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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Japanese language teacher |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | M.A. 1992 from U. of Chicago; Japan Foundation Fellow in 1987-88; research fellow Yokohama City University; Japanese language teacher since 1991; also taught French (member American Association of Teachers of French), English as a Second Language (to students), methodology of teaching ESL (to Japanese high school teachers), English, Japanese history/culture, drama; in 2002 and 2004, listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers; member of Chicago Sister Cities Osaka Committee, and chair of its Education Sub-Committee; vice-president Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese; Payton H.S. World Language Department Chair from 2003-2007, under founding principal Mrs. Gail Ward; taught Japanese and coordinated Japan Exchange at Payton from 2003 to 2010; Japanese teacher at Burr Public School beginning August, 2010 |
| Interests | Japan, Japanese language, aspects of Japanese culture, music, comparative religion |
| Favorite movies | 1. Slumdog Millionaire 2. Shall We Dance (Japanese version) 3. Tampopo 4. Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) 5. The Year of Living Dangerously 6. Come See the Paradise 7. Beyond Rangoon |
| Favorite music | Japanese enka as a genre and the great Misora Hibari as its greatest singer, J.S. Bach, Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Nora Jones, Nat King Cole, Mozart, Mel Torme, Joe Williams |
| Favorite books | Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, Mabuta no Haha by Hasegawa Shin, Kikoku by Osaragi Jiro, Oku no Hosomichi by Basho, to name just a few. |