Fellows & Grantees

Yuko Kawanishi

Abe Fellowship 2007
Project Title
Midlife Depression and Social Interventions in the United States: Lessons for Japan
Institutional Affiliation (at time of award)
Professor, International Student Exchange Center, Tokyo Gakugei University

Bio

Yuko Kawanishi has been a sociologist specializing in cross-cultural mental health issues for years. She has also researched and written about family, gender, and youth problems in Japan. More recently, she also gained clinical training in the US, and obtained a social work license from the state of New York. Currently, Yuko is teaching for international (university) programs in Tokyo as well as working as a psychological counselor/psychotherapist at an American University campus in Japan.

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