Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of English Studies
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree
BA Humanities Literature(University of Hawaiʻi West Oahu), MA Second Language Studies(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Ph.D. Second Language Studies(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Research funding number
10773351
J-Global ID
201801014634770223
Profile
Language and Gender, Language Ideology, Language and Identity, World Englishes, Classroom Discourse
Research Interests
media
,Discourse
,World Englishes
,language ideology
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education /
Humanities & social sciences / English linguistics /
Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 83-93 2024 [Invited]
International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2023(284) 83-105 Nov 2023 [Refereed][Invited]
Abstract
This article examines the ways in which symbolic English is used in fashion and mass media by indexing ideologies and expectations regarding language ability in Japan. One example of this is the popularity of English language T-shirts i...
Gender in Japanese Popular Culture 151-174 Apr 2023
Abstract
This chapter examines the discourses found in Japanese gay vlog entries to see how such streaming contents are used as sites of contact between gays and straights in Japan. Early internet sites created safe public spaces for sexual minor...
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