Associate Professor MOTOYAMA, Kotona
Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Regional Development Studies, Institute of Human and Social Sciences
College and School Educational Field
School of Regional Development Studies, College of Human and Social Sciences
Laboratory
Academic Background
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Department of Sociology, College of Health and Human Services, San Francisco State University
TransPacific Hawaii College
Career
Kanazawa University School of Regional Development Studies, College of Human and Social Sciences Associate Professor(2025/10-)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Strategic Plannning Office（兼務） Research Associate Professor(2025/04-2025/09)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Research Center for Knowledge Innovation, Future Knowledge Division Research Associate Professor(2024/07-2025/09)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(2024/04-2024/06)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(2019/04-2024/03)
(2019/08-2021/04)
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(2016/08-2019/03)
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
Award
Specialities
Sociology 、Gender
Speciality Keywords
Gender and Sexuality Studies,Minority Studies,Discrimination,Diversity Education
Research Themes
Microaggressions against Sexual Minorities, Research about Allies, Assessment and Challenges of Same-sex Partnership
Books
Papers
- Being Free from "Family" and Creating a Living Foundation: The Life History of Non-Cisgender-Heterosexual "Parent and Child" 35 1 62 2023/04
- Constructing Identities for the Eradication of Discrimination: Examination from the History of "Homosexual" Identity Kotona Motoyama 55 6 26 2020/06
- “Coming Out” as a family with an LGB member in Japan: Normalizing strategies and negotiating with social norms Kotona Motoyama Contemporary Japan 31 2 159 2019/07/03
- Experiences of Coming Out in Japan: Negotiating Perceived Homophobia Kotona Motoyama Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 15 2 75-92 2015
- Becoming ‘Families with a Non-heterosexual Member’: The Roles of Mothers in Avoiding ‘Family Collapse’ Motoyama Kotona Kazoku syakaigaku kenkyu 26 2 114-126 2014
Conference Presentations
- Risks of Interviews about Unnoticed Discriminatory Experiences and Exploring the Possibilities of Building Collaborative Relationships with Research Participants(2024/11/10)
- Coming Out as Families of an LGB Member in Japanese Context: Conflicts and Struggles in the Interior and Exterior Zone(conference：The 15th European Association for Japanese Studies)(2017/09/02)
- Overcoming Heteronormativity?! The Experiences of Families of Non-heterosexual Member in Japan(conference：The 12th Women's World Congress)(2014/08/19)
- The Reaction of Mothers of Non-heterosexual Children and their Roles: Gendered Response to Coming Out(conference：The 18th International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology)(2014/07/14)
Others
Arts and Fieldwork
Patent
Theme to the desired joint research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
○「セクシュアリティをめぐる差別・抑圧の相克に向けた交渉戦略モデルの構築に関する研究 」(2022-2025)