Shino Takanashi
Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Osaka University and received a Ph.D. in Language and Culture Studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies (now Osaka University) in 2007. Served as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Letters, Osaka University, a lecturer at Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, and a professor at the International Student Center of Kobe University (now the Global Education Center) before assuming the current position in 2017.