Yukiko Inoue-Smith, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Faculty of the School of Education at the University of Guam, where she teaches educational psychology and research. She is a proficient scholar, and her publication record reflects her ability to fulfill complex research reporting obligations. She is equally committed to poetry, as a second area in which she has invested her passion for writing, and has been recognized by the international poetic community for her books of tanka poems.

• Foreword by Susan S. KleinForeword by Mary L. SpencerAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART ONE: Japan—Forever in My HeartThe Reminiscence of a Feminist ProfessorThe Origin of My Scholarly JourneyConfucian Beliefs on EducationA Marriage of East and WestRe-examining the Japanese Mind AmaeThe Human Seasons and Higher LearningCommunication Manners of the Japanese Wider Availability vs. Better Preparation A Letter to My DaughterPART TWO: Thoughts at the Day’s End Achieving a Work-Life BalanceBorn to Be HumanStop Comparing Yourself to OthersPerspectives on AgingMy Future Is Here and NowThe School Called LifeThe Role of Language in Ethnic IdentityThree Mysteries of BuddhismCollegiality and Colleaguality The Power of WritingPhotographs of OurselvesA Continuing ChallengeDon’t Panic! We Know It Doesn’t WorkPART THREE: Bring Poetry to LifeHow Poetry Emerges from DifficultyPoetry as Qualitative DataJapanese Language, Literature, and PoetryMy Interpretation of HaikuEnglish Tanka: A New CreationGuam Teachers’ Reactions to English TankaThe Fascination of Haiku, Tanka, and SenryuThe Gift of TankaBook Review (1)Book Review (2)PART FOUR: Inner Reflection and Personal GrowthOur Neighbor’s Beautiful FlowersThe 33rd Year: A Crucial Point in Adult DevelopmentThe Power of Throwing Away ThingsThe Work of a Book EditorIGI Global InterviewA Jungle Named AcademiaSpace Clearing: A Serious BusinessAnyone Can Do but Few Actually DoFaculty Leadership and Reflective PracticeOne Life to LivePART FIVE: Profiles of Men and Women TodayThe Cinderella Complex“Two Lives” Some InterpretationsMen, Women, Work, and MarriageA New Trend in the College CurriculumPortraits of Today’s Undergraduate WomenBook Review (3)PART SIX: Teaching—A Complex Human ActivityEarned and Not GivenWhat is Critical Thinking?Academic Experience and Critical Thinking: A ConnectionThoughts on Human LearningThe Internet and Online LearningA Never-Ending ChallengeMOODLE for Blended LearningCATs for Improving Teaching and LearningLifelong Self-Directed LearningQuality and SustainabilityJob Hunting SeminarsStudents Voices on Educational Technology Learning, Memory, and CognitionRethinking PowerPoint in the ClassroomPART SEVEN: Cultivating Integrity Day by DayAttention is Basic for Any Human ActivityStand Up for MyselfPractical Applications in Everyday LifeSelf-Development and a Story about SaiInitiatives for Sustainable Living Small Brochure, Big AdviceIt’s Good to Laugh Uncontrollably, SometimesOngoing Professional DevelopmentSilence Is Golden: An InterpretationAn Opportunity or a Routine?Golden Rules Applied to ProfessorsPART EIGHT: Sketches of Life with CatsAttachment Comes with a CostThe Diary of Pumpkin and Her BabiesCommentary EssayTanka: Sharing Presence in a Moment (by Kyle D. Smith)About the Author

Yukiko Inoue-Smith is an accomplished tenured professor of education at the University of Guam, a four-year U.S. Land Grant institution in the western Pacific serving both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Inoue-Smith, who is Japanese, brings an equal share of her native cultural-linguistic sensibilities and her quarter century of experience in American academic contexts to this book . . . . Inoue-Smith’s outlines of adult development and self-actualization regardless of the brutalities of the jungle provide another arrow in the quiver of the brave and determined scholar. The reader may be surprised at the sequence of topics that appears in each chapter. Close attention to the introductory chapter will help map the journey the author has set in motion.