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Yukari Kunisue

Faculty Information

Lecturer of Japanese

Email: ykunisue@hawaii.edu

Office: K272B

YukariKunisue

Research Interests: Cross Cultural Communication, Cross Cultural Psychology, Psycholinguisitcs

Education

  • Ph. D., Transpersonal Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA., 2011
  • Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, NY. Applied Linguistics, May 1991
  • M.A., East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. May 1983

Teaching

2011-present Lecturer of Japanese, Department of Languages, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
2002-2003 Instructor of Japanese, Beijing Foreign Language Institute, Beijing, China
1985-1992 Full-time Instructor of Japanese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, NYC, NY
1984-1985 Full-time Instructor of Japanese, University of Maryland College Park.
1980-1984 Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus

Major Publications

  • Co-Author (2011) Yamato Kotoba: Japanese language of the Fresh (to be appeared in) vol. 29 (1) International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS).
  • Author (2010) Deep Listening and Its Affect on Human Communication Dying Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Albuquerque, NM

Recent Presentations

  • Author (2011) Listening to Hospice Volunteer Listeners: How deep listening affects “sustaining” healthy human spirits on Death and Dying Paper presented to the International Listening Association, Johnson City, TN

Fellowships & Honors

  • International Listening Association (ILA) Best Student Paper, 2010.