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
