January 2016 - Present | Lecturer, Japanese Language, San Jose State University ‐ World Languages and Literatures | |
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August 2012 - March 2016 | Language Instructor, Japan Society of Northern California | |
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September 2013 - June 2015 | Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | |
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June 2014 | Language Instructor, Nakayoshi Gakko | |
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January 2014 | Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz ‐ Language Program | |
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September 2011 - December 2011 | Lecturer, Stanford University ‐ Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Interactional linguistics: Use of Japanese modal expressions in recipient actions, Conversation analysis: Interactional functions of linguistic forms in Japanese and Application to second language acquisition, Interlanguage pragmatics: Development of interactional competence and practices of interaction for learning, Second language acquisition: Effects of interactional negotiation on second language development, Second language assessment: Formative assessment of oral language development, and Second language teaching: Classroom socialization in culturally different participation structures
Grants
2006 | Research Grant |
Arts & Sciences Advisory Council, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa | |
2005 - 2006 | Graduate Fellowship |
Center for Japanese Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa | |
2005 | Language Learning Dissertation Grant |
Language Learning journal | |
2004 | Elizabeth Holms-Carr Scholarship |
Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Pragmatics | Present | Member, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) | Present | Member, American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) | Present | Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) | 2016 | Abstract Reader, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017 Annual Conference | 2016 | Manuscript Reviewer, E. Zimmerman & A. McMeekin, eds. (in preparation), Technology supported learning... | 2016 | Manuscript Reviewer, Japanese Language and Literature | 2005 - 2013 | Manuscript Reviewer, Language Learning | 2010 | Manuscript Reviewer, Japanese Studies | 2003 - 2004 | Member, Ph.D. Admissions Committee,Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa |
Honors and Awards
- Doctoral Student Excellence in Research Award, University of Hawai‘i Research Council, May 2005
- ‘Oihana Maika‘i Award for Research Excellence, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, May 2005
Courses
- JPN 001A: Elementary Japanese
- JPN 001B: Elementary Japanese
- JPN 025B: Intermediate Japanese
- JPN 101B: Advanced Japanese
- JPN 102: Japanese Culture
- JAPANLIT 292/EDUC 292A: Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language (graduate)
2010 | Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Second Language Acquisition | |
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2002 | Advanced Graduate Certificate, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Second Language Studies | |
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2000 | M.A., Hiroshima University ‐ English and American Literature | |
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1998 | M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ English as a Second Language | |
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1996 | B.A., Sophia University ‐ English Literature | |
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