About the Contributors Tomoko Adachi (Ph.D. 2003 , Waseda University), Associate Professor of psychology at OsakaKyoiku University in Japan. Her research focuses on career development, gender difference, and intervention for career decision. She has devised career development programs which facilitate young people 's career decision process and support adaptation during their early career stage. Clare Camacho, Ph.D., is Professor in the Education Depattment at the Guam Community College. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of education, including post-secondary/ adult education and working with children and adults with disabilities. Contact information: P.O. Box 23069, Barrigada, GU 96921 ; clare.camacho@guamcc.edu Yuki Eda currently works for Benesse Corporation in Japan. When she was a Marching Program student, she participated in the Okayama-Guam Friendship Program under the guidance of Dr. Miura. She played an active pat1 as a goal keeper of the handball club . She was born and grew up in Okayama, Japan. Yukiko Inoue-Smith, Ph.D., is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Guam, (Mangilao, GU 96923; yinouesmith@uguamlive.uog.edu), where she teaches Educational Psychology and Research. Her research interests include: education for sustainability; interdisciplinary studies of student learning and development; improving university teaching and learning with technology, online education for diverse learners; and comparative studies of career education at the college level. Ma. Teresa Lirag is a forest products engineer by profession with master's degree in Business Administration. She is currently an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of Management Information Service Unit of the Research Division at the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, Philippines. She is involved in various research activities related to biodiversity, resource use assessment, knowledge management, infmmation technology and gender, and development programs and issues. Koji Miura, Ph.D. is Professor and Vice Director of the Career Development Center at Okayama University. He practices high performance management in the student clubs in weight training and handball. He was born in Saitama Prefecture in Japan and graduated from Waseda University, and from the graduate school of the Nippon Sport Science University. Michelle Santos, Ed.D. , is Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for Secondary Education in the School of Education at the University of Guam. She has over twenty years of experience in the field of education at both the secondary and postsecondary level. She has been a classroon1 teacher and school administrator. Contact information: School of Education, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96913; msantos@uguamlive.uog.edu
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