Academic background
08/2008-08/2012 Michigan State University: PhD in Second Language Studies
-Dissertation: The Relationship Between Stated Beliefs, Classroom Practices, and Reading Research Studies of Oral Corrective Feedback in Four ESL Teachers.
01/2007-05/2008 Teachers College, Columbia University: Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics
-Essay: The Effect of Recasts on Linguistic Features in SLA.
01/1994-05/1997 Heidelberg College: Master of Arts in Education
-Thesis: Academic Achievement and Gender Differences in a Japanese Junior High School.
08/1994 TEFL certificate from San Diego State University TEFL Certificate Program -Sponsored by San Diego State University, American Language Institute.
04/1989-03/1993 Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo: The Course of Training Teacher for Junior High School: BA in Education, Major in science education, Minor in English eduction
-Thesis: Developing Materials and Conducting Class Concerning Global Environmental Problems in Junior High School 〜Specializing in Acid Rain〜.