Instructor/Teaching Assistants-Biographies

Kana Ito

• M.A. in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language from San
  Francisco State University
• B.A. in Human Sciences from Keio University, Japan.
• Academic interests: Pedagogy of teaching Japanese language, technical translation, Japanese culture, cross cultural communication
• Hobbies: viewing Kabuki and musical plays, Way of Tea (= Japanese Tea Ceremony), reading, cooking, exploring exotic food and restaurants

• B.A. in Education, Shimane University, Japan
  
• M.A. in Communication Studies, Portland State University
• Doctoral student in Education, Portland State University
  
• Research interest: intercultural education in foreign language education at colleges and universities
• Hobbies: marathon and  tennis
• Other interests: social event coordinator for the Japanese section

• Graduate student in Japanese M.A. program
• Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language validated by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UK, London)
• Research interests: Business Japanese, Comparative linguistic among English, Hindi and Japanese
• Hobbies: watching movies, Japanese traditional dance

• Graduate student in MA TESOL program
• B.A. in English as a Foreign Language from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.
• Interests: every aspect of Japanese as a foreign language, especially pragmatics, Japanese culture, and Japanese history.
• Hobbies: watching movies, playing tennis and ping pong, and watching ice hockey.

• Graduate Student in M.A. Japanese
• B.S. in Environmental Science from Kobe Jyogakuin College in Japan.
• Studied Applied Linguistics in Portland State University for 2 years.
• Research Interests: Heritage language education, Japanese-American studies, Psychology, Ethnography of Communication
• Hobbies: Painting, taking pictures, cooking, baking, driving, traveling, dancing, playing badminton, and playing with my cat, Blackie

• First year Graduate school student M.A. in Japanese
• B.A. in Fine arts, Music (Piano) from Osaka College of Music
• Research interests: Phonetics and Sociolinguistics of Japanese, Second language acquisition
• Hobbies: Playing piano and guitar, reading, cooking, hiking, bike riding

• Graduate student in M.A. Japanese 
• Research interests: Comparative linguistics between Japanese and English, Heritage language
• Hobbies: Dance, Yoga

• M.A. in Japanese expected 2008.
• M.A. in English Literature from Nihon University.
• Research interests: Japanese literature, especially Meiji
  era; Japanese language and literature pedagogy, procedural
  theory of language (Tokieda theory), language motivation.
• Hobbies: swimming, biking, and reading

Hironori Nishi

Sanae Ishiguro