My name is Satoru Uchida, a senior student at Oberlin College. I am from Tokyo, Japan, and curious about both the positive and negative physical/mental health outcomes of high-cost groups (mainly new religions), the damage of leaving high-cost groups for those who were born into them, and balancing community and individual rights. At Oberlin, I am majoring in psychology and religion to grasp the blueprint of my interest and seek to answers to my questions. While studying humanities, I love playing around with techy stuff such as 3D printing, wiring, flashing firmware into SBCs, build a NAS with unused laptop, etc.
Here are the classes I am taking/have taken.
2026 Spring (planned)
Politics 224 / Jewish Studies 224 – The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jewish Studies 256 – Jews and Food
History 230 / Jewish Studies 281 – Jewish Communities of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1914
Psychology 316 – Advanced Methods in Health Psychology
Psychology 599H – Senior Portfolio
2025 Fall
Jewish Studies 205 – Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near East Context
Religion 401 – Capstone Research Methods
Psychology 432 – Seminar on Collective Memory
Psychology 021 – Data Analysis in R Studio – From SPSS to AI-Enhanced Coding
Learning Lab 121 – Stress Management Tools
Learning Lab 192 – Impact Finance
2025 Spring
Anthropology 227 – Medical Anthropology
Math 231 – Multivariable Calculus
Religion 258 – Religious Outsiders in America
Religion 335 – Buddhism and Healing in East Asia
Learning Lab 115 – Peer Tutoring Skills
2024 Fall
Psychology 223 – Lifespan Development Psychology
Religion 243 – Catholic Popes and Their Social Teaching
Religion 290 – Religion, Reason, and Empire
Psychology 300 – Research Methods 2
Utilized SPSS for sophisticated analysis; ready for research settings.
2024 Spring
Psychology 200 – Research Methods 1 (Final Slide is collaborated with two talented peers, and my research question is about evangelical groups and depression in youth.)
Psychology 215 – Introduction to Clinical/Counseling Psychology
(pass: sato-psyc-215)
Religion 249 – Medical Ethics
Math 231 – Multivariable Calculus (No Pass)
I could not pass the course due to my mental health.
2023 Fall
Neuroscience 201 – Introduction to Neuroscience
Psychology 207 – Memory
Math 220 – Discrete Math
Religion 229 – Religious Rituals in East Asia
Applied Studies 101 – Beginning Piano
2023 Spring
Writing and Communication 105 – Writing to Learn & Participate
Math 134 – Calculus 2
Psychology 218 – Social Psychology
Religion 244 – Ethics in Early China
2022 Fall
Religion / Jewish Studies 100 – Introduction to Jewish Studies
Psychology 100 – Introduction to Psychological Science
First Year Seminar – Well-Being
English as a Second Language 115 – Speaking, Listening and Culture
Before Oberlin College
Musashino Art University, College of Creative Thinking for Social Innovation (April 2022 – August 2022)
Tokyo Metropolitan Hitotsubashi High School (April 2019 – March 2022)
Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology (April 2018 – August 2018)
Part time worker / Board Member of Jiyujuku (April 2020 – Present)
Stanford e-Japan Fall 2020, won Honorable Mention
Marketing Staff at Sanken Industry Co., Ltd. (October 2018 – April 2020)
Group Leader of Field Missions and other roles as baptized Jehovah’s Witnesses (July 2008 – June 2019)