大卫·兰德

Dr. R和s came to 365bet in 2012 after teaching for five years at Frostburg State University 在马里兰州西部. He received his PhD in 历史 in 2011 从 University of Southern California, where his dissertation was titled “The Development of Korean Communities in Japan: Migrant Interactions with Urban Environments.” 这 was developed into his monograph Function-Based Spatiality 和 Development of Korean Communities in Japan: A Complex Adaptive Systems Theory Approach published in 2014 by Lexington Books. Dr. R和s currently has wide-ranging research interests including continued study of function-based spatiality, historical theory, 比较历史. He has presented his research at conferences for the Association for Asian Studies, Social Science 历史 Association, 和 conference of the United Nations University’s 世界 Institute for Development Economics Research，以及其他地点.

In addition to his doctorate, Dr. 兰德斯拥有学士学位 杨百翰大学, where he majored in 历史 和 Asian Studies, 和 MA in International Relations 从 立命馆大学，位于日本京都. He has also spent several years at 京都大学 as a research student, 和 most recently, has completed the Postdoctoral Bridge Program at the University of Florida’s Hough Graduate School of Business where he specialized in international business 和 entrepreneurship.

Dr. R和s is an expert on Japan, 和 has a deep underst和ing of many facets of the nation’s history, culture, 和 people. His experiences of living in Japan began when he took a two-year break 从 his undergraduate studies to serve a religious mission in the central part of the country. After returning 和 graduation, he began working for a 日本 company in his hometown of Los Angeles, 和n partook of the opportunity to work in the city of Himeji as part of the Japan Exchange 和 Teaching (JET) Program. 姬路的生活让他得以. R和s to see aspects that were unavailable as a missionary, 和 after three years, he 和 his wife moved to Kyoto, where they resided for the 未来六年. It was in Kyoto that his eldest of two daughters was born, 和 Dr. R和s considers Kyoto his home when he is in Japan.

Dr. R和s has utilized his familiarity with Japan since moving to Clarksville, where he lives with his wife 和 two daughters. 他常常 带学生去日本 where they spend up to three weeks traveling across the country, 和 since 2015 he has spent time as a visiting scholar at Doshisha University where he teaches students 从 新奥尔良大学 当他们在日本时. 他也与 Japan-America Society of Tennessee 和 mobilizes volunteers for the 孟菲斯日本音乐节 每年的 Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival. Dr. R和s is the immediate facilitator of a 日本外联倡议 Coordinator, who works to highlight 日本 culture at the university 和 in the 社区. He has also facilitated a partnership between the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System 和 Austin Peay State University to incorporate 日本 和 Korean languages into their offerings. 这 foreign language partnership enabled Clarksville to have the only secondary schools in the state to offer Korean 和日本. Likewise, partnership provided resources for the university’s Asian 语言发行.

在校园里，博士. R和s serves as the Coordinator of the 亚洲研究项目 和 faculty adviser for the 亚洲研究俱乐部. 他组织了一个 日本 business customs seminar for students 和 helped students successfully 申请JET计划 so they can go work in Japan after graduation. 此外,博士. 兰德斯带来了 traditional performers such as 桂太郎阳光 和 全球文化纳苏, as well as scholars 和 dignitaries 从 Walk in the US, Talk on Japan 和 来自日本的新声音 项目. He has been instrumental, as the university has hosted delegations 从 这两个 Consulate General of Japan in Nashville 和 Consulate General of Korea in Atlanta. Dr. R和s sees these interactions as vital opportunities for students to exp和 their worldviews 和 experience cultures far removed 从 middle Tennessee. 他说 that one of his greatest pleasures is seeing how students can really come to appreciate Asian cultures 和 want to underst和 it beyond the stereotypes.

Dr. R和s teaches a number of courses beyond the survey courses in world history. They include national histories of China, Korea, 和 Japan, as well as thematic courses such as Japan through anime 和 manga, transpacific film, 和 samurai traditions. He has even taught beginning 日本 language 和 courses in international business. Dr. R和s’ classes are discussion-based 和 he is frequently posing questions to encourage students to think about the material 和 its implications. 他对批判性的强调 thinking skills can be understood through his often-declared motto, “If you leave class without a trickle of blood coming 从 your ear because you’ve been thinking so hard, we haven’t done enough.”

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