Tomoyuki Yasuda, Ph.D. Professor of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Hosei University, Japan. I have long been conducting my research and publishing papers/books mainly about program evaluation in Japan (where I was born and raised) since I came back from the United States after completing my graduate work at Penn State in 2005 (LINK).
Research Interests
My research addresses methodological issues in program evaluation and substantive issues related to well-being, broadly defined. I focus on well-being in social contexts, examining how individuals are empowered in ways that support subjective well-being and positive future expectations. My recent work explores how people maintain and reconstruct well-being while navigating social and economic risks and uncertainty, with particular attention to psychological and contextual resources that foster adaptability and meaning-making processes, thereby contributing to positive future expectations.
Recent Work
Yasuda, T. (in revision). Linking Empowerment, Sense of community, and Life Satisfaction Through Meaning in Life.
Yasuda, T. (under review). How Sense of Community and Psychological Empowerment Shape Host Society Acculturation: Latent Profile Analysis of Japanese University Sample.
Yasuda, T., Saito, Y., & Sakazume, H. (under review). Examining the Mediational Relationship Between Career Adaptability and Life Satisfaction Through Meaning in Life.
Yasuda, T. (under review). Host Society Acculturation, Diversity Attitudes, and Psychological Well-being.
Yasuda, T. (under review). Does Psychological Empowerment Foster Life Satisfaction? Evidence from Cross-Lagged Panel Model of Japanese Students.
Yasuda, T., Saito, Y., & Sakazume, H. (work in progress). Latent Risk and Trust Profiles Across Meaning in Life and Optimism.
Academic Positions
| 2019 – | Professor, Hosei University Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies |
| 2013 – | Part-time lecturer, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education |
| 2015 – 2019 | Associate Professor, Hosei University Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies |
| 2013 – 2015 | Associate Professor, Bunri University of Hospitality, Japan Faculty of Service Management |
| 2009 – 2013 | Assistant Professor, Bunri University of Hospitality, Japan Faculty of Service Management |
| 2006 – 2009 | Research Associate, Waseda University, Japan Faculty of Human Sciences |
| 2005 – 2006 | Researcher Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant, Japan |
Education
| Ph.D. | Pennsylvania State University, 2005 Educational Psychology |
| M.A. | University of Missouri — Kanas City, 2000 Educational Research and Psychology |
| B.S. | Chuo University, Japan, 1996 Industrial and System Engineering |
Contact info.
Tomoyuki Yasuda
Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies
Hosei University
2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, Japan 102-8160
LAB e-mail: info@programevaluationlab.jp