Education
Ph.D. in English, Composition & TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- 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
- Primary Area: TESOL (Learner and Teacher Autonomy)
B.A. in Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, JAPAN
- Undergraduate Thesis: Learner strategies for learner autonomy
Academic Appointments
Tenure-Track / Tenured Appointments:
Associate Professor, Department of English, Aoyama Gakuin University (2022-Present)
Associate Professor, Higher Education Center, Gunma University (2017-2022)
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Center, Gunma University (2011-2016)
Administrative Positions:
Chair of Foreign Language Education, Gunma University (2019-2021)
Other Academic Appointments:
Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University (2020-2022)
Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, Department of English, Kanda University of International Studies (2017-2022)
Adjunct Instructor of English, Faculty of Business Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University (2013-2022)
Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, School of Education & Distance Learning Division, Meisei University (2018-2020)
Adjunct Instructor of TESOL, Department of English Language and Literature, Prefectural University of Kumamoto (2013)
Instructor of Japanese as a Foreign Language, Department of Critical Languages, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2006-2009)