Yuto Kitamura

Yuto Kitamura is a Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science at the University of Tokyo. He received his B.A. in Education from Keio University in 1996, followed by his M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Kitamura's expertise lies in comparative education and international educational development, with a focus on education policies in developing countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. His research encompasses various aspects of education, including basic education, teacher training, and higher education development. Kitamura has held several prestigious positions, including working as an Assistant Education Specialist at UNESCO in Paris and serving as a Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh and a member of the international advisory board for the Master of Education Program at Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. His major works include co-edited volumes on educational reforms and development in Southeast Asia, such as "The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia" and "Emerging International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education." Kitamura's contributions to the field of comparative education and his extensive research on educational development in Asia have established him as a leading expert in international education policy and reform.