Scholarship and Biography

Experience

  • Taught Japanese classical, modern, and contemporary literature, Chinese classics, and Japanese-style calligraphy in high school in Japan.
  • Taught Japanese as a foreign language at colleges in Japan and the US.

Current Interest

  • History of Japanese spoken language
  • Development of ancient Japanese writing systems

Organizational Affiliations

Senior Lecturer in Japanese, Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature, Brandeis University

Education

California State University
M.A.
Otani Women's University
B.A.