Faculty of OCU
OKINAWA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
![金 永秀](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_kim_youngsoo.png)
KIM, Youngsoo (President)
Area of Specialization: Christian Theology
D. Min San Francisco Theological Seminary
Th.M. Presbyterian Theological College, Seoul
Area of Specialization: Christian Theology
D. Min San Francisco Theological Seminary
Th.M. Presbyterian Theological College, Seoul
![上地 恵龍](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_uechi_keiryu.png)
UECHI, Keiryu (Vice President)
Area of Tourism Business Management
B.A. Business Administration
University of the Ryukyus
Area of Tourism Business Management
B.A. Business Administration
University of the Ryukyus
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
Professor
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KONDO, Noriyuki
Area of Specialization: Medical Welfare
Ph.D. Nagoya University
D.M.S. University of the Ryukyus
Area of Specialization: Medical Welfare
Ph.D. Nagoya University
D.M.S. University of the Ryukyus
![Daniel Broudy](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/f_daniel_broudy.png)
Areas of Specialization: Rhetoric & applied linguistics
Ph.D. Deakin University
Ph.D. Deakin University
![新垣 誠](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Arakaki_Makoto-e1682903555775.png)
ARAKAKI, Makoto (Dean)
Area of Specialization: International Relations
M.A. University of California at Los AngelesAreas
M.A. University of California at Los AngelesAreas
![照屋 信治](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/f_terusya_shinji.png)
TERUYA, Shinji
Area of Specialization: Education / History of Okinawa
Ph.D. Kyoto University
Ph.D. Kyoto University
![Christopher Valvona](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_christopher_valvona.png)
Christopher Valvonan
Area of Specialization: English Communication / English Language Education
M.A. University of Oxford
M.A. Essex University
M.A. University of Oxford
M.A. Essex University
![城間 仙子](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_shiroma_senko.png)
SHIROMA, Senko
Areas of Specialization: Interpretation/Translation, Business Communication
M.B.A. St. Edward’s University
M.B.A. St. Edward’s University
![新垣 友子](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_arakaki_tomoko.png)
Area of Specialization: Linguistics
Ph.D.University of Edinburgh
Ph.D.University of Edinburgh
Associate Professor
![David Ulvog](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_david_ulvog.png)
A. David ULVOG III
Area of Specialization: Translation/Interpretation & International Relations
M.A. University of the Ryukyus
M.A. University of the Ryukyus
![大城 直人](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Oshiro_Naoto-e1682923172219.png)
OSHIRO, Naoto (Department Chair)
Area of Specialization:English Education, Second Language Acquisition
M.A. Southern Illinois University
M.A. Southern Illinois University
![武村 朝吉](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_takemura_tomoyoshi.png)
TAKEMURA, Tomoyoshi
Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics (TCFL: Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
M.A. Beijing Normal University
M.A. Beijing Normal University
![仲里 和花](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_nakazato_kazuka.png)
NAKAZATO, Kazuka
Areas of Specialization:Intercultural Communication
Ph.D. University of the Ryukyus
Ph.D. University of the Ryukyus
![崎原 千尋](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f_sakihara_chihiro.png)
KOMINE, Chihiro
Area of Specialization: American Studies, Cultural Studies
M.A. California State University, Fullerton
M.A. California State University, Fullerton
Lecturer
![野間光顕](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/f_noma.png)
NOMA, Mitsuaki
Area of Specialization: Christian Theology, Biblical Studies
B.A. The Kwansei Gakuin University
B.A. The Kwansei Gakuin University
![山城莉乃](https://www.ocjc.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/f_yamashiro_rinda.png)
Yamashiro, Rinda
Area of Specialization:Social Movements, Gender
M.A. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M.A. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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KINJO, Satsuki
Area of Specialization: Education
M.A. University of the Ryukyus
M.A. University of the Ryukyus