William W. Baber

Biography

PhD on intercultural adjustment of expatriate workers in Japan, 2016, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Masters of Education, 2004, University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus. Bachelor of Arts degree in German, 1986, Washington and Lee University. His work has included economic development in the State of Maryland, language services in the Washington, DC area, supporting business starters in Japan, and teaching business students in Japan and Europe. He taught in the Economics and Business Administration Departments of Ritsumeikan University, Japan, before joining the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University where he is Associate Professor. His main topics of instruction are Negotiation, Cross Cultural Management, and Management Communication. He is lead author of the 2015 textbook “Practical Business Negotiation.”