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Dr. Adam Manfredi

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Email: adam.manfredi@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2024
    Major: Japanese and Comparative Literature
    Dissertation: Narrative and Meaning-Making: Stories of Japan's 1968

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Asian Studies. (January 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Southwest Conference on Asian Studies. (January 1, 2022 - Present).
  • International Society for the Study of Narrative. (April 1, 2020 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, Certificate in Teaching Effectiveness, Association of College and University Educators. Online,TX,United States of America. (August 12, 2024).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop 4: Potentially Unanticipated Nuances as the Semester Ends, Faculty Initiatives, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 11, 2024).
  • Workshop, ACUE Community of Practice Workshop 3, UNT Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 8, 2024).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop 3: Roundtable Discussion, Faculty Initiatives, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 18, 2024).
  • Workshop, ACUE Community of Practice Workshop 2, UNT Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 11, 2024).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop 2: Organizing Your Week for Success, Faculty Initiatives, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 20, 2024).
  • Workshop, ACUE Community of Practice Workshop 1, UNT Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 13, 2024).
  • Workshop, Early Career Faculty Workshop 1: Setting Purpose,  Faculty Initiatives, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 12, 2024).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • JAPN 3020 - Advanced Japanese I, 1 course.
  • JAPN 3030 - Advanced Japanese II, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4020 - Advanced Japanese III, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4030 - Advanced Japanese IV, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Other (Honors Contract Project for JAPN 4020), "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Translation and Lesson Plan," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 8, 2024 - December 3, 2024).

Research

Presentations Given

    Panel Presentation

  • Manfredi, A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Manfredi, A. (Author & Presenter), Southwest Conference on Asian Studies Annual Meeting, The Long Shadow of Japan’s 1968, Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, Online, United States of America. (2024).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Japanese Section Committee. (August 20, 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, 2024/2025 Japanese English Teaching Program. (August 19, 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, 2024 Critical Language Scholarship. (September 18, 2024 - November 19, 2024).
  • Co-Chair, Fall 2024 Japanese Film Series. (September 25, 2024 - November 6, 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, MEXT Scholarship Information Session. (October 29, 2024).
  • Guest Speaker, Japanese Honors Society. (October 2, 2024).
  • Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal (Interviewer), Fulbright Campus Committee. (September 30, 2024).