Researcher Profile
Updated on 2025/05/01
CLIL
anthropology of education
mnemonics
dialogism
anthropology of policy
Chinese peripheries
Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education / TESOL
Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology of education
Country： United States
Meritocracy and Its Discontents: Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam, by Zachary M. Howlett. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2021. vii+266 pp. US$115.00 (cloth), US$29.95 (paper), US$19.99 (e-book).
Naomi C. F. Yamada
The China Journal87 132 - 134 1 1 2022
From Empire to Nation State: Ethnic Politics in China, by Yan Sun. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020 x+368 pp. US$99.99/A$156.95 (cloth), US$34.99/A$56.95 (paper), US$28.00/S$28.00 (e-book).
Naomi C. F. Yamada
The China Journal86 134 - 136 1 7 2021
Navigating the Sanyu: English as a Tool for Success in a Confucian Meritocratic Imaginary Peer-reviewed
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Transcultural Flows of English and Education in Asian Contexts 71 - 84 2016
From Free to Fee: Neoliberalising Preferential Policy Measures for Minority Education in China Peer-reviewed
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences8 ( 3 ) 82 - 99 2015
Systemic Culture Shock: Meeting Fu Lai Ming on the Tibetan Plateau Peer-reviewed
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
At Home and in the Field: Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands 81 - 86 2015
「公教育とエリート教育」
Naomi C. F. Yamada
「ハワイを知るための60章」 15 2 2013
Ethnographic Contributions to School-based Research Peer-reviewed International journal
Naomi C. F. Yamada
Indigenous Education: Pacific Nations 300 - 309 2009
Preferential Education Policies in Multi-ethnic China
（ Role： Sole author）
Routledge 29 4 2022 （ ISBN:0367491400 ）
Area Studies Series: Hawaii
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish（ Role： Contributor , K-12 Education in Hawai‘i）
2013
Taiwan's Educational Environment: Enough Basic Knowledge for Critical Thinking?
Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference 26 3 2025
Mnemonic Elements and Cram Schools: Preparing for the GSAT (General Scholastic Ability Test)
Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference 31 3 2023
Changing Approaches to Positive Discrimination in Education in China Invited
“Multilingualism and Nationalities Policy in the PRC” series, Centre for Asian Studies, Trinity College Dublin 5 11 2021
The Pandemic and New Opportunities in Language Courses for Media Literacy Instruction
Center for Education of Global Communication Conference (University of Tsukuba) 5 12 2020
Preferential Education Policies in Multi-Ethnic China: National Rhetoric, Local Realities Invited
China Studies Seminar Series, University of Oxford, China Centre 21 10 2020
Institutional Policies During Epidemic Moments: Considerations and Conflations
AAS (Association for Asian Studies)-in-Asia 2020 Conference 2 9 2020
Alienated from the Tautology: Media Literacy in the Wake of the Mueller Report International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting 3 2020
Nationalism, Dementia and the Asian-American Experience International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Society for East Asian Anthropology Regional Conference 8 2019
The Ambiguous Spaces of Ethnic Policy: Official Discourse and Lived Experiences in Qinghai Invited International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Association for Asian Studies 2019 Annual Conference 3 2019
Error Prediction of Japanese First-Language Spkeakers: Some Similarities Between English and Chinese
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
The Second CEGLOC Conference on Language Education 12 2018
Lamarck or Darwin? Reframing Concepts in the Second Language Classroom
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Tsukuba Global Science Week 9 2018
The Anthropology of Doubt International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Conflict discourse and political imagination: the anthropology of Andrew Arno 9 3 2018
Benefiting the People: Differently-Understood Policy Discourses in China International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association 2016
Moral Education Methodologies: Making Use of Exemplars in Western China International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Society for East Asian Anthropology Conference 2016
A Policy-Rule Chiasmus: Positive Policies in China and in the US for Minority Enrollment in Higher Education International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association 2014
Minorities in Higher Education in China: Neoliberal Interlocutions and the Outcomes of Policy International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2014
From Free to Fee: Neoliberalizing Preferential Policy Measures for Minority Education in China International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association 2013
Addressing the ‘Real Situation’ (shiji qingkuang): Preparatory Courses for Ethnic Minority Students in China International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
American Ethnological Society Conference 2012
Education as Tautology: Institutional Discourse and Preferential Policy Measures in China Invited International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Cornell Anthropology Graduate Student Association Ethnography Workshop 2011
Preferential Policies in China: Discourses of Development and Neutrality in College Preparatory Classes International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Annual Joint Conference of the Association for Asian Studies & International Convention of Asia Scholars 2011
Systemic Culture Shock: Learning to Access Information in the Field Invited International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Post-fieldwork presentation series 2010
On Epistemological Foundations of Minority Preparatory Programs for Higher Education in the PRC Invited International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Philosophy Department Invited Talk, Capital Normal University, Beijing 2010
Aspects of Social Identity in Educational Institutions: Ethnographic Approaches International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2009
Ethnographic Contributions to School-Based Research International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
International Conference on Indigenous Education 2009
Nagasaki: Catholic Tradition and Regional Interpretation Invited International conference
Yamada Naomi, Charity Furnish
Philosophy Department Invited Talk, Capital Normal University 2008
Mnemonics in Greater China: Memory Techniques for Entrance Examinations
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Yamada Naomi
4 2021 - 3 2024
Grant number：21K17954
Grant amount：\2600000 （ Direct Cost: \2000000 、 Indirect Cost：\600000 ）
Entrance exams in Greater China are extremely competitive and consequential. This research examined mnemonic elements and memory techniques used in Taiwan to prepare for exams and other university entrance requirements. Moreover, this research differentiated strategies and emphases used in Taiwan from other Chinese cultural spheres. I was able to note curricular changes in emphasis in Taiwan (e.g. from only studying Chinese history to studying the history of Taiwan, China and the world). I collected textbooks and conducted interviews on two research trips. I was able to meet academic contacts in Taipei and in Hualien. I met with students, teachers, tutors, and parents of both Han and Taiwanese Indigenous background. I was able to present my research at international conferences, to cultivate networks for future research, and to get data that I am currently analyzing and writing for publication.
Reviewer: Regulation & Governance
Reviewer: Anthropology Today
Advisory Board Member: Society for Applied Anthropology Higher Ed TIG
Reviewer: Studies in Higher Education (Francis and Taylor)
