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Kurachi, Akemi was born on August 29, 1951 in Kyoto, Japan. Daughter of Shogo and Emiko Kurachi.
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Akemi Kurachi, Japanese psychologist, educator. Recipient Letitia Walsh fellowship, University Illinois, 1981-1982, University fellowship, 1981-1982. Member of American Educational Research Association, Intercultural Education Society (board directors 1996—2007, since 2009), Japanese Society Transcultural Psychiatry since 2000, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Education
Bachelor, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 1974. Master of Education, University Illinois, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1982.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1982—1983. Research coordinator Institute Child Behavior and Development University Illinois, Urbana, 1983—1984. Assistant professor, then associate professor Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1986—1993.
Associate professor Hiroshima University, Japan, 1993—2000, professor Japan, since 2001, chair department Graduate School Education, 2006—2008. Visiting professor Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1992—1994. Visiting scholar Columbia University, New York City, 2008—2009.
Board directors Journal Support Network, Hiroshima, since 1994, transcultural mental health care advisor, since 2002. Councilor Hiroshima International Center, since 2006.
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Membership
Member of American Educational Research Association, Intercultural Education Society (board directors 1996—2007, since 2009), Japanese Society Transcultural Psychiatry since 2000, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Born
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Nationality
Japanese
Education
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1974
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1978
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1982
Career
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1982 - 1983
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1983 - 1984
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1986 - 1993
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1986 - 1993
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1992 - 1994
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1993
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2006 - 2008
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2008 - 2009
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