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Research Interests
Critical applied linguistics, raciolinguistics, identity, language and emotion, decoloniality in language education
Academic Degrees
- MA, Second Language Studies, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
- PhD, Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University
Short Bio
I completed an MA in second language studies at the University of Hawaii and a PhD in second language acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University, where my dissertation focused on fostering higher order thinking skills in second language reading. Upon completing graduate school in the U.S., I worked as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology teaching Japanese language courses and then worked as a Project Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo for six years teaching courses in academic English and applied linguistics.
As a mixed-heritage Asian American who grew up on the east coast of the U.S., I became increasingly interested in the intersections of language, race, and identity, particularly during the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic. Currently, my research focuses on ways to help individuals question, dismantle, and unlearn racial and linguistic (raciolinguistic) ideologies that produce feelings of shame toward heritage and second-language abilities. Please see my personal website for more details.
