Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree
M.A.(The University of Hawai'i), Ph.D.(Purdue University)
Research funding number
60817980
J-Global ID
201901018265597582
Profile
Courses taught:Overview of Data ScienceThinking Processes (critical thinking)Academic English SkillsEnglish Composition 1 English Composition 2Public Speaking (Subject of research) Validity of TOEFL iBT Speaking Section for Japanese University Students in English-Medium Courses Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in English-Medium Courses International Perspectives on Professional Development for Language Instructors
Research Interests
Transfer
,Rhetoric and Composition
,Collaborative Learning
,Critical Thinking
,Educational Assessment
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Educational technology /
Humanities & social sciences / Educational psychology /
Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education /
Informatics / Learning support systems /
Humanities & social sciences / Cognitive sciences /
KAKENHI (C), MEXT (Ministry of Education) \2,470,000Dennis Koyama
2011
Educational Testing Service, Educational Testing Service, Committee of Examiners, TOEFL Research Grant (USD$61,000),USA
2009
Kanda University of International Studies, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Grant (\530,000),Japan
2008
Kanda University of International Studies, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education, Research Grant (\550,000),Japan
2007
University of Hawaii, Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Fund, University of Hawaii, Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Fund (USD$500),USA
Go Online! Reconfiguring Writing Courses for the New, Virtual World 171-188 Oct 2022 [Refereed]
COVID-19’s impacts revealed that teaching writing online was no longer merely an issue of convenience or economic necessity—it was critical to public health and equity concerns as well. Now higher education faces one of its greatest historical cha...
Development of Innovative Pedagogical Practices for a Modern Learning Experience Dec 2021 [Invited]
In the current volume, the selected studies have been grouped into three thematic sections, presenting readers with a set of distinct but related research on meaningful issues for a modern learning experience. The first three chapters present prof...