【Faculty Voices】 Episode 2: “My Study Abroad Experience in the US — My Mentor’s Encouragement and his Words” — Dr. Norihiko SUZUKI

You may have seen the faces of our faculty members, be it in a face-to-face classroom, an online classroom discussion, the university brochure, or possibly, through their professional outputs. But do you know how they really are as an individual?

This Faculty Voices series aims to acquaint you with some of our unique faculty members in the form of a relay essay by the faculty themselves. You will have a chance to get a glimpse of the faculties’ personal agenda, concept on life, philosophy, and memories, as well as their area of profession and research theme.

The second episode is from AIU’s president Norihiko SUZUKI.

After President Suzuki obtained his D.B.A at Indiana University in the United States, he had taught at universities at home and abroad since 1978. He has assumed office as the Chair of the Board and President of AIU on June, 2013, and President Suzuki has successively been appointed as a member of the Central Council for Education, University Education Section, and various other important posts.

President Suzuki has offered us a message under the theme My struggles during my youth. The President’s messages will be published as a three-part series.

My Study Abroad Experience in the US – My Mentor’s Encouragement and his Words –

It has been 45 years, including my postgraduate student days, since I started teaching at universities; 13 years in the United States at Indiana University, Washington State University, and Illinois University, and then 32 years in Japan at International Christian University and AIU.

In the mid-1970s, I was a postgraduate student at the Graduate School of Economics of Hitotsubashi University, majoring in Int