Adam Komisarof
Facilitator - Tokyo, Japan

Adam Komisarof, PhD, is an associate professor in Reitaku University's International School of Economics and Business Administration, where he teaches courses in English and intercultural communication in Japanese. Adam also is a part-time lecturer in the Law Department at Keio University and served as a visiting lecturer at ISA (Institut Superieur d’Agriculture) near Paris, where he taught future French business leaders how to effectively communicate with the Japanese.

As a bilingual intercultural trainer (Japanese and English), he has performed scores of workshops for large companies and governmental organizations in the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. He has trained thousands of participants—from executives to new hires—in topics including effective intercultural communication strategies, building effective multicultural teams, as well as managing culture shock and reverse culture shock.

Adam earned his B.A. from Brown University in the United States, his M.A. in intercultural communication from Antioch University, and his PhD from International Christian University (ICU) in public administration with a focus on intercultural communication in business. He has passed the first level of the Japanese proficiency test, was a certified Japanese teacher in the United States, and completed Keio University's Program in Advanced Japanese Studies as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar in Japan. He has published papers on intercultural communication with the Japanese in scholarly journals both in the United States and Japan, and regularly presents his research internationally. Adam’s research has led him to spend years interviewing and surveying businesspeople, as well as analyzing which practices work best to create positive intercultural communication and multicultural team effectiveness in the workplace.

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