Angus McGregor

Educator/Teacher, Global soul, Parent

Angus has been involved with TEDxKyoto since 2013. A 36-year resident of Japan, Angus grew up in the United States in North Carolina and Texas. Before moving to Japan, he lived in Durango, Colorado working as a Public Radio announcer, wilderness camp director, bus driver, baker, and ski resort employee. Angus currently is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Global Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and serves on the Executive Organizing Committee for the Japan University English Model United Nations. In addition, he is involved with the the Kyoto United Nations Association and the Kyoto UNESCO Association. When not teaching or organizing community events, Angus can be found pedaling his bicycle around Kyoto looking for good conversations and good cups of coffee. Angus is married to Kayoko Shiomi who is a TEDxKyoto Curation Team leader and TED talks tanslator.