M D Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 1896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M D Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | M D |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4492-1648 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Quantifying the self
This inquiry explores how hensachi (standardised test scores) and juku (private tutoring providers) shape how Japanese students perceive themselves, their peers, and their futures. Drawing on Foucauldian governmentality and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, this study examines how these ostensibly ‘neutral’ technologies encourage self-monitoring, competition, and personal responsibility within a tightly ranked educational system. Intervie…
County Partisanship Affects Social Media Posting Behavior During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has been characterized by political partisan differences and opinions that influenced individual behavior and political policies, correlating with varying outcomes. Measuring these differences in opinion using traditional methods, such as opinion polls, can be costly and provides only a snapshot of sentiment at a given time. Social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) may offer a real-time tool for …
Detethering economic subjectification from intercultural identity
Purpose This paper aims to critically examine how Japan’s higher education internationalization policies shape intercultural identities. Drawing on a discursive framework, it interrogates the extent to which policy promotes neoliberal conceptions of transnationalism through language policy, institutional branding and credentialism. Design/methodology/approach By analyzing policy documents, rhetoric and reform initiatives, the authors trace the di…
Planned behaviour during university-to-work transitions
Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and employing Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, this study investigates how nine Japanese students at a Top Global University Project-affiliated college interpret and navigate educational-vocational transitions amid the nation’s ongoing internationalisation reforms. More specifically, by centring their lived experiences, we aim to generate recommendations for Japan’s Support Project for Creating So…
Japan’s pursuit of meritocracy, cosmopolitanism, and global rankings in higher education
Through the market-based conception of neoliberal performativity, an interlocking set of socio-economic agendas integrate higher education (HE) in state-level systems of production and accumulation. Within the scope of globalism, the capacity to develop competitive human capital emerges as a proxy indicator of achievement amongst institutions of higher learning. Through this elaborate symbolic structure, Japanese reforms aimed at bolstering “glob…
Cosmopolitan nationalism as higher education policy? Converging and diverging discourses from China, Japan, and Korea
This critical discourse analysis explores cosmopolitan nationalism as neoliberal reform within East Asian higher education (HE). Placing cosmopolitan nationalism within the Foucauldian genealogical oeuvre, we draw comparisons between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean HE policy to expand the theoretical basis of this emerging framework. Against this background, HE policy draws our gaze towards the tensions inherent to State-level demands for ‘enterpri…
From shōnen to shakaijin
Navigating shallow waters
In the face of ongoing ecological, economic, and social concerns, the UN’s sustainable development framework emerges as a map for securing a brighter tomorrow. Yet, against this backdrop, the neoliberal values of deregulation, open marketisation, and individualisation constrain sustainable development outcomes. Building on previous research conducted in Japan, a nation positioned at the forefront of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), th…
Shakaijin, shadow education, and the entrepreneurial self
Under the neoliberal vision for free-market capitalism, discourses validating meritocratic competition reproduce homo œconomicus, narrowly self-interested human capital seeking to maximise its economic utility. Against this background, juku, Japan's network of for-profit, deregulated shadow education institutions, eases educational transitions for enterprising citizens seeking advantage within the nation's highly competitive exam and graduate rec…
Social Reproduction as Language Policy
In Japan, neoliberal discourses rationalize English language proficiency as a pathway to meritocratic reward and success in the global knowledge economy. With this ideology in mind, this review engages the market orientation of English domestically and the causative implications of class-distinguished capital. Specifically, Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction is employed to foster comprehension of Japanese foreign language policies in which …
Rejecting instrumental-deterministic Call
As online education expands in the wake of recent global events, concerns over the privileging of dominant languages, cultures and epistemologies gain prominence. Despite the explicit biases and assumptions found within hegemonic learning contexts, however, inquiry within the domain of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) typically manifests via decontextualised interpretations. Consequently, this inquiry aims to contribute to the theoretic…
Entrepreneurs of the self
This conceptual study examines the neoliberal knowledge economy as a dimension of globalisation policy within East Asian higher education. In exploring the practice of linguistic instrumentalisation, this inquiry aims to demonstrate the influence of English on the hereditary reproduction of social class. Calling on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, this inquiry explores the interplay between one’s hereditary and ultimate class …
The neoliberal structures of English in Japanese higher education
As global neoliberalism continues to take root, States aim to produce linguistically-skilled human capital to gain an advantage within highly-competitive market conditions. With this relationship in view, English language proficiency constitutes a ‘rational’ educational pathway for national and personal-level success within an outwardly meritocratic knowledge economy. Yet, in Japan, as in many other locales, English has been accused of strengthen…
What History is good for
Many disciplines in the social sciences and humanities can offer profound insights into what it means to be human. History, however, encompasses the totality of human experience: economics, politics, philosophy, art, ethics, sociology, science - all of it becomes part of history eventually. Therefore, the opportunities for incorporating service-learning (carefully integrating community service with academic inquiry and reflecting on insights deri…
Literary Connections
The bāzgasht-e adabi (literary return) school is generally portrayed in modern historical studies as a reaction to the so-called sabk-e Hendi (Indian style) of poetry, which is said to have dominated Persian letters during the reign of the Safavids. Much of the terminology we use to discuss this movement— sabk, for instance—as well as the qualitative arguments are taken directly from scholars of the early twentieth century, and from Malek al-Sho'…
Paul and Ancient Bisexuality
Paul and Ancient Bisexuality: A Rejoinder Get access Mark D. Smith Mark D. Smith Albertson College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Fall 1997, Pages 867–870, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/65.4.867 Published: 01 October 1997
Ancient Bisexuality and the Interpretation of Romans 1
Journal Article Ancient Bisexuality and the Interpretation of Romans 1:26–27 Get access Mark D. Smith Mark D. Smith Mark D Smith is Associate Professor of History at Albertson College Caldwell, ID 83605-4494 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIV, Issue 2, Summer 1996, Pages 223–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXIV.2.223 Published: 01 July 1996
Condom availability in schools
OBJECTIVES. This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. METHODS. Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. RESULTS. Few existing condom availability programs were designed to yield definitive data on sexual risk-taking behavior or other measures…
Manuscript Collecting at the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society held in Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge was founded in 1743 and is America's oldest learned society. For the first Century of its existence the society, Spurred by Thomas Jefferson, collected manuscripts, preserving them for future use. The American Indian loomed large in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and a sizeable number of manuscripts pertaining to the Indian was received. Concurrently, …
A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Linda M. Lysynchuk, Michael Pressley, Hsiao d'Ailly, Michael Smith, Heather Cake, A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 458-470
Teaching to learn
The consultation clinic
Literary Connections
The bāzgasht-e adabi (literary return) school is generally portrayed in modern historical studies as a reaction to the so-called sabk-e Hendi (Indian style) of poetry, which is said to have dominated Persian letters during the reign of the Safavids. Much of the terminology we use to discuss this movement— sabk, for instance—as well as the qualitative arguments are taken directly from scholars of the early twentieth century, and from Malek al-Sho'…
Cosmopolitan nationalism as higher education policy? Converging and diverging discourses from China, Japan, and Korea
This critical discourse analysis explores cosmopolitan nationalism as neoliberal reform within East Asian higher education (HE). Placing cosmopolitan nationalism within the Foucauldian genealogical oeuvre, we draw comparisons between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean HE policy to expand the theoretical basis of this emerging framework. Against this background, HE policy draws our gaze towards the tensions inherent to State-level demands for ‘enterpri…
A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Linda M. Lysynchuk, Michael Pressley, Hsiao d'Ailly, Michael Smith, Heather Cake, A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 458-470
Entrepreneurs of the self
This conceptual study examines the neoliberal knowledge economy as a dimension of globalisation policy within East Asian higher education. In exploring the practice of linguistic instrumentalisation, this inquiry aims to demonstrate the influence of English on the hereditary reproduction of social class. Calling on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, this inquiry explores the interplay between one’s hereditary and ultimate class …
The neoliberal structures of English in Japanese higher education
As global neoliberalism continues to take root, States aim to produce linguistically-skilled human capital to gain an advantage within highly-competitive market conditions. With this relationship in view, English language proficiency constitutes a ‘rational’ educational pathway for national and personal-level success within an outwardly meritocratic knowledge economy. Yet, in Japan, as in many other locales, English has been accused of strengthen…
Condom availability in schools
OBJECTIVES. This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. METHODS. Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. RESULTS. Few existing condom availability programs were designed to yield definitive data on sexual risk-taking behavior or other measures…
From shōnen to shakaijin
Shakaijin, shadow education, and the entrepreneurial self
Under the neoliberal vision for free-market capitalism, discourses validating meritocratic competition reproduce homo œconomicus, narrowly self-interested human capital seeking to maximise its economic utility. Against this background, juku, Japan's network of for-profit, deregulated shadow education institutions, eases educational transitions for enterprising citizens seeking advantage within the nation's highly competitive exam and graduate rec…
The consultation clinic
Teaching to learn
Manuscript Collecting at the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society held in Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge was founded in 1743 and is America's oldest learned society. For the first Century of its existence the society, Spurred by Thomas Jefferson, collected manuscripts, preserving them for future use. The American Indian loomed large in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and a sizeable number of manuscripts pertaining to the Indian was received. Concurrently, …
A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Linda M. Lysynchuk, Michael Pressley, Hsiao d'Ailly, Michael Smith, Heather Cake, A Methodological Analysis of Experimental Studies of Comprehension Strategy Instruction, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 458-470
Condom availability in schools
OBJECTIVES. This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. METHODS. Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. RESULTS. Few existing condom availability programs were designed to yield definitive data on sexual risk-taking behavior or other measures…
Ancient Bisexuality and the Interpretation of Romans 1
Journal Article Ancient Bisexuality and the Interpretation of Romans 1:26–27 Get access Mark D. Smith Mark D. Smith Mark D Smith is Associate Professor of History at Albertson College Caldwell, ID 83605-4494 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIV, Issue 2, Summer 1996, Pages 223–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXIV.2.223 Published: 01 July 1996
Paul and Ancient Bisexuality
Paul and Ancient Bisexuality: A Rejoinder Get access Mark D. Smith Mark D. Smith Albertson College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Fall 1997, Pages 867–870, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/65.4.867 Published: 01 October 1997
What History is good for
Many disciplines in the social sciences and humanities can offer profound insights into what it means to be human. History, however, encompasses the totality of human experience: economics, politics, philosophy, art, ethics, sociology, science - all of it becomes part of history eventually. Therefore, the opportunities for incorporating service-learning (carefully integrating community service with academic inquiry and reflecting on insights deri…
Literary Connections
The bāzgasht-e adabi (literary return) school is generally portrayed in modern historical studies as a reaction to the so-called sabk-e Hendi (Indian style) of poetry, which is said to have dominated Persian letters during the reign of the Safavids. Much of the terminology we use to discuss this movement— sabk, for instance—as well as the qualitative arguments are taken directly from scholars of the early twentieth century, and from Malek al-Sho'…
Social Reproduction as Language Policy
In Japan, neoliberal discourses rationalize English language proficiency as a pathway to meritocratic reward and success in the global knowledge economy. With this ideology in mind, this review engages the market orientation of English domestically and the causative implications of class-distinguished capital. Specifically, Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction is employed to foster comprehension of Japanese foreign language policies in which …
Rejecting instrumental-deterministic Call
As online education expands in the wake of recent global events, concerns over the privileging of dominant languages, cultures and epistemologies gain prominence. Despite the explicit biases and assumptions found within hegemonic learning contexts, however, inquiry within the domain of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) typically manifests via decontextualised interpretations. Consequently, this inquiry aims to contribute to the theoretic…
Entrepreneurs of the self
This conceptual study examines the neoliberal knowledge economy as a dimension of globalisation policy within East Asian higher education. In exploring the practice of linguistic instrumentalisation, this inquiry aims to demonstrate the influence of English on the hereditary reproduction of social class. Calling on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, this inquiry explores the interplay between one’s hereditary and ultimate class …
The neoliberal structures of English in Japanese higher education
As global neoliberalism continues to take root, States aim to produce linguistically-skilled human capital to gain an advantage within highly-competitive market conditions. With this relationship in view, English language proficiency constitutes a ‘rational’ educational pathway for national and personal-level success within an outwardly meritocratic knowledge economy. Yet, in Japan, as in many other locales, English has been accused of strengthen…
Navigating shallow waters
In the face of ongoing ecological, economic, and social concerns, the UN’s sustainable development framework emerges as a map for securing a brighter tomorrow. Yet, against this backdrop, the neoliberal values of deregulation, open marketisation, and individualisation constrain sustainable development outcomes. Building on previous research conducted in Japan, a nation positioned at the forefront of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), th…
Shakaijin, shadow education, and the entrepreneurial self
Under the neoliberal vision for free-market capitalism, discourses validating meritocratic competition reproduce homo œconomicus, narrowly self-interested human capital seeking to maximise its economic utility. Against this background, juku, Japan's network of for-profit, deregulated shadow education institutions, eases educational transitions for enterprising citizens seeking advantage within the nation's highly competitive exam and graduate rec…
Japan’s pursuit of meritocracy, cosmopolitanism, and global rankings in higher education
Through the market-based conception of neoliberal performativity, an interlocking set of socio-economic agendas integrate higher education (HE) in state-level systems of production and accumulation. Within the scope of globalism, the capacity to develop competitive human capital emerges as a proxy indicator of achievement amongst institutions of higher learning. Through this elaborate symbolic structure, Japanese reforms aimed at bolstering “glob…
Cosmopolitan nationalism as higher education policy? Converging and diverging discourses from China, Japan, and Korea
This critical discourse analysis explores cosmopolitan nationalism as neoliberal reform within East Asian higher education (HE). Placing cosmopolitan nationalism within the Foucauldian genealogical oeuvre, we draw comparisons between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean HE policy to expand the theoretical basis of this emerging framework. Against this background, HE policy draws our gaze towards the tensions inherent to State-level demands for ‘enterpri…
From shōnen to shakaijin
Quantifying the self
This inquiry explores how hensachi (standardised test scores) and juku (private tutoring providers) shape how Japanese students perceive themselves, their peers, and their futures. Drawing on Foucauldian governmentality and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, this study examines how these ostensibly ‘neutral’ technologies encourage self-monitoring, competition, and personal responsibility within a tightly ranked educational system. Intervie…
County Partisanship Affects Social Media Posting Behavior During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has been characterized by political partisan differences and opinions that influenced individual behavior and political policies, correlating with varying outcomes. Measuring these differences in opinion using traditional methods, such as opinion polls, can be costly and provides only a snapshot of sentiment at a given time. Social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) may offer a real-time tool for …
Detethering economic subjectification from intercultural identity
Purpose This paper aims to critically examine how Japan’s higher education internationalization policies shape intercultural identities. Drawing on a discursive framework, it interrogates the extent to which policy promotes neoliberal conceptions of transnationalism through language policy, institutional branding and credentialism. Design/methodology/approach By analyzing policy documents, rhetoric and reform initiatives, the authors trace the di…
Planned behaviour during university-to-work transitions
Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and employing Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, this study investigates how nine Japanese students at a Top Global University Project-affiliated college interpret and navigate educational-vocational transitions amid the nation’s ongoing internationalisation reforms. More specifically, by centring their lived experiences, we aim to generate recommendations for Japan’s Support Project for Creating So…
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