainers, and Other Practitioners

    Adam Komisarof

    [International presentation]  IESEG (Institut d'Économie Scientifique et de Gestion) School of Management (Catholic University of Lille, Lille campus) , 

    2025.09
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    Oral presentation (invited, special), IESEG (Institut d'Économie Scientifique et de Gestion) School of Management

  • New Developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism: A Guide for Researchers and Educators

    Adam Komisarof

    [International presentation]  IESEG (Institut d'Économie Scientifique et de Gestion) School of Management (Catholic University of Lille, Paris campus) , 

    2025.09
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    Oral presentation (invited, special), IESEG (Institut d'Économie Scientifique et de Gestion) School of Management

  • Social Markers of Acceptance: Global Research, Local Applications

    Adam Komisarof

    [International presentation]  Society and Workplace Diversity Research Group in the Department of Psychology (University of Bergen) , 

    2025.09
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    Oral presentation (invited, special), Society and Workplace Diversity Research Group in the Department of Psychology

  • Social Markers of Acceptance: New Research, New Discoveries

    Adam Komisarof

    [International presentation]  Promoting Immigrant Belonging and Well-Being Across National and Cultural Contexts (University of Oxford) , 

    2025.09
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    Oral presentation (invited, special), Centre on Migration, Policy and Society

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Improving Japanese Inclusivity of Migrants Through University Education

    2024.04
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    2027.03

    基盤研究(C), Principal investigator

  • Building a Society More Inclusive of Migrants Through University Education

    2020.04
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    2023.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Kakenhi, Adam Komisarof, No Setting

  • Study Abroad Students' Identification Practices, Motivations, and Learning Evaluations: Examining Heterogeneity and Fluidity

    2017.04
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    2020.03

    Japanese Government, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Professor Gregory Poole, Doshisha University, Research grant, No Setting

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    I am serving as a member of the research team executing this project, or in Japanese, as a 連携研究者.

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • Astor Visiting Lectureship, University of Oxford

    2023.12, University of Oxford, Astor Visiting Lectureship

    Type of Award： Other

  • Reitaku University Excellence in Teaching Award (co-recipient)

    2015.09, Reitaku University

  • Reitaku University Excellence in Research Award

    2012.09, Reitaku University

    Type of Award： Other

  • Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship

    1998.04, Rotary Foundation

    Type of Award： Award from publisher, newspaper, foundation, etc.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • INTERMEDIATE HIGH ENGLISH 4

    2025

  • INTERMEDIATE HIGH ENGLISH 3

    2025

  • INTENSIVE ENGLISH 2A

    2025

  • INTENSIVE ENGLISH 1A

    2025

  • ADVANCED ENGLISH(2)

    2025

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • Intensive English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year, Within own ｆaculty

  • Advanced High English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year

  • Advanced English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year, Within own ｆaculty

  • Academic Skills

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • SIETAR Japan

    　

  • International Academy for Intercultural Research

    　

  • International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

    　
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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2024.02
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    2025.12

    President (2024-2025) & Board Member (2021-present), Brown University Club of Japan

  • 2008.09
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    Present

    Executive Director (2026-present), Past President (2023-2025), President (2021-2023), President-Elect (2019-2021), Fellow & Board member (2013-present), Scientific Committee (2016-present), International Academy for Intercultural Research

  • 1998.09
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    2009.03

    Member of Board of Directors (July, 2002-July, 2004), Assistant Editor, Journal of International Education (July, 2002-July, 2004), Editorial Board for Journal of International Education (July, 2000-June, 2002), Japanese International Education Society

  • 1998.04
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    Present

    SIETAR Japan Journal Committee, assistant editor for Journal of Intercultural Communication (2014-2016), SIETAR Japan Conference Steering Committee (for conferences held in 2006 & 2009), SIETAR Japan (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research)

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