Name: Yang Tong
Gender: Female
Title：Associate Professor
E-mail: yangtong@seu.edu.cn
Research Interests: Comparative Education, Higher Education Studies
Biography：
Dr. Yang Tong is an Associate Professor and a "Zhishan Young Scholar" at Southeast University. She graduated in June 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Japanese from Shanghai International Studies University and subsequently pursued further studies in Japan for ten years. From 2009 to 2012, she obtained her Master's degree in Education from the University of Tokyo, and in 2018, she received her Ph.D. in Education from the same university.
From April to September 2018, she served as a Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education, the University of Tokyo. In November 2018, she joined the Department of Japanese, School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University, where she teaches core Japanese language courses.During her time abroad, she undertook short-term academic visits to National Taiwan University, the University of Liverpool (UK), and the University of California, Berkeley (USA). She also gained two years of research experience at the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education at the University of Tokyo and the Center for University Studies at the University of Tsukuba.
She has worked as a Chinese language trainer and interpreter for major Japanese corporations such as Canon and Sony. In addition, she has served as an interpreter for the International Department of the Ohara School of Ikebana (one of Japan’s leading ikebana schools), and as a legal translator for Belles Fleurs Tokyo, a company specializing in preserved flower arrangements. She has studied ikebana since 2011 and began learning the Japanese tea ceremony in 2015. She holds a second-level teaching license (Associate Professor rank) from the Ohara School and a Level 3 Certificate in Japanese Tea Ceremony Culture.
Research Areas：
1. Comparative Studies of Higher Education in China and Japan, including policy, university reforms, and undergraduate curriculum analysis.
2. Foreign Language Talent Development in China and Japan, focusing on foreign language education strategies, policy, and curriculum design.
3. Translation studies related to Japanese education, sociology, and traditional Japanese culture (tea, incense, and flower arts).
Research Projects (PI)：
1. 2022–present: Principal Investigator, Youth Project, Ministry of Education of China (Humanities and Social Sciences)
2. 2022–present: Principal Investigator, General Project, Jiangsu Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation
3. 2021–2023: Principal Investigator, Key Project, Foreign Language Teaching Research Division, China Association of Higher Education
4. 2019–2022: Principal Investigator, Southeast University Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (Three Projects)
She has also participated in several provincial and national-level research programs, including the National Education Science "13th Five-Year Plan" Youth Projects and National Social Science Fund Youth Projects.
Certifications：
1. Second-Level Teaching Certificate (Associate Professor Rank), Ohara School of Ikebana, Japan
2. Level 3 Certificate in Japanese Tea Ceremony Culture
3. Highest-level Certification in French Floral Art, Association Française d'Art Floral (AFAF)
Honors and Awards：
2024: "Most Popular Teacher" – Faculty Award, Southeast University
2023: "Zhishan Young Scholar," Southeast University
2022: Second Prize (Full-Time Group), Jiangsu Provincial College Micro-lecture Competition
2021: First Prize, Japanese Language Group, Jiangsu Province, "FLTRP Cup" National College Foreign Language Teaching Contest (Micro-lecture)
2021: Third Prize, Southeast University Young Faculty Teaching Competition
2020: Second Prize, Excellent Online Course, School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University
2019: "Innovation and Entrepreneurship PhD" Honoree, Jiangsu Province
2012–2017: University of Tokyo Doctoral Research Fellowship
2011–2014: Research Activity Awards, University of Tokyo
