{"id":15156,"date":"2024-10-08T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?p=15156"},"modified":"2024-10-22T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:28:00","slug":"news_20241021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/news_20241021\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9th Global Leadership Cafe lecture series: &#8220;Navigating Multicultural Identities as a Leader in Academia&#8221;\uff08Guest speaker:  Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks, Loyola Marymount University\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-vk-heading-plain has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e0db8cb8d8d230bcfd430a8db678d53d\" style=\"background-color:#1c3177\">Outline\/Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">At Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), we are honored to invite Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks from Loyola Marymount University, CA, USA, to have a short talk on the topic \u201cNavigating Multicultural Identities as a Leader in Academia\u201d for about 20-30 minutes and answer any questions from the audience as long as time permits on Monday, October 21 at 12:30-13:20. The entire event will be held in English.<br><br>It will be held both in person and online. <br>Please join us at lunch if you are interested! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message from Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I never imagined myself as an academic or a scholar. This talk explores who my life live \u201cdifferent normal\u201d led me to becoming a Global Asia and Critical Mixed Race\/Roots Teacher-Scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15136\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-vk-heading-plain has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f747fce67e79e7582340451c89b40524\" style=\"background-color:#1c3177\">Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-vk-table-border-top-bottom vk-table--mobile-block vk-table--th--width25 vk-table--th--bg-bright has-small-font-size\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Date &amp; Time<\/td><td>Monday, October 21, 2024 12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Method<\/td><td>In-person &amp; online via Zoom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Venue (In-person)<\/td><td>Workshop Room 1 &amp; 2, Taki Plaza B2F, Ookayama Campus and online (Zoom)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eligibility<\/td><td>Tokyo Tech students, faculty or staff, general public\uff08In-person capacity: about 50 seats) <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Language<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fee <\/td><td>Free<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Registration (Attend IN PERSON)<\/td><td>No registration necessary. Please just come to the venue! <br>(Please note that seats are limited.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Registration (Attend ONLINE)<\/td><td>Please register on Zoom below.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYqceuvqT8iG91SsUC84GFOgwBXWoxFkgPf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register to attend ONLINE<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-button vk_button vk_button-color-custom vk_button-7a1494c8-e35d-4b21-978c-5eede4306cc8 vk_button-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYqceuvqT8iG91SsUC84GFOgwBXWoxFkgPf\" class=\"vk_button_link btn has-background btn-md\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div class=\"vk_button_link_caption\"><span class=\"vk_button_link_txt\">ONLINE REGISTRATION<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.vk_button-7a1494c8-e35d-4b21-978c-5eede4306cc8 .has-background {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #1c3177;\n\t\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #1c3177;\n\t\t\t} <\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-vk-heading-plain has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-75bc09644dba96fbe5f0b2ebff636ce7\" style=\"background-color:#1c3177\">Flyer: To be posted on a later date.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Y5oGdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_front.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Y5oGdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241021_GLC9_Dr.Rooks_back.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Y5oGdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a> to see PDF file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-vk-heading-plain has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-78970c97001865b862919ddfede312cf\" style=\"background-color:#1c3177\">About <strong><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15136\" style=\"width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DrRooks_trimmed-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><br><strong>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and Program Coordinator, <\/strong><br><strong>Asian Pacific American Studies<br>Loyola Marymount University (CA, USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Curtiss Takada Rooks, Ph.D. is a critical race and ethnic studies scholar in Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University where his courses include multiracial identity and contemporary issues in APIA communities. <br><br>His research examines multiracial identity, along with engaged scholarship addressing civic engagement and BIPOC community health and wellness. <br>Since September 2022 until August 2023, Dr. Takada Rooks is serving as a Visiting Associate Professor\/Teaching Fellow and First Rate, Inc. Academic Fellow teaching courses in Asian American Studies, mixed roots and transnational identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Born at Camp Zama in Kanagawa, Japan to an African American father and native Japanese mother, Curtiss has lived in mainland Japan, Okinawa and throughout the US. <br>He now lives in Culver City, CA with his sansei wife Miki and daughter Mariko. As a family, they are active in the Los Angeles area Japanese American community. <br>Additionally, Dr. Rooks serves as an advisor and facilitator of the Japan\u2013Black LA Initiative that works to enhance the relationship between Japan and the LA African<br>American community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Curtiss holds a doctorate in Comparative Culture: cultural anthropology emphasis from the University of California, Irvine, a M.A. in Public Policy from Trinity College and an A.B. in<br>Economics\/A.B. in Asian Studies from Dartmouth College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n<div class=\"veu_socialSet veu_socialSet-position-after veu_contentAddSection\"><script>window.twttr=(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],t=window.twttr||{};if(d.getElementById(id))return t;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);t._e=[];t.ready=function(f){t._e.push(f);};return t;}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"));<\/script><ul><\/ul><\/div><!-- [ \/.socialSet ] -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline\/Introduction At Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), we are honored to invite Dr. Curtiss Takada [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?p=15131","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":"","schedule_terms":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[102],"event_status":[],"workshop_status":[],"workshop_category":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15156"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15231,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15156\/revisions\/15231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"event_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_status?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"workshop_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workshop_status?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"workshop_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workshop_category?post=15156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}