YOSHIKO OKUYAMA

Faculty Information

Associate Professor of Japanese Studies and Linguistics

Email: yokuyama@hawaii.edu

Office: PB - 8, Rm. 1

Research Interests: Comparative Mythology and Japanese Studies, Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Language Pedagogy, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Bilingualism and Heritage Language Education

Education

Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, 2000
MA, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), University of Arizona, 1994
BA, American Literature, Toyo University, Japan, 1985

Teaching

2010-Present	Associate Professor of Japanese and Linguistics (tenured), Department of Languages, Humanities Division, University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)
2006-2010	Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics (tenure-track), Department of Languages, Humanities Division, University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)
2002-2006	Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics (non-tenure track), Department of Languages, Humanities Division, University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)
1998-2001	Full-time instructor of Japanese and Linguistics, Department of Languages, Humanities Division, University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)

Honors and Awards

2002	Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Hawaii System, Junior Faculty Category

Major Publications

2000	Ph.D. Dissertation: Computer-Assisted Japanese Vocabulary Learning Director: Dr. Robert Ariew, University of Arizona Special Committee Member: Dr. Keiko Koda, Carnegie Mellon University