Isao Ebihara D.Phil.

Instructor in Japanese

Department: Modern Languages

Area of Expertise: Language Education; Sociological Study on Religions; Christianity and Society; Psychology of Religions; Pastoral Counselling

Spoken Languages: Japanese; English

Education: B.Th.; B.A.; M.A. (Tamagawa); M.T.S., M.Div. (ACTS); D.Phil. (Oxford, Tennessee)

Born in Tokyo, Isao Ebihara completed his BA and MA in English Literature. He taught at a high school in Tokyo for year, before immigrating to in 1994, where he studied Theology, Psychology, Religion and Computers. He later earned his B.Th., MTSC, MDiv, and D.Phil. and has been teaching at TWU since 2000.

Isao has been teaching Introductory Japanese 101 & 102, Intermediate Japanese Directed Studies (201, 202 & 301) since the fall of 2002. Isao's academic interests include Japanese language, Asian animation and pop culture, as well as culture and spirituality. His non-academic interests are culinary adventure, trains and photography.

Isao's plans in near future include publishing several books and developing audio-visual tools to enhance Japanese language learning.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Oxford Society of Scholars
  • Japanese Language Teachers
  • Association of BC (JALTA)

Recent Publications

  • Forum paper: "A Quest on Cyber Counselling" 1999 (Oxford Society of Scholars, TN)

Awards

  • Oxford Grail Award - for Doctoral Research from Oxford Graduate School, TN)

Other Pertinent Information

  • Presented a Seminar "Yasukuni Shrine and the Rise of Japanese Nationalist Cult," at Vancouver's Missions Fest 2007.
  • Releasing a multimedia Japanese language learning DVD in 2007.(1980) Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Tamagawa University,
    Tokyo, Japan

Education

  • 1983: Master of Arts in English Literature, Tamagawa University,
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 1989: Bachelor of Theology, Western Pentecostal Bible College,
    Clayburn, BC, Canada
  • 1993: Master of Theological Studies in Counseling, Trinity Western University,
    Langley, BC, Canada
  • 1996: Master of Divinity, Trinity Western University,
    Langley, BC, Canada
  • 1998: Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies, Oxford Graduate School,
    Dayton, TN, USA