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Dr. Kaori Furuya

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

(940) 565-2404

Email: Kaori.Furuya@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, The City University of New York, 2009
    Major: Linguistics
    Specialization: Linguistics
    Dissertation: The DP hypothesis through the lens of Japanese nominal collocation constructions
  • MPhil, The City University of New York, 2004
    Major: Linguistics
  • MEd, Shizuoka University, 1996
    Major: English Education
    Specialization: Linguistics in English Education
  • BEd, Shizuoka University, 1994
    Major: English Education

Professional Positions

    Professional

  • Associate Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2020 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2014 - 2020).
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University. Texas Christian University. (2013 - 2014).

Professional Memberships

  • Texas Foreign Language Association. (January 6, 2017 - Present).
  • The Japanese Society for Language Sciences. (January 2018 - December 2018).
  • The Linguistic Association of the Southwest. (2017 - January 2018).
  • the English Linguistic Society of Japan. (January 2017 - December 2017).
  • CerLiCO, Université de Nantes. (January 2016 - December 2016).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Embed Quiz Questions in Video with Canvas Studio, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 6, 2023 - November 6, 2023).
  • Workshop, Research Breaks Seeding Success, UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (October 25, 2023 - October 25, 2023).
  • Workshop, Better Writing and Less Time Grading with Packback Discussion, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 24, 2023 - October 24, 2023).
  • Tutorial, UNT Ethics and Standards of Conduct, UNT. United States of America. (December 21, 2022 - December 21, 2022).
  • Workshop, Faculty Involvement for Finding CLASS, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 2, 2022 - December 2, 2022).
  • Workshop, Faculty Advocate Network, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 17, 2022 - October 17, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Information Security Handbook and Data Protection 2022-2023, UNT. United States of America. (October 5, 2022 - October 5, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Texas Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2022-2023, UNT. United States of America. (October 5, 2022 - October 5, 2022).
  • Workshop, Faculty Advocate Network, UNT. Denton,United States of America. (September 28, 2022 - September 28, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Assessment Design for Academic Integrity, UNT. United States of America. (April 28, 2022 - April 28, 2022).
  • Workshop, Workshop for promotion, UNT. United States of America. (April 23, 2022 - April 23, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Cultural Humility: Developing Inclusive Attitudes, UNT. United States of America. (April 20, 2022 - April 20, 2022).
  • Workshop, FACULTY WRITING PANEL WORKSHOP, UNT. United States of America. (February 21, 2022 - February 21, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, UNT. United States of America. (February 1, 2022 - February 1, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, UNT. United States of America. (October 26, 2021 - October 26, 2021).
  • Workshop, From Panapto to Canvas Studio, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 4, 2021 - August 4, 2021).
  • Workshop, Mental Health First Aid, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 15, 2021 - July 15, 2021).
  • Other, One-to-one training for Curriculog, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 22, 2021 - June 22, 2021).
  • Tutorial, Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021).
  • Tutorial, ABCA- Inclusive Leadership Program, UNT. United States of America. (May 25, 2021 - May 25, 2021).
  • Workshop, Cultures and Languages in and beyond the Time of COVID, Stocken University-Global Engagement. Galloway,New Jersey,United States of America. (May 14, 2021 - May 14, 2021).
  • Workshop, NEH Award and More, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 27, 2021 - April 27, 2021).
  • Workshop, Faculty Development Leave Virtual Worship, UNT. United States of America. (April 12, 2021 - April 12, 2021).
  • Tutorial, SPOT origination, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 1, 2021 - April 1, 2021).
  • Tutorial, Introduction to Microsoft Teams, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 10, 2020 - December 10, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Speaker Series: Introduction to Inclusion in Higher Educational Settings, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 6, 2020 - November 6, 2020).
  • Other, One-to-one training for Curriculog, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 20, 2020 - October 20, 2020).
  • Other, How to Get the Most out of Zoom, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 15, 2020 - May 15, 2020).
  • Other, How to Work with Exams and Quizzes in Canvas, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 14, 2020 - May 14, 2020).
  • Other, How to Work with Graded Assignments, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 14, 2020 - May 14, 2020).
  • Other, How to Implement Discussions in Canvas, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 13, 2020 - May 13, 2020).
  • Other, How to Organize Your Course, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 12, 2020 - May 12, 2020).
  • Other, Working with Graded Assignments in Canvas, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 12, 2020 - May 12, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Security Awareness Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 13, 2019 - November 13, 2019).
  • Workshop, Canvas Bootcamp, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017).
  • Workshop, Progress towards tenure, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 14, 2017 - November 14, 2017).
  • Workshop, Clicker Cloud Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 3, 2017 - November 3, 2017).
  • Workshop, Team Based Learning Workshop, UNT. Denton,TX,Australia. (April 11, 2017 - April 11, 2017).
  • Workshop, FIS Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2017).
  • Workshop, Search Committee Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 24, 2017 - January 24, 2017).
  • Workshop, Pathway to Tenure and Promotion, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 18, 2017 - January 18, 2017).
  • Workshop, Meeting about progress towards, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 30, 2016 - November 30, 2016).
  • Workshop, Information to Blackboard Learning Grade Center, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 30, 2015 - July 30, 2015).
  • Workshop, Media & Blackboard Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 30, 2015 - July 30, 2015).
  • Workshop, Promotion and Tenure Workshop, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (February 5, 2015 - February 5, 2015).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • JAPN 3020 - Advanced Japanese I, 8 courses.
  • JAPN 3030 - Advanced Japanese II, 4 courses.
  • JAPN 3040 - Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, 1 course.
  • JAPN 3042 - Japanese Society Today, 1 course.
  • JAPN 3060 - Advanced Topics in Japanese Language, 4 courses.
  • JAPN 3064 - Japanese Grammar and Kanji, 2 courses.
  • JAPN 4020 - Advanced Japanese III, 5 courses.
  • JAPN 4030 - Advanced Japanese IV, 5 courses.
  • JAPN 4040 - Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, 11 courses.
  • JAPN 4042 - Japanese Ghost Stories, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4044 - Lives of the Samurai, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4046 - Dawn of Modern Japan, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4048 - Travel Writings of the Edo Period, 1 course.
  • JAPN 4900 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS, 4 courses.
  • WLLC 2980 - Experimental Course, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Texas Christian University, JAPN 30123, 30113, 20123,, Spring 2014.
  • Texas Christian University, JAPN 20113, 10123, 10113, Fall 2013.
  • Grand Valley State University, Fall 2011.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Furuya, K. (2018). The syntax of Japanese postverbal elements: rethinking right dislocation. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Kaitakusha Publishing Company,. http://elsj.jp/english_linguistics-eng/
  • Furuya, K. (2015). PRO and Phi-feature Mismatch in Imposter Construction. WPCL Digital edition, University of Victoria.

    • Journal Article

  • Furuya, K. (2020). Additional bi-clausal types of Japanese right dislocation. 36 (2) 225-251. De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jjl-2020-2025/html
  • Furuya, K. (2020). Structure and Inference in Japanese Right-Dislocation. 21 (4) 557-580. John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lali.00070.fur
  • Furuya, K. (2019). A Cross-linguistic study of imposter constructions. 9 (1) 1-10. London, Academy Publication. http://www.academypublication.com/ojs/index.php/tpls/article/view/tpls09010110
  • Furuya, K. (2018). A reconsideration of the (non-)uniform syntax of Korean right-dislocation. 35 (2) 275-304. Seoul, Institute for the Study of Language and Information, Kyung Hee University. http://isli.khu.ac.kr/journal/content/data/35_2/2.pdf
  • Furuya, K. (2017). (Under)specification of the person feature in relative clauses. 64 (2) 281-311. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó. http://akademiai.com/doi/abs/10.1556/2062.2017.64.2.6
  • Furuya, K. (2017). Two types of 3rd person in English. (4) 40-46. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039016300637
  • Furuya, K. (2016). PRO and (Under)specification of Person in Imposter Constructions. 6 (9) 1799-2591. London, Academy Publication. http://www.academypublication.com/tpls/

Presentations Given

    Exhibit

  • Furuya, K., The CUNY/SUNY/NYU Mini-Conference, On the pronoun-noun constructions, City University of New York, NY, City University of New York, NY, United States of America. (2003 - 2003).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), English Linguistics Society 16th International Spring Forum 2023, The Right Sides of Japanese Sentences with Resultatives, The English Linguistic Society of Japan, online (via Zoom), Japan. (2023 - 2023).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), The 13th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics, On the Identification of the Null Category in Japanese Right Dislocation, National Taiwan Normal University Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan. (2023 - 2023).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), English Linguistics Society 15th International Spring Forum 2022, The Right Sides of Japanese Sentences, The English Linguistic Society of Japan, online (via Zoom), Japan. (2022 - 2022).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2021, Unagreement is Illusion, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC via Zoom, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), Workshop: Agreement in Multivaluation Constructions (AMC 2021), Unagreement is Illusion in Imposter Constructions, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany, Zoom, Germany. (2021 - 2021).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 14th International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society, Reconsideration of Japanese Right-Dislocation, Kansai University, Japan, Zoom, Japan. (2021 - 2021).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 13th International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society of Japan (cancelled due to the COVID 19), Japanese Right-Dislocation Constructions with Adverbials, Kansai University, Japan, Osaka, Japan, Japan. (2020 - 2020).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 48th Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest, Mono-clausal analysis for Japanese right dislocation New evidence with postverbal adverbials, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 12th International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, vP movement in Japanese right-dislocation constructions, English Linguistics, the journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Japan. (2019 - 2019).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Person and number agreement in Spanish, Austin TX, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), The Japanese Society for Language Sciences, The Right Periphery in Japanese Right-Dislocation, Japan, Japan. (2018 - 2018).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Person agreement in Spanish, Texas Tech University, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 46th Linguistics Association of the Southwest, Person feature and agreement, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, Japanese Right Dislocation, the Chartered Institute of Linguists Hong Kong Society, Hong Kong, China, China. (2017 - 2017).
  • Furuya, K. (Author & Presenter), 10th International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Japanese postverbal elements, English Linguistics, the journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Japan. (2017 - 2017).
  • Furuya, K. (Author), Paris Meeting on East Asian Linguistics, Specification of the Person Feature in Pronominal Binding, the Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l’Asie Orientale, France,, Paris, France, France. (2016 - 2016).
  • Furuya, K. (Author), The Agreement - Non-Agreement 30th Annual Conference CerLiCO), Referential DPs and Binding Conditions, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, France. (2016 - 2016).
  • Furuya, K. (Presenter), (Under)specification of the Person Feature in Restrictive Relatives, The linguistics department at Université de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France, France. (2016 - 2016).
  • Furuya, K. (Author), 31st Northwest Linguistic Conference, PRO and Phi-feature Mismatch in Imposter Constructions, University of Victoria, Canada, University of Victoria, Canada, Canada. (2015 - 2015).
  • Furuya, K., 19th Workshop on East Asian Languages, Grammar of the Sentence-Final Particles Yo and Ne, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Furuya, K., 28th Northwest Linguistics Conference, On agreement of Full NPs and Personal pronouns, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Furuya, K., 5th International Conference on Formal Linguistics, Partitives and Specificity effects, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, P. R. China, China. (2011 - 2011).
  • Furuya, K., The Illinois Language and Linguistics Society 3, Specificity effects for Japanese, an articleless language, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Furuya, K., Workshop in General Linguistics 9, Phase DP hypothesis for Japanese noun phrases, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Furuya, K., Japanese Society for Language Sciences at the 11th Annual International Conference, This property of Japanese is shared by d-pronouns in German., the Tokyo Denki University, Japan, the Tokyo Denki University, Japan, Japan. (2009 - 2009).
  • Furuya, K., 31st University of Pennsylvania Linguistic Colloquium, DP Hypothesis for Japanese ‘bare’ noun phrases, 31st University of Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania, 31st University of Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).
  • Furuya, K., 4th Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics, Japanese noun phrases and the DP hypothesis, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).
  • Furuya, K., The CUNY/SUNY/NYU Mini-Conference, Bare nouns in Japanese, New York University, New York, New York University, New York, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).
  • Furuya, K., The Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics,, DP Hypothesis for Japanese: Is a case marker a Determiner of DP?, Georgetown University, Connecticut, Georgetown University, Connecticut, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).
  • Furuya, K., 1st Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics, Us linguists, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, United States of America. (2003 - 2003).

    • Poster

  • Furuya, K., 13th Annual Conference of Pragmatics Society, Syntactic constraint on referentiality/specificity, Osaka, Japan, Japan. (2010 - 2010).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Service

  • Furuya, K., "Fund for the cultural event (Japanese tea ceremony)," sponsored by Multicultural Center, Other, $500 Funded. (2016 - 2016).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Furuya, K. (Other), "Fund for the Japanese National Exam," sponsored by WLLC, Other, $400 Funded. (2015 - 2015).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Other (Secretary), Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. (October 2020 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese Cultural Organization. (August 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Japanese tenure-trach search. (September 1, 2023 - 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, Regional speech content. (December 2023 - January 2024).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for JET interview (Japanese program). (January 19, 2024 - January 19, 2024).
  • Other (represent faculty's voices), Teaching Needs Assessment Focus Groups. (December 8, 2023 - December 8, 2023).
  • Program Organizer, Conversation Table with the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. (December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023).
  • Program Organizer, Conversation Table with the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. (October 27, 2023 - October 27, 2023).
  • Faculty Advisor, Regional speech content. (December 2022 - January 2023).
  • Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee for Tenure-Track Professors. (September 2020 - December 2022).
  • Program Organizer, Pen Pal workshop. (April 2022 - May 2022).
  • Chairperson, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2021 - May 2022).
  • Member, Japanese Lecturer Search. (February 10, 2022 - May 25, 2022).
  • Guest Speaker, Guest Speaker Invitation for APIDA Heritage Month Lunch Event. (May 4, 2022 - May 4, 2022).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for job search. (April 21, 2022 - April 21, 2022).
  • Other (Evaluate potential graduates of Japanese), Japanese SACS Assessment. (April 15, 2022 - April 15, 2022).
  • Member, API-MENA (and API-DA). (March 30, 2022 - March 30, 2022).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for JET interview (Japanese program). (January 25, 2022 - January 25, 2022).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese speech contest. (October 10, 2021 - January 10, 2022).
  • Other (Create proposals in Curriculog), Proposals in Curriculog. (October 2021 - December 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Meet Our Alumni (Japanese program). (November 10, 2021 - November 10, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Meet Our Alumni (Japanese program). (October 21, 2021 - October 21, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for Job Search. (October 20, 2021 - October 20, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for Job Search. (September 22, 2021 - September 22, 2021).
  • Other (To evaluate students of Japanese), Create documents for SACS. (May 16, 2021 - May 16, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Japanese Honor Society Induction. (May 6, 2021 - May 6, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Meet Our Alumni (Japanese program). (April 7, 2021 - April 7, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Meet Our Alumni (Japanese program). (March 6, 2021 - March 6, 2021).
  • Program Organizer, Workshop for JET interview (Japanese program). (January 28, 2021 - January 28, 2021).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese Speech Contest. (December 10, 2020 - January 10, 2021).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, WLLC. (November 16, 2020 - November 19, 2020).
  • Program Organizer, Meet Our Alumni (Japanese program). (October 21, 2020 - October 21, 2020).
  • Program Organizer, JET Info Session (Japanese program). (October 8, 2020 - October 8, 2020).
  • Chairperson, Advertising and Recruitment Committee. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, WLLC. (May 17, 2020 - May 20, 2020).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese Speech Contest. (December 2019 - February 10, 2020).
  • Member, Japanese Lecturer Search Committee. (September 2019 - December 2019).
  • Member, Executive Committee. (August 2017 - May 2019).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese Speech contest. (December 2018 - February 10, 2019).
  • Other (Create a proposal and revise it), Proposal of UCC application (WLLC 3600). (December 2, 2018 - December 11, 2018).
  • Other (Meeting with a representative from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan), Japanese Program. (November 16, 2018 - November 16, 2018).
  • Other (Create a proposal), Create documents for SACS. (October 3, 2018 - October 11, 2018).
  • Workshop Organizer, Japanese Program. (October 4, 2018 - October 5, 2018).
  • Other (Presenter), WLLC Film Festival. (April 10, 2018 - April 10, 2018).
  • Other (Event Organiser), Onigiri Social. (March 19, 2018 - March 19, 2018).
  • Other (Meeting with a representative from Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan), Japanese Program. (February 12, 2018 - February 12, 2018).
  • Faculty Advisor, Japanese speech contest. (December 2017 - February 10, 2018).
  • Member, Search committee for a full-time lecturer in Japanese. (September 2017 - December 2017).
  • Other (Host of guest speaker), Guest Speaker. (November 2017 - November 7, 2017).
  • Member, Search committee for a full-time lecturer in Japanese. (May 2017 - June 2017).
  • Co-Chair, Departmental movie festival. (January 2017 - April 2017).
  • Other (Presenter), WLLC Film Festival. (April 13, 2017 - April 13, 2017).
  • Other (Presenter), Visit Hitachi, Japanese company. (April 4, 2017 - April 4, 2017).
  • Other (Event Organiser), Omusubi Social. (March 3, 2017 - March 3, 2017).
  • Member, Search Committee for French Tenure Position. (September 2016 - February 2017).
  • Member, Search committee for a full-time lecturer in Japanese. (August 2016 - December 2016).
  • Workshop Organizer, Japanese Program. (November 29, 2016 - November 29, 2016).
  • Other (Event Organiser), Onigiri Social. (October 24, 2016 - October 24, 2016).
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2015 - May 2016).
  • Member, Presenter of a Japanese movie at the WLLC international film festival. (April 2016 - April 2016).
  • Other (Event Organizer), Japanese Tea Ceremony. (April 13, 2016 - April 13, 2016).
  • Other (Survey Conductor), Survey of the Japanese Program. (December 2015 - December 2015).
  • Other (Research info), Research on Japanese Program Nathionwide. (September 2015 - November 2015).
  • Other, Meeting with Deputy Consul-General. (November 18, 2015 - November 18, 2015).
  • Member, Search committee for a full-time lecturer in Japanese. (March 2015 - June 2015).
  • Member, Core Curriculum committee. (January 2015 - May 2015).
  • Member, Event committee. (January 2015 - May 2015).
  • Member, Recruitment committee. (January 2015 - May 2015).
  • Member, Presenter of a Japanese movie at the WLLC international film festival. (April 2015 - April 2015).
  • Other (Presenter), Mean Green Fling. (April 11, 2015 - April 11, 2015).
  • Other (Test Organizer), Japanese National Exam. (March 31, 2015 - March 31, 2015).
  • Other (Event Organizer), Omusubi Social. (March 5, 2015 - March 5, 2015).

Professional Service

  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). Houston, TX. (January 29, 2024 - January 29, 2024).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). Houston, TX. (January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2023).
  • Other (Interviewer and evaluator for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program at Consulate General of Japan in Houston), Member of group selecting candidates. Houston, Texas. (February 4, 2022 - February 4, 2022).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). Houston, TX. (February 4, 2022 - February 4, 2022).
  • Other (Interviewer and evaluator for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program at Consulate General of Japan in Houston), Member of group selecting candidates. Houston, Texas. (January 28, 2022 - January 28, 2022).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). Houston, TX. (January 28, 2022 - January 28, 2022).
  • Other (Interviewer and evaluator for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program at Consulate General of Japan in Houston), Member of group selecting candidates. Houston, Texas. (March 5, 2021 - March 5, 2021).
  • Session Chair, Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Austin, TX. (October 26, 2018 - October 26, 2018).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). (February 2015 - February 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer of a manuscript for Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. (2013 - 2013).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). Chicago, Illinois. (February 2009 - February 2009).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). New York, New York. (February 2008 - February 2008).
  • Member, Member of the organizing committee of the 8th International Conference. New York, New York. (2007 - 2007).
  • Member, To select candidates for the JET program. New York, New York. (February 2007 - February 2007).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). New York, New York. (February 2006 - February 2006).
  • Member, Member of group selecting candidates for the Japan Exchange Program and Teaching (JET). New York, New York. (February 2005 - February 2005).
  • Member, Member of the organizing committee of the 32nd North East Linguistic Society Conference. New York, New York. (2001 - 2001).