I am proficient in Japanese language and culture.

I first came to Japan with Harvard Summer School 2009 at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

I graduated cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in biology and international and area studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2011, received my master's degree in 2016, and then completed my Ph.D. in psychology from Hiroshima University in 2020.

In between, I started my career as an educator teaching English communication and academic skills at the University of Oklahoma Center for English as a Second Language and English activities at elementary and junior high schools in Akita Prefecture on the JET Program.

Education

University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Science, minor: Medical Humanities) (Bachelor of Arts in International & Area Studies), cum laude

Harvard Summer School at Waseda University (Study Abroad)

Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education (Master's in Psychology)

Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education (Ph.D. in Psychology)

Teaching Background

Center for English as a Second Language, University of Oklahoma, ESL Instructor

Chokai Board of Education, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, Assistant Language Teacher

Teaching Assistant (TA) for Introduction to Radiation Biology (1/2016)

Fieldwork TA, Hiroshima University Phoenix Leader Education Program (8/2017)

Tsunami Disaster Mental Health Support Volunteer in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, with Fukuoka Jogakuin University (3/2016; 3/2017; 3/2018)

Qualified TA for Advanced Academic Writing in Psychology (4-8/2018; 4/2019-8/2020)