Honoring the Pioneer of Japan-US Rhetoric Studies: The Roichi Okabe Panel

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

This panel is a free discussion honoring Roichi Okabe (Nanzan University), who is undoubtedly Japan’s foremost researcher in the communication discipline. Professor Okabe retired from academics in March of this year, and this panel reflects at the contributions he has made in the area of Japan-US communication, particularly in the area of political rhetoric, and Japanese communication theory. The panel is co-sponsored with the International and Intercultural Communication Division, and the Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division, and will feature a discussion by scholars who have been influenced by Professor Okabe.

Sub Unit

• Japan-U.S. Communication Association

Cosponsors

• International and Intercultural Communication Division

• Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

Chair

• Takeshi Suzuki, Tsuda College

Presenters

• Karlyn Campbell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• G. Thomas Goodnight, University of Southern California

• Michael Hazen, Wake Forest University

• Yoshihisa Itaba, Dokkyo University

• Akira Miyahara, Seinan Gakuin University

• Michael Leff, Univ of Memphis

• Hiroko Okuda, Nanzan University

Session Organizers

• Takeshi Suzuki, Tsuda College

• Jiro Takai, Nagoya Univ