RICHA OHRI
Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Ochanomizu University
Japanese Studies in a Global Perspective
Comparative Studies of Societies and Cultures
 
Doctoral Thesis
Critical Re-examination of Community Japanese Language Programs:
​Dominant Ideology and the Creation of Power Relations
 
Current Position
Special Language Lecturer, Chiba University, Japan

She teaches the following courses:
1) Critical Thinking and Popular Culture.
2) Intercultural Communication: A Critical Perspective.
3) Intercultural Communication in the Japanese Context.
4) English: Presentation, Interaction, Discussion, and Writing. 

Research

Her research interests include enhancing critical thinking skills in language education, decolonization of intercultural education, and knowledge construction in the intercultural communication classroom. She is currently passionately involved in the New Face of Japan (#NewFaceofJapan) .

Project she initiated in October 2019, which documents the experiences of 'new face' in an increasingly diverse Japan. The Project focuses on the problems and challenges faced by Japanese society as it changes at unprecedented speed

​   Current research

Currently (2019~) receiving Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research for the following research topic:Role of Active Knowledge in developing Critical Literacy in Multicultural Classroom

   Research Articles

Ohri Richa, (2020). ​ Above and Beyond the Single Story. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, and M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter Hong Kong: Candlin & Mynard ePublishing
 
Ohri Richa・杉原由美, 異文化間教育における批判的観点の重要性-「異」と「文化」 の陥穽から抜け出すには，異文化間教育学会第39回大会発表抄録，査読有, pp.124-125, 2018
 
Ohri Richa・杉原由美,「異」と「文化」のポリティクス -アクティブ・ナレッジを 育む言語文化教育, 言語文化教育のポリティクス 言語文化教育研究学会第三回年次大会 『言語文化教育のポリティクス 予稿集』査読有,pp.101-106, 2017

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杉原由美・Ohri Richa,「異」と「文化」をめぐるアクティブ・ナレッジの形成 −文化 的差異の政治性の観点から−, Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education Annual Conference 2017 Proceedings, 査読有, pp.242-246, 2017

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​Ohri Richa,「○○国」を紹介するという表象行為-そこにある「常識」を問う-, 言語 文化教育研究 第14巻,査読有, pp. 55 – 67, 2016

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Ohri Richa, 母語話者による非母語話者のステレオタイプ構築-批判的談話分析の観点から-リテラシーズ (2), 145-163, 2006

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Ohri Richa,「共生」を目指す地域の相互学習型活動の批判的再検討-母語話者の「日本人は」のディスコースから-日本語教育 (126), 134-143, 2005-07

   Hobbies and more…

​She is a health freak, and her hobbies are hiking, camping, running with her favorite music, writing stories for picture books, and vegan cuisine.She admires Eminem, whose verse gives her the strength to be herself, no matter what the world says. She also loves Colombian coffee and has a penchant for tableware. She gets immense energy from her students, who are her best critics and at times, admirers too. 
To her partner and daughter, she would like to say, "you are, therefore I am."

Picture Book
​Richa Ohri, Little Hands, Tokyo: Bungeisha 2015
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Little Hands

I can never forget the feeling I had when you held my finger so tight with your little hand as I cuddled you on the day you were born. With these little hands you will experience the world and create and fulfil new dreams. As you mature, a day will come when I have to let go of your little hand. But for me, no matter how old you are, your hands will always be ‘little hands.’

TEDxChiba 
​Education and Love

Education teaches us love and respect for other people. Despite that we often stereotype people based on the prejudices we have, which leads to racism and exclusion. This talk emphasizes the need to re-think education and focus on introducing different stories about how stereotyping robs people of respect and dignity. Love needs to be at the core of our education.