Assistant Professor of Japanese and Director of the Japanese Language Program
Foreign Language InstructionLanguage AcquisitionKanji AcquisitionReading StrategyTeaching Japanese as a foreign languageSecond Language Acquisition
Scholarship and Biography
My research focuses on investigating the role of internal components of kanji (Chinese characters imported into Japanese orthography) in vocabulary learning among learners with an alphabetic language background. Additionally, I am interested in various reading strategies, exploring Japanese language teachers' thoughts and practices in teaching kanji, and identifying the underlying factors in kanji acquisition.
Honors
Teaching Innovation Grant (Center for Teaching and Learning)
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2016
Teaching Innovation Grant (Center for Teaching and Learning)
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2021
Organizational Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Director of the Japanese Language Program,
Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature, Brandeis University
Director of the Japanese Language Program,
Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature, Brandeis University