College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

World Languages and Cultures

WLC Japanese Faculty

A School of World Languages and Cultures' Tenured and Tenure Track faculty member will serve as your faculty advisor while you are in our program, in addition to the academic advisor you work with through the Academic Advising Office. WLC faculty advisors are assigned by the first letter of your last name. WLC's Japanese courses are taught by a welcoming group of faculty members. 

Headshot of Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott

Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott

Ph.D. in Education: Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, The Ohio State University

Professor of Japanese Language more 

Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with A - F

Dr Shigeko Sekine, WLC Chair and Professor of Japanese

Dr. Shigeko Sekine

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, UC Los Angeles

Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics more

Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with G - O

Dr. Dustin Wright Ph.D. in History  Assistant Professor of Japanese Culture and Language

Dr. Dustin Wright

Ph.D. in History, UC Santa Cruz

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language more

Japanese Faculty Advisor for Students with Last Names Starting with P - Z

Ms. Tomoko Ogaki 

M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Lecturer of Japanese Language 

 

Ms. Tomoko Ogaki Instructional Faculty for WLC

Dr. An Pham 

Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies

Lecturer of Japanese Culture and Language

WLC Instructional Faculty An Pham headshot

Ms. Ryoko Ohnishi

Lecturer of Japanese Language

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Ms. Alisha Romano

Lecturer of Japanese Culture

Alisha Romano JLC class of 2020 headshot

 

Junko Matsuda

Lecturer of Japanese Language

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