PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
 

April, 2000 ~
Lecturer of English Conversation, Bunkyo Women's University

Duties include: creating new and innovative materials for classes of 25 students with various
levels of communicative ability in English.
 

April, 1997 to present
Lecturer of Information Technology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Duties include: preparing undergraduate students in how to use the Internet (in English) as a resource material for their future studies and careers.

Due to the nature of the 'Net I am also responsible for all materials. Requires updating on a regular basis.
 

April, 1996 to present
Lecturer of English Conversation and Composition, Bunkyo Women's Junior College

Duties include: creating new and innovative materials for classes of 25 students with various levels of communicative ability in English.

For the past three years I have printed my own textbooks Approaches and Approaches to Writing for the students to use in class. Requires me to be creative, computer literate (Mac and Windows 95/98), and graphics savvy.
 
 

April, 1995 to present
Lecturer of Writing, Tokyo University of Pharmacy

Duties have included: preparing graduate students for publishing in scientific journals, and the creation of materials and experiments to achieve those ends.
 
 

September, 1994 to present

English conversation teacher, NHK CULTURE CENTER
Teaching small classes of students how to communicate in various situations: business, travel, etc....
 
 

EDUCATION:

Presently

Graduate student enrolled and taking courses at
Columbia University, Teachers College, Tokyo.

Expected date of graduation: Fall 2001 M.A., TESOL
 

1987-1991
United States International University, San Diego, California. B.A., International Relations
 
 
 

INTERESTS:

Extremely interested in the Internet and its use as a reference material, and to a lesser extent
HTML for publishing homepages.

Love watching sports of all kinds ranging from Sumo to basketball. Most recently I have begun practicing Kendo.
 
 
 

PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS:

Mar.    2000    Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science Journal
                      BEGINNER COURSE in COMPUTERS II -- The INTERNET for PHARMACY
                      STUDENTS: A YEAR in REVIEW
                      Co-authored with Dr. Tokuhiro Watanabe

Sept.   1998    Columbia University--Tokyo:
                      Public Seminar: Arts in the Classroom: KENDO in the ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Aug.   1998    Columbia University--Tokyo:
                      CONSTRUCTIVISM and the JAPANESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
                     Co-authored with: Aya Hagiwara, Michael Leung, Noriko Manabe, and Fusako Sasaki
                     Presented on August 12, 1998

ASSOCIATIONS :

Member of JALT and the CALL SIG associated with it.

ACHIEVEMENTS/LICENSES :

September               1999    Kendo -- "Nidan"
September               1998    Kendo -- "Shodan"
 

PERSONAL :

Born: June 5, 1969 Los Angeles, California

Current visa status: three-year spouse(Time in Japan 10 years)

Comfortable in speaking, reading, and writing Japanese

I have four younger sisters and my parents currently live in Las Vegas.