Yabe Manako

Affiliation
Faculty of Human Sciences
Official title
Junior Assistant Professor
Research keywords
Deaf Studies
Disability Studies
Writing Studies
Rhetoric
Technical Communication
Mixed Methods Research
Research projects
The Contribution of Deaf Faculty in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study2021-04 -- (current)Manako YabeJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientific Research4,550,000Yen
Career history
2020-06 -- (current)University of TsukubaDisability SciencesJunior Assistant Professor
2019-04 -- 2020-04Michigan State University / Ohio State UniversityBuilding Healthcare CollectivesResearch Fellow
Academic background
2014-08 -- 2019-05University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Health Sciences Disability Studies
2010-08 -- 2013-05University of Southern California School of Social Work Community, Organization, Planning, Administration
2006-08 -- 2010-05California State University, Northridge College of Education Deaf Studies
Degree
2019-05Ph.D. (Disability Studies)University of Illinois at Chicago
2013-05M.S.W. (Master of Social Work)University of Southern California
2010-05B.A. (Deaf Studies)California State University, Northridge
Academic societies
2019-08 -- (current)Society of Disability Studies
2019-04 -- (current)Association for Business Communication
2018-04 -- (current)Conference on College Composition and Communication
2017-01 -- (current)International Writing Center Association
Articles
  • Analysis of the costs of accommodation of deaf faculty members and the benefits of deaf faculty classes for university students: An international comparison
    Yabe Manako
    Canadian Journal of Disability Studies/11(3)/pp.1-29, 2022-12
  • Evaluation of disability accommodations in higher education: Comparison of the international perspectives of university students and deaf faculty
    矢部 愛子
    Japan Society for Disability Studies, 2022-09
  • Deaf faculty’s effective and ineffective communication access in higher education
    Yabe Manako
    Conference Proceedings of the 86th Association for Business Communication Conference/p.45, 2021-10
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ perceptions toward video remote interpreting
    Yabe Manako
    Conference Proceedings of the 36th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity/17(3)/pp.121-147, 2021-11
  • Placing a piece of the puzzle: Translingualism and international deaf writers
    Yabe Manako
    Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders, 2018-05
  • Action research and accessibility in technical communication
    Yabe Manako
    2020 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference Proceedings/pp.180-181, 2020-07
  • A deaf woman’s journey advocating for the deaf/hard of hearing
    Yabe Manako
    University of Southern California International Connection Magazine, 2013-7
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ interpreting preferences for critical care and non-critical care: Video remote interpreting
    Yabe Manako
    Disability and Health Journal/13(2)/pp.1-8, 2020-04
  • My college experience at CSUN
    Yabe Manako
    International Mobility U.S.A., 2010-7
  • Access and ability: Digital spaces mediate differences in ability
    Yabe Manako; Hayek Philip
    2019 Computers and Writing Conference Proceedings/9/pp.107-119, 2020-05
  • Digital space, ecology, and composition: Translingual online writing
    Yabe Manako; Hayek Philip
    2019 Association for Business Communication Conference Proceedings/pp.1-12, 2019-12
  • A change of dandelion seeds: The lives of Tetsuji Tomikawa and Mariko Takamura
    Yabe Manako
    DEAF LIFE/pp.26-31, 2009-5
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ perspectives on video remote interpreting: A mixed methods study
    Yabe Manako
    University of Illinois at Chicago (Doctoral Dissertation)/pp.1-196, 2019-08
  • A change of dandelion seeds: The lives of Tetsuji Tomikawa and Mariko Takamura
    矢部 愛子
    EQUAL/pp.24-26, 2009-6
  • A change of dandelion seeds: The lives of Tetsuji Tomikawa and Mariko Takamura
    矢部 愛子
    Reports on Deaf/Hard of Hearing Education/22/pp.38-41, 2009-05
  • Book review: Academic ableism
    Yabe Manako
    Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy/23(2), 2019-01
  • The journey of a deaf translingual tutor
    Yabe Manako
    Writing on the Edge/28(2)/pp.73-85, 2018-05
  • Cost-benefit evaluation: Students, faculty, and staff’s willingness to pay for a campus safety app
    Yabe Manako
    Journal of Criminal Justice Education/28(2)/pp.207-221, 2017-11
  • Students, faculty, and staff’s willingness to pay for emergency texting
    Yabe Manako
    Journal of Applied Security Research/4(11)/pp.1-13, 2016-09
  • The journey of a real social worker
    Yabe Manako
    Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping/21(3)/pp.2-11, 2016-05
  • Benefit factors: American students, international students, and deaf/hard of hearing students’ willingness to pay for captioned online courses
    Yabe Manako
    Universal Access in the Information Society Journal/4(11)/pp.1-13, 2015-05
  • Benefit comparison of captioned online courses for American, international, and deaf/hard of hearing students: From the viewpoint of individual value and total value
    Yabe Manako
    Journal of Accessibility and Design for All/5(1)/pp.27-46, 2015-05
Books
Conference, etc.
  • Evaluation of disability accommodations in higher education: A comparison of international university students’ perspectives on deaf faculty
    矢部 愛子
    Association for Business Communication Conference/2022-10-6--2022-10-8
  • Contributions of Deaf Faculty Members in Higher Education
    矢部 愛子
    Japanese Disability Sciences Conference/2022-03-05--2022-03-26
  • Understanding the ecology of communication: Healthcare professionals’ and deaf patients’ interpreting preferences
    Yabe Manako
    National Communication Association/2021-11-18--2021-11-20
  • Deaf faculty’s effective and ineffective communication access in higher education
    Yabe Manako
    Association for Business Communication Conference/2021-10-18--2021-10-23
  • Reframing the ecology of communication in healthcare access
    Yabe Manako
    Special Interest Group on Design of Communication Conference/2021-10-12--2021-10-14
  • Extended Abstract: Action Research and Accessibility in Technical Communication
    Yabe Manako
    IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm)/2020-07-20--2020-07-21
  • Hybrid rhetoric in online writing sessions: The commonplace of posthuman agency
    Yabe Manako
    Conference on College Composition and Communication/2021-04-07--2021-04-10
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ perspectives toward video remote interpreting: A mixed method study
    矢部 愛子
    Disability Sciences Conference/2021-03-06--2021-03-27
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ perceptions toward video remote interpreting
    Yabe Manako
    Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity/2021-03-01--2021-03-02
  • Navigating the accessibility in mixed methods study
    Yabe Manako
    Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity/2021-03-01--2021-03-02
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ communication on video remote interpreting
    Yabe Manako
    University of Tsukuba Global Science Week Conference/2020-09-18--2020-10-17
  • Reimagining the accessibility in mixed methods research
    Yabe Manako
    Accessibility Learning Conference/2020-11-12--2020-11-13
  • Pandemic panel
    Yabe Manako
    Special Interest Group on Design of Communication Conference/2020-10-05--2020-10-09
  • Action research and accessibility in technical communication
    Yabe Manako
    International Professional Communication Conference/2020-07-19--2020-07-22
  • Teaching literacy: Binaries and gaps between deaf students from college and deaf adults from the grassroots community
    Yabe Manako
    Society of Disability Studies Conference/2020-04-04--2020-04-07
Teaching
2023-02 -- 2023-03Tips for Journal Writing PublicationsUniversity of Tsukuba
2022-10 -- 2022-12Disability Sciences IIUniversity of Tsukuba
2021-10 -- 2021-12Introduction to Disabilities Sciences IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2021-02 -- 2021-03Tips for Journal Writing PublicationsUniversity of Tsukuba
Talks
  • Reframing Deaf Rhetoric
    矢部 愛子
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development/2022-10-11
  • Deaf Rhetoric: An Ecology of Health Communication
    矢部 愛子
    Chicago Hearing Society/2022-10-10
  • What is Deaf Rhetoric?
    Yabe Manako
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of English/2022-10-10
  • Healthcare providers’ and deaf patients’ perspectives toward video remote interpreting in the United States
    矢部 愛子
    Information Gap Buster/2021-10-02--2021-10-31
  • My educational and research contributions in the United States
    矢部 愛子
    Japanese Education Audiology Research Association/2021-01-15--2021-03-15
Other activities
2019 -- 2022Associate Accessibility Editor, Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects
2020 -- 2022Accessibility Task Force, International Writing Center Association

(Last updated: 2022-12-06)