Areas I Teach
Course Information
At Ā鶹ֱ²„, all faculty teach a variety of different courses. Typically, we do not use Ā鶹ֱ²„ teaching assistants, which means that your classes will be taught by professors and that you will have plenty of opportunities to get to know the faculty in your discipline.
Below I have listed some of the courses that I teach. We are always developing and trying out new classes, so the list may change now and then.
- Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture (JAPN101 and JAPN102)
- Intermediate Japanese (JAPN201 and JAPN202)
- Kanji, Business Japanese, and Japanese Cooking, (JAPN221, JAPN222, and JAPN223)
- Communicating in Japanese (JAPN301 and JAPN302)
- Topics in Contemporary Literature (JAPN311 and JAPN401W)
- Selected Issues in Japanese Press (JAPN302 and JAPN402W)
- Seminar in Japanese (JAPN485W)
- Senior Capstone (JAPN490 and JAPN491)
- Japanese Literature in Translation (HUM203)
- Traditional Theater of East Asia (HUM/THEA353)
- First Year Community (HUM102)
- Internship in Japanese (JAPN275/475) at English Language Institute at Ā鶹ֱ²„, Dental Clinic, Naturopath Clinic, or Language Immersion Elementary School
Education
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Storrs (Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies)
Research Interests
Japanese language pedagogy and Japanese literature/theater
Research Works
āCommunicating with Humor: Poetic Exchanges of Renku in L2 Classroomā L2 Journal: an electronic refereed journal for foreign and second language educators,16 (1) 2024
āKeigo to use and to be used: Reevaluation of keigo learning in Japanese language classesā Journal of Japanese Language Education and Linguistics, 6 (2) 2022
āCLIL and intercultural competence in teaching Japanese language and literatureā Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 8 (1) 2020
āNose Sakaeās Study Abroad: Idealization and Devaluation of American Education During Japanās Early Meiji Eraā Oregon Historical Quarterly, 115 (1) 2014
āDouble Nora: Noh Adaptation of A Dollās Houseā Asian Theatre Journal, 31 (2) 2014
Bugen: Dancing Illusion of Noh. Tokyo: Being Net Press, co-Authored with Tsumura Reijiro, Morita Toshiro, Hayashi Nozomu, and Noda Hideki 2010
āA fusion of drama and religion: A study of Mugen Noh in Thomas Becketā Studies in Theatre & Performance, 30 (2) 2010