Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D., Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
- M.A., Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
- B.A. Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Employment
- Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of California, Berkeley, 2011-Present
- Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, UC Berkeley, 1999-2011
- Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages, UC Berkeley, 1993-1999
- Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1993
Courses Taught
- Japanese 39B Language and Thought
- Japanese 160 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics: Grammar
- Japanese 161 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics: Usage
- Japanese 162 History of the Japanese Language
- Japanese 163 Translation: Theory and Practice
- Japanese H195 Honors Course
- Japanese 199 Independent Study
- Japanese 269 Seminar in Japanese Linguistics
- Japanese 298 Japanese Linguistics Seminar (Co-taught with Charles Fillmore)
- Japanese 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students
- Japanese 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research
- Japanese 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students
- Asian Studies H195 Honors Course
- Asian Studies 201 Proseminar (Team-taught)
- Linguistics H195 Honors Course
- Linguistics 298 Japanese Linguistics Seminar (Co-taught with Charles Fillmore)
- (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Japan 101 Elementary Japanese I
- Japan 102 Elementary Japanese II
- Japan 360 Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
- EALC 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
Invited Talks
- Topics in Japanese-to-English translation. Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET). UC Berkeley. November 27, 2011.
- Translation in a language curriculum. Faculty Luncheon Seminar, Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley. October 28, 2011.
- Ko-so-a demonstratives in soliloquy. Kyoto University. June 15, 2011.
- Translation and Japanese-language education. Osaka University. June 13, 2011.
- Shikoo wa tsuneni taiwakei de nasareruno ka (Is thought always dialogic?). Keio University Mita Campus. June 9, 2011.
- Shikoo wa tsuneni taiwakei de nasareruno ka (Is thought always dialogic?). Keio University Hiyoshi Campus. June 8, 2011.
- Shikoo wa tsuneni taiwakei de nasareruno ka (Is thought always dialogic?). University of Tsukuba. June 7, 2011.
- Translation and Japanese-language education. University of Tsukuba. September 16, 2010.
- Demonstratives in soliloquial Japanese. University of Tsukuba. September 14, 2010.
- Nihongo kara mita nihonjin: Nihonjin wa shuudan-shugi-teki ka (The Japanese seen from its language: Are they collectivistic?). Nobirukai, San Francisco. October 31, 2009.
- What kind of a language is Japanese? Workshop for participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco. July 23, 2007.
- Ko-so-a revisited. Workshop on Recent Developments in Japanese Linguistics. UCLA, May 26-27, 2007.
- Japanese language education in the USA. Osaka University of Foreign Studies. March 9, 2005.
- The Berkeley Japanese Language Program. University of California Japanese Language Teachers Meeting sponsored by the UC Language Consortium, UC Davis. September 18-19, 2004.
- Is Japanese a pitch-accent language? University of Tsukuba. June 1999.
- The theories of –RU and –TA forms revisited. University of Tsukuba. June 1999.
- The semantics-pragmatics dilemma: Evidence from TE-linkage in Japanese. Keio University. June 1998.
- The semantics-pragmatics dilemma: Evidence from TE-linkage in Japanese. University of Tsukuba. June 1998.
- Linguistic systems and social models: A case study from Japanese. University of Tsukuba. June 1998.
- The Japanese Language and Japanese Culture. Senshu University. June 1998.
- The semantics-pragmatics dilemma: Evidence from TE-linkage in Japanese. International Christian University. May 1998.
- Time and tense: How are they related? Osaka University. November 1997.
- The semantics-pragmatics dilemma: Evidence from TE-linkage in Japanese. Osaka University. November 1997.
- The semantics-pragmatics dilemma: Evidence from TE-linkage in Japanese. Kobe University. November 1997.
- The Computer and the Internet Workshop, UC Berkeley Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures. October 1997.
- Grammar and Cognition: “Wa” and “ga” in Japanese. UC Berkeley Japanese Language Summer Session. August 1997.
- Origins of the Japanese Language. UC Berkeley Japanese Language Summer Session. July 1996.
- Origins of the Japanese Language. UC Berkeley Japanese Language Summer Session. June 1995.
- The articulatory and acoustic phonetics for Japanese-language teachers. Foreign Language Association of Northern California Spring Workshops. San Francisco State University. April 1995.
- Perception and production of speech sounds in Japanese. Northern California Japanese Teachers’ Association. April 1994.
- Toward a description of TE-linkage in Japanese. Fall Lecture Series, Department of East Asian Languages, University of California, Berkeley. October 1992.
- On the semantics and pragmatics of TE-linkage in Japanese. Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 1991.
- On the semantics and pragmatics of TE-linkage in Japanese. Department of East Asian Languages & Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison. December 1991.
- Utility of evidence from sound change in speech recognition. Speech Technology Laboratory, Santa Barbara, California. February 1987.
- Expectations and Realities of Being a Foreign Student in the US. A Program for Fulbright-funded educational administrators from Japan. International House, UC Berkeley. May 1986.
Reviewer
Journals
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Constructions and Frames
- Folia Linguistica
- Intercultural Pragmatics
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Journal of Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education
- Journal of Japanese Linguistics
- Journal of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences
- Journal of Pragmatics
- Language
- Nihongo to nihongokyoiku (Japanese and Japanese Education)
- Studies in Language
- Studies in Language Sciences
- Women’s Studies International Forum
- Word
Book Manuscripts
- Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
- Routledge
- Singapore University Press
Other
- Conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language
- International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
- Japanese/Korean Conference
- Linguistic Society of America Linguistic Institute Curriculum Committee
- National Science Foundation
Community Service
- Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program Regional Screening Panel, 2006, 2004
- Fulbright National Screening Committee, 2007, 2006, 2002
- Interviewer, The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco, 2012, 2011, 2010, 1995, 1994
- Judge, Japanese Speech Contest, Japanese Association of Northern California & Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006
- Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary School Students, the South Western Secondary Teachers of Japanese, Stanford University, 1996
- Judge, Essay Contest sponsored by Nichi-Bei Times, San Francisco, 1999











