Position Title
Lecturer Emerita
Position Title
Lecturer Emerita
Bio
EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)
- MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, California State University, Sacramento
- BA in Linguistics, International Christian University in Tokyo
RESEARCH INTEREST(S)
- Phonology
- Teaching Methodology
- Effective study tactics for Japanese language learning suitable for different learning styles
COURSE(S) TAUGHT
- Japanese 1 - 6
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOK(S)
- Sensibility and Education (translation)
PERIODICAL ARTICLES ON JAPANESE EDUCATION IN NCJTA NEWSLETTER
ESSAYS
- Jan Ken Po Gakko and I ( 10 article series) in Hokubei Times
- Evaluation of New Year's Essay Contest in Nichibei Times
- The Japanese and the Japanese American (Hawaii Hochi)
LYRICS AND MUSIC
- CD "We Had to Go"-Musical Composition for Japanese American Internment Camp for California History Museum Presentation
CURRENT PROJECTS
- On-line publication of Nihongo tutorial video series
- Bilingual website publication of the history of Japanese interned in Siberia after WWII
- Interpreting for Suzuki Piano Music Method
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2004 UCD Teacher of the Year
- Former Director, Jan Ken Po Gakko Cultural School in Sacramento
- Judge, Annual Japanese Speech Contest in San Francisco
- Judge, New Year's Japanese essay contest for Nichibei Tiimes and Hokubei Mainichi Newspapers