My teaching career began at ECC Foreign Language Institute in Osaka, Japan in 2015. I worked in their Eikaiwa and Corporate Divisions as a Native English Instructor until I returned to the United States in 2017 to pursue my graduate studies. Since then, I’ve taught undergraduate and graduate courses in a range of subjects, including Japanese, Phonetics, Sociocultural Linguistics, General Linguistics, and pedagogy. Descriptions of the linguistics courses I have taught can be found in this section of the UCSB Course Catalog and descriptions of the Japanese courses can be found on this page of the UCSB Japanese Program’s website.
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) at UC Santa Barbara recognized my teaching with the Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.
[Y]ou go above and beyond to develop lesson plans that aren’t just informative and engaging, but also promote exploration of marginalized languages and cultures and encourage self-reflection.
UC Santa Barbara Graduate Student Association
Sociocultural Linguistics
Summer 2020
Teaching Associate (Instructor of Record), LING 132: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, University of California Santa Barbara
Introduced the study of language, gender, and sexuality. Focused on how sociocultural context and linguistic ideologies shape perspectives on this nexus. Syllabus, recorded lectures, and other teaching materials are available upon request.
Winter 2019
Teaching Assistant, LING 132: Language, Gender, and Sexuality (Instructor of Record: Dr. Lal Zimman), University of California Santa Barbara
Guest Lecture: “Hetero- and Homonormativity” on February 15, 2019 (slides available upon request)
Introduced the study of language, gender, and sexuality, drawing on multiple disciplines. Focused on how sociocultural context and linguistic ideologies shape perspectives on this nexus. Students developed empirical research, analytical, and writing skills.
Spring 2019
Teaching Assistant, LING 187: Language, Power, and Learning (Instructor of Record: Dr. Mary Bucholtz), University of California Santa Barbara
Critically examined institutional power as it relates to education and linguistic and cultural diversity. Topics included: formal and informal learning, language and labor, bilingual education, language and racism, and racialized varieties of English.
Summer 2019
Teaching Assistant, LING 180: Language, Race, and Ethnicity (Instructor of Record: Dr. Julia Fine), University of California Santa Barbara
Critically examined the linguistic practices of major ethnoracial groups in the United States, the historical interplay of language and racism, the linguistic effects of immigration and colonialism, and other raciolinguistic topics. Students created a final project centered around linguistic advocacy.
Phonetics
Winter 2021
Teaching Assistant, LING 146: Auditory Phonetics (Instructor of Record: Dr. Matthew Gordon), University of California Santa Barbara
Introduction to the auditory processing of speech, including the physiology of hearing, neurological processing of speech, perception of pitch, loudness, and temporal properties, frequency resolution, models of speech perception, and hearing disorders.
Fall 2020
Teaching Associate (Instructor of Record), LING 106: Introduction to Phonetics, University of California Santa Barbara
Introduction to the acoustic and articulatory properties of speech sounds found in languages around the world. Emphasized ear training and transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet and acoustic analysis using Praat.
Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant, LING 106: Introduction to Phonetics (Instructor of Record: Dr. Julia Fine), University of California Santa Barbara
Introduction to the acoustic and articulatory properties of speech sounds found in languages around the world. Emphasized ear training and transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet and acoustic analysis using Praat.
General Linguistics
Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant, LING 15: Language in Life (Instructor of Record: Dr. Robert Kennedy), University of California Santa Barbara
Overviews language and its role in local and global communities. Topics include: diversity and history of languages, language norms, orthographies, language, culture, and identity, language rights and advocacy, language and technology, multilingualism.
Winter 2023
Teaching Assistant, LING 20: Introduction to Language and Linguistics(Instructor of Record: Dr. Adrienne Tsikewa), University of California Santa Barbara
Introduction to the scientific study of language. Covers the major subfields of linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, sociolinguistics, sign language linguistics, and more.
Winter 2022
Teaching Assistant, LING 20: Introduction to Language and Linguistics(Instructor of Record: Dr. Yi-Yang Cheng), University of California Santa Barbara
Introduction to the scientific study of language. Covers the major subfields of linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, sociolinguistics, sign language linguistics, and more.
Spring 2021
Teaching Assistant, LING 15: Language in Life (Instructor of Record: Dr. Robert Kennedy), University of California Santa Barbara
Overviews language and its role in local and global communities. Topics include: diversity and history of languages, language norms, orthographies, language, culture, and identity, language rights and advocacy, language and technology, multilingualism.
Pedagogy and Professional Development
Fall 2022
Teaching Associate (Instructor of Record), LING 505: Teaching Assistant Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara
This graduate-level seminar prepares first year PhD students in the Linguistics Department for their roles as academic student employees (ASEs). Topics include: the role of teaching in professional development, teaching at an R1 university, rights and responsibilities of ASEs, and work-life balance.
Interdisciplinary
Summer 2021
Teaching Assistant, INT W 20: Introduction to the Research University (Instructor of Record: Jamaal Muwwakkil, PhD Candidate), University of California Santa Barbara
This online course introduces the varying disciplines of study at UC Santa Barbara. Prepares students for success by familiarizing students with how research is conducted within various disciplines and how to access campus resources.
Japanese
Winter 2018
Teaching Assistant, JPN 2: Japanese 2 (Instructor of Record: Dr. Akiyo Cantrell), University of California Santa Barbara
Students developed speaking and listening proficiency to carry out simple everyday conversations. Honed reading and writing skills to understand and create short, direct materials using appropriate scripts. Approximately N5 level.
Winter 2020
Teaching Assistant, JPN 2: Japanese 2 (Instructor of Record: Dr. Hiroko Sugawara), University of California Santa Barbara
Students developed speaking and listening proficiency to carry out simple everyday conversations. Honed reading and writing skills to understand and create short, direct materials using appropriate scripts. Approximately N5 level.
English as a Second Language
2015-2017
Native English Instructor, ECC Foreign Language Institute, Osaka, Japan
Taught English as a second language to learners of all ages and levels. Instruction was entirely in English in accordance with ECC’s guidelines.
2015-2017
Native English Instructor, ECC Corporate Division, Osaka, Japan
Taught false beginner level English conversation classes at the Osaka Institute of Technology and Soai University through ECC’s Corporate Division. English was the language instruction for the most part in accordance with ECC’s guidelines, though Japanese was used when necessary for clarification and other heuristic purposes.
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