Chinese Graduate Students
Ph.D. program
ALGRIM, Jacob
Email: jalgrim@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Song
Research interests: Cognitive linguistics, Cross-cultural communication, Chinese linguistics
CHEN, Jinhui
Email: jinhuic@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yue, Ming-Bao
Research interests: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature; Gender studies; Cultural studies
CHEN, Ying Yu
Email: yingyuch@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Song
Research interests: Corpus Linguistics, Chinese Pedagogy, Syntax, Second Language Acquisition
DONG, Jin
Email: dj415@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Wang, Haidan
Research interests: Second language acquisition; Chinese pedagogy.
FLEMING, Ryan
Email: ryandf@hawaii.edu
Advisor: McCraw, David
Research interests: Traditional Chinese Literature, Literary Theory, and Chinese Philosophy.
HUANG, Shu-Yu
Email: shuyu@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Wang, Haidan
Research interests: Pragmatics, Chinese pedagogy, Corpus Linguistics
HUANG, Yao
Email: huangyao@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Li
Research interests: Linguistics, Chinese Syntax, and Semantics, Chinese pedagogy
JEN, Hsin-Tzu
Email: hjen@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Wang, Haidan
Research interests: Conversation Analysis in L2 Research, Chinese Pedagogy, Cognitive Linguistics, Lexical Semantics, Morphology, Corpus Linguistics
KIM, Jiyun
Email: jiyunk@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Peng, Yun
Research interests: Contemporary Chinese visual arts, East Asian visual culture, and Gender representation
LI, Nini
Email: ninili@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Song
Research interests: Linguistics, Syntax, Second Language Acquisition, Pedagogical Grammar
SUN, Yunhe
Email: ysun@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Wang, Haidan
Research interests: Chinese Pedagogy, Language Assessment and Measurement, Language Program Development and Evaluation
TANG, Alexander
Email: aftang@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Li
Research interests:Bilingualism and Biliteracy, Cantonese Linguistics, First and Second Language Acquisition, Indigenous Languages in Hong Kong, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, and Teaching Cantonese as a Heritage Language
WANG, Nan
Email: wangnang@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yue, Ming-Bao
Research interests: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Ethnicity and Membership Politics of Koreans in China (Chosonjok), Cultural studies.
YE, Xiao
Email: xiaoye@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Jiang, Li
Research interests: Chinese Syntax and Semantics; Classical Chinese
MA program
Japanese Graduate Students
Ph.D. program
BARNETT, Tanya
Email: tanyanb@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Haag, Andre
Research interests: Representations of Romanticism in Taishō era poetry, Symbolism, Proletarian literature, Agrarianism, Topography and spatiality, Literary criticism
FORTÉ, Sean
Email: sforte@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yoshimi, Dina
Research interests: Japanese Pedagogy, Dialogism and Sociocultural Theory in L2 Instruction, Classroom Practices
FUKASAWA, Michiko
Email: michikof@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Fukuda, Shinichiro
Research interests: Syntax, Syntax-phonology Interface, and Morphology.
HATA, Keiko
Email: keiko3@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kanno, Kazue
Research interests: Japanese Syntax, Psycholinguistics, L1 & L2 Acquisition
HOMMA, Kunihiko
Email: khomma@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cook, Haruko
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Japanese as a Heritage Language, Pragmatics, Japanese pedagogy, Discourse analysis, Linguistic Landscape
IKEDA, Eishi
Email: ikedae@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yoshimi, Dina
Research interests: L2 Pragmatics (e.g. interactional pragmatics, sociopragmatics, pragmalinguistics), Japanese Language Pedagogy & Second Language Acquisition, Out-of-Class Language Learning, Curriculum Development
KING, Sara
Email: saraking@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cook, Haruko
Research interests: Sociolinguistics/Sociophonetics (Gender and Media), Regional Dialects and Language Commodification, Japanese and Korean SLA, Motivation and Learner Identity
MITANI, Koyuki
Email: kmitani@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kasper, Gabriele
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Interactional competence, Second language development, Conversation analysis, Discourse analysis
MUKOYAMA, Erika
Email: emuko@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yoshimi, Dina
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Language Socialization, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Conversation Analysis
PIZZARO, Francesca
Email: fpizarro@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Ito, Ken
Research interests: Meiji & Taisho period literature, Shōjo fiction, Women’s studies, Girls’ studies
REIDPATH, Hilson
Email: hilson4@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Huey, Robert
Research interests: Okinawan Literature, Race in Japan
SHINKUMA, Kenichi
Email: shinkuma@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cook, Haruko
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Syntax, and Pragmatics
TAN, Samantha
Email: tanzys@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cook, Haruko
Research interests: Sociolinguistics (Race, Gender, Sexuality, Media), Linguistic performance & performativity, Indexicality, Visual Semiotics, Ideology, Translation
WANG, Tian
Email: tianw@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Fukuda, Shinichiro
Research interests:
YOSHII, Ruri
Email: ruriy@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yoshimi, Dina
Research interests: Japanese Language Pedagogy, Sociocultural Theory in L2 Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics
MA program
COLEMAN, Aidan
Email: aidanc45@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kanno, Kazue
Research interests: Intercultural communication, Sociolinguistics (language ideology, identity, multilingualism), and the Okinawan language
CULP, Amy
Email: acculp@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Hasegawa, Atsushi
Research interests: Japanese language pedagogy, Sociolinguistics, and Second language acquisition
DIXON, Jesse
Email: dixonj7@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Yoshimi, Dina
Research interests: Japanese Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, and Analysis of Mutual Intelligibility Between Languages
MCINTYRE, LillianEmail: lmcintyr@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Haag, Andre
Research interests: 20th-century Japanese new media, religious imagery & new religions, science fiction, traditional clothing, literary theory and criticism
MITANI, NorikoEmail: mitanin@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Hasegawa, Atsushi
Research interests: Pragmatics, Discourse analysis, Japanese pedagogy, Second language acquisition, Sociolinguistics
MOHAR, Brett
Email:mohar@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Hasegawa, Atsushi
Research interests: SLA, Language Pedagogy, Mimetics & Sound Symbolism, Pitch Accent & Pronunciation, Conversational Analysis, Syntax, Semantics, and Translation Studies
Research interests: Japanese pedagogy
TAMAI, Miyuki
Email:miyuki2@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Hasegawa, Atsushi
Research interests: Japanese language pedagogy and conversation/discourse analysis of students’ interaction
TANAKA, TaraEmail: tarag@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cook, Haruko
Research interests: Japanese language pedagogy, 2nd language acquisition, and Language development
Korean Graduate Students
Ph.D. program
FOX, Bonnie
Email: foxbonni@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cheon, Sang-Yee
Research interests: Phonetics (articulatory, sound change), Phonology (prosody, tone, intonation), Korean, Jejueo, Second Language Acquisition (especially relating to Korean L2), Morphology (neologisms), Korean Historical Linguistics (comparative theory within phonology), Experimental Linguistics
HAN, Dasom
Email: dasomh@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Krolikoski, David
Research interests: Literary theory, Eco-criticism, Disability studies, and East Asian cinema
HWANG, Chiyeon
Email: chiyeon@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Yung-Hee
Research interests: 20th-century Korean literature, Literary criticism, Film and Culture, Gender studies, and Feminism
JUHN, Dianne
Email: diannej@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cheon, Sang-Yee
Research interests: Korean linguistics, Visual arts, Pedagogy, Korean Art and History
KIM, HwanHee
Email: hwanhee@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics (conventional/unconventional use of honorifics), and Korean language pedagogy
KIM, Hyejin
Email: hyejin7@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Yung-Hee
Research interests: Feminism in Modern Korean literature
KIM, Nami
Email: namikim@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Korean language pedagogy and Assessment
LEE, Joungmok
Email: joungmok@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Sohn, Homin
Research interests:
MIYASHIRO, Tyler
Email: tylerbm@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Mary Shin
Research interests: Korean language pedagogy, Sociocultural and Interactional Linguistics (Discourse and Conversation Analytic-Based Approaches), Interactional Sociolinguistics (Humor Studies)
NAM, Sujung
Email: nams@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Mary Shin
Research interests: Cognitive Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Psychology of Language; Corpus Linguistics; Language Acquisition
PARK, Leeseul
Email: leeseul@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cheon, Sang Yee
Research interests: Korean linguistics, Second language acquisition, Assessment, Second Language Teaching with technology, and Instructional materials development
PARK, Min-Sung
Email: parkms@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Krolikoski, David
Research interests: Genre literature and Science fiction
PAK, Sooran
Email: sooran@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Korean syntax, Semantics, and Pedagogy
PARK, Cheol Rin
Email: crpark@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Sohn, Homin
Research interests:
SMITH, Hye Young (Choi)
Email: hyc@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Mary Shin
Research interests: Korean conversation analysis, Korean modal suffixes, L2 identities, Emotions in L2 learning & teaching
WOO, Boeui
Email: bwoo@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cheon, Sang-Yee
Research interests:
YOO, JeehaeEmail: yoojh@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Textbook Development, Internet-Mediated Communication, Grammatical Function of Korean Intonation, Korean Language Pedagogy
YOON, Sue Y.
Email: syoon7@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Mary Shin
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, pragmatics, multimodality, conversation analysis, and Korean language pedagogy.
YOU, Eunsun
Email: eunsun6@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Korean language pedagogy and L2 Korean writing assessment
MA program
GRANOFF, Hannah
Email: hgranoff@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Yung-Hee
Research interests: Women literature, Literature from the Colonial Period, LGBTQ issues in media
HARTFORD, JamieEmail: jamie47@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Kim, Mary
Research interests: Sociolinguistic, Gender studies, Gender representation through media
HONG, Hyejin
Email: hyejinh@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests:
JEON, Young-Hee
Email: jeony3@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Krolikoski, David
Research interests: Bilingualism in literature, Exophony
LAWRENCE, KatharineEmail: kdlawren@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Chung, Han-Byul
Research interests: Media promotion, Marketing of Korean culture, Linguistics
LEE, Joo Hyun
Email: lee2022@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Cheon, Sang-Yee
Research interests: Pedagogy, Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Curriculum Development
LEE, Kyujin
Email: kyujin7@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Park, Mee-Jeong
Research interests: Korean language pedagogy, instructed SLA, technology-integrated language instruction, and L2 Korean pronunciation
LIN, YiniEmail: yinilin@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Chung, Han-Byul
Research interests: Korean linguistics, Conversation analysis, Gender issues
RIGSBY, Caleb
Email: cdrigsb@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Chung, Han-Byul
Research interests: Korean social issues
TORII, Saaya
Email: saayat@hawaii.edu
Advisor: Chung, Han-Byul
Research interests: Korean language Pedagogy, Sociolinguistics, Social issues