Education

Ph.D. in English, Composition & TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011

• Primary Area: Second Language Writing
• Secondary Area: Rhetoric and Composition
• Dissertation: Revisiting haiku: The contribution of composing haiku to L2 academic literacy development 

M.A. in English, TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2007

• Primary Area: TESOL (Learner Autonomy, Teacher Professional Development)

B.A. in Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, JAPAN, 2005

• Major: English and American Literature (English Language Education focus)
• Thesis: Learner strategies for learner autonomy

Academic Appointments

Tenure-Track Appointments:

Associate Professor of English, Higher Education Center, Gunma University (April 2017- Present) 

• Courses Being Taught: 
  • English for Written Communication
  • Advanced Writing I, II
  • English Composition I & II
  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Integrated English AI, AII, BI, BII
  • English RI

Assistant Professor of English, Higher Education Center, Gunma University, (April 2011- March 2016)

Administrative Positions:

Chair of Foreign Language Education, Gunma University (April 2019-Present)

Other Academic Appointments:

Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University (April 2020- Present)

• Course Being Taught:
  • English Language Teaching Methodology
  • Advanced Global Communication

Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, Department of English, Kanda University of International Studies (April 2017- Present)

• Course Being Taught:
  • Ways of Learning English

Adjunct Instructor of English, Faculty of Business Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University (April 2013 – Present)

• Courses Being Taught:    
  • Intensive English A, B, C, D
  • Academic Reading

Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, School of Education & Distance Learning Division, Meisei University (April 2018-March 2020)

• Courses Taught:
  • English Language Teaching Methodology II
  • English Language Teaching Methodology III & IV

Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, Department of English Language and Literature, Prefectural University of Kumamoto (August 2013)

• Course Taught: English Language Teaching Methodology II