“Living Well in Later Life” is a project-based learning opportunity (PBL) that examines the community health of two structurally similar but geographically distant regions: Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan; and Carlisle,…
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MenuYoshitaka Kumagai is a Professor of Social Science at Akita International University (AIU). Professor Kumagai earned his Ph.D. in Forest Social Science
at Oregon State University in 2001, and held a postdoctoral research position at Washington State University from 2002-2004. He has been teaching at AIU since its inception in 2004. Along with coordinating collaborative Project Based Learning opportunities with Dickinson College and several other US universities, he holds a number of administrative positions at AIU including Dean of International Collaboration, Director of the Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives, and Director of the Center for East Asia Research. Outside AIU, he has held leadership roles in international organizations devoted to protected areas management, sustainability, forest management, revitalizing rural communities. He currently is co-chair for the newly developed “Asia Protected Areas Network.”