Professor Slater is an Anthropology Professor at Sophia University in the Faculty of Liberal Arts. The first week of orientation he introduced us to the many wonderful things that accompany taking courses at a new university halfway across the world from wherever we call home. He also keyed us into his own research, and I […]
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AFL – Learning Everywhere #2
Even outside of the classroom, I seem to continually find myself surrounded by people who place learning above other aspects of their lives. A few weeks ago I was introduced to a mutual friend, and despite the very light context of our shared meal, our conversation repeatedly drifted toward shared ideals in the realm of […]
AFL – Park Ramblings
Purely to feed my own interests, one of the courses I am taking this semester is an introductory class to Japanese literature. This course has the largest amount of students enrolled among my classes, the professor has absolutely no reservations about cold-calling students, and it is my only Sophia class to have a teaching assistant. […]
AFL – Introduction
はじめまして! (It’s nice to meet you!) My name is Alexa Fronczek-Lewis and I’m a junior Anthropology major with an EALC/Japanese minor. I am studying abroad at Sophia University, and the semester is already well underway. Although this introductory posting is a bit late, I felt that it was much needed as my interviews might come […]