Faculty

Education

• M.A. Japanese, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 8/1995



Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

• Lecturer, University of Southern California, 1998-2011  
• Part time Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1996-1997   
• Lecturer, Indiana University Bloomington, 06/1996-08/1996  



Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Japanese-Language Pedagogy on how to improve skills of learners in advanced level




Service to the University

Committees

• Member, the Faculty Tenure and Privileges Appeals Committee, 2009-2010   
• Member, EALC NTTF evaluation committee, 2008-2009   
• Member, the Faculty Tenure and Privileges Appeals Committee, 2008-2009   
• Member, the Faculty Tenure and Privileges Appeals Committee, 2007-2008   

Other Service to the University

• Advisor, USC Japanese Students Association (1998 - current), 1998-2010  



Service to the Profession




Conferences Organized

• Organizer, USC Workshop for Teachers of Japanese, USC THH, Assessment-What, Why and How?, Spring 2011   
• Organizer, USC Workshop for Teachers of Japanese, USC THH, Standards revisited, Spring 2010   
• Organizer, USC Workshop for Teachers of Japanese, USC THH, Japanese Language Learning through Podcasting: Practice Based On Sociocultural Approach , Spring 2008   
• Organizer, 2nd Japanese Language Workshop at USC, USC THH, The hands-on workshop on software "Language Partner" inviting the lecturer Masashi Kato from University of Washington. 20 participants from colleges and universities in Southern California., Spring 2007   
• Organizer, USC Workshop for Teachers of Japanese, USC THH, The instructional use of digital video clips of naturalistic interactions , Spring 2005   



Professional Memberships

• American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages - ACTFL, 2009-  
• Teachers of Japanese in Southern California, 1998-  
• Association for Teachers of Japanese, 1994-  



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