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About Me

2000 to Present

Professor (Tenured)
Niigata University of International and Information Studies
Niigata, Japan

Academic Coordinator for the school’s Communicative English Program (CEP). Duties include all areas of administration and program management. Responsible for hiring and training EFL teachers, organizing staff meetings, teaching EFL classes, conducting seminars, and maintaining up-to-date research on curriculum design and materials development. Also coordinator of the American Overseas Study Program.

1997 to 2000

Assistant Professor (Full-Time)
Nagaoka National College of Technology
Nagaoka, Japan

Taught General English courses to EST students. Developed a 30 million word corpus for the English Department. Designed an English for Academic Purposes Course based upon a Lexical, Data-Driven Approach. Designed and managed a school-wide English oral testing program. Responsibilities included managing and scheduling classes for the part-time foreign lecturers, proctoring tests, participating in departmental meetings, as well as assisting in the development and grading of the school’s entrance examination. Also supervised the school’s annual English speech contest.