Education

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Phonological and Lexical Factors on Adult Second Language Perception: A Cross-linguistic Study

Dissertation Committee:
Nina Hyams (Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Co-chair)
Colin Wilson (Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Co-chair)
Shoichi Iwasaki (Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
John Schumann (Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, UCLA)

M.A., Linguistics
San Diego State University, San Diego, California

B.A., Psychology
Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan

Area of Expertise

Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics (L2 Recognition and Perception)
Phonology (Japanese Pitch-accent system)

Courses Taught at CSUMB

Beginning Japanese (JAPN 101)
Intermediate Japanese (JAPN 201 & 202)
Advanced Japanese (JAPN 301 & 302)