 Tatsuya Fukushima
Assistant Professor of Japanese, University of Arkansas
PhD Oklahoma State University (2000)
TESL/Linguistics
" From a research perspective, the flexible curriculum in the English graduate program at OSU allowed me to explore different fields of linguistics and TESL. Most notably, courses in discourse analysis and TESL provided important guidelines for my current research in political linguistics, discourse analysis, and technology-based language instruction.
At the same time, the solid experience I gained in my teaching assistantship helped enormously as well. Particularly, with the advent of the Internet during my PhD program, I was able to explore that technology's uses for meaningful pedagogical results. " ~Tatsuya Fukushima, Spring 2006
Recent Publications
"Promotional video production in a foreign language course." (2002). Foreign Language Annals, 35(3), 349-355.
"True colors of Japanese prime ministers: A linguistic approach to political profiling." (2005). Journal of Language and Politics, 4(3), 423-444.
"A student-designed grammar quiz on the web: A constructive mode of grammar instruction." (2006). Educational Media International, 43(1), 75-85.
Accomplishments
- First Asian faculty to win the Fulbright College Master Teacher Award (2005)
- Enrollment in the Japanese Program more than tripled in the five years since his appointment to that department (from 60 to over 200 students).
- Created a minor in Japanese with business orientation in Fall 2005.
More Information
Tatsuya Fukushima's Faculty Page at University of Arkansas |
