Graduating from Tokyo Woman’s University with a B.A. in British and American Literature, Noriko Mizuta earned her Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale University. In 1970 she started teaching Modern British and American Literature and Theories of Criticism at the Marymount College and at Scripps College; appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature of the University of Southern California in 1974, she taught courses there in American Literature, Comparative Literature, Japanese Literature, and Theories of Feminism Criticism.
In 1986 she began serving at Josai University as Vice-Chancellor., and from 1994 to 1996 was President of the University. She has concurrently taught as Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at Josai International University since 1992. From 1996 to 2009 she served as the President of Josai International University; in 2004 she was appointed by the Board of Regents as Chancellor of the Josai University Educational Corporation.
In establishing the Faculty of Media Studies and the Faculty of Social Work Studies at JIU, as well as its most recent Faculty of Tourism, Dr. Mizuta has earned widespread recognition as a leader who brings to fruition new visions for higher education and provides much-needed human resources in our society. She is also in the forefront of scholarship in the field of Gender and Feminist Criticism and one of the co-founders of the Japanese Association of Women’s Studies. She is noted for initiating and promoting the university’s Life-long Education program for the local community through her many public lectures and various media activities.
Dr. Noriko Mizuta’s father, the late Mikio Mizuta, was a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, served seven terms as Finance Minister, and played a central role in the post-war economic reconstruction of Japan.
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March 1960:
Tokyo Woman's University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Japan)
B.A. in British and American Literature -
April 1960:
Tokyo Municipal University, Graduate School of Humanities (Japan)
Department of British and American Literature Matriculation -
September 1961:
Yale University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (U.S.A.)
Matriculation - June 1963: M.A. in American Studies
- June 1970: Ph.D. in American Studies
- 1967-70: Dokkyo University, Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages
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September 1970:
Marymount College, Tarrytown NY (U.S.A.)
Assistant Professor, Department of English -
September 1971:
Scripps College, Clarement CA (U.S.A.)
Assistant Professor, Department of English -
September 1974:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA (U.S.A.)
Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Culture, Associate Professor 1980-1985 -
1986-2004:
Josai University Educational Corporation (Japan)
Vice-Chancellor -
1992-present:
Josai International University (Japan)
Professor, Faculty of Humanities -
1994-1996:
Josai University (Japan)
President -
1996-2009:
Josai International University (Japan)
President -
2004-present:
Josai University Educational Corporation (Japan)
Chancellor
- American Association of University Professors (USA)
- Japan Comparative Literature Association
- The Japanese Association for American Studies
- Association for Asian Studies (USA)
- American Comparative Literature Association (USA)
- The English Literary Society of Japan
- Association for Japanese and American Culture
- The American Literature Society of Japan
- Modern Language Association (USA)
- The Japanese Centre of International P.E.N.
- The Women's Studies Association of Japan (Co-founder)
