Faculty Information

■ Specialization and related fields

Foreign language education, Linguistics

■ Academic background

1.	Aoyama Gakuin University Graduated
2.	Indiana University of Pennsylvania〔Master Course〕 Completed
3.	Indiana University of Pennsylvania〔Doctorial Course〕 Completed
4.	Indiana University of Pennsylvania

■ Business career

1.

2022/04～

Aoyama Gakuin University College of Literature Department of English Associate Professor

■ Belonging society

1.

2014/11～

∟ Members at Large

■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.

2024/04～2027/03

Developing voice through personal writing (Key Word : )

■ Activity in society

1.

2024/10～2024/10

What is research?

■ Book and thesis

1.	Book	Advancing Creative Writing Across the Curriculum (Single) 2025
2.	Book	Haiku across borders: Evocative voice in second language poetry writing (Single) 2025
3.	Book	International perspectives on creative writing in second language education: Supporting language learners’ proficiency, identity, and creative expression (Collaboration) 2022/02
4.	Book	Teaching and assessing second language poetry writing in Japan: Exploring challenges and issues through a lens of autoethnography as critical self-reflection. pp.152-170 (Single) 2022/02
5.	Book	Literature, spoken language and speaking skills in second language learning pp.96-117 (Single) 2019/12
6.	Book	Emotions in second language teaching : theory, research and teacher education pp.145-163 (Collaboration) 2018
7.	Book	Asian English Language Classrooms pp.180-191 (Single) 2017
8.	Book	Professionalizing Second Language Writing pp.44-53 (Single) 2017
9.	Book	Graduate study in the USA: Succeeding and surviving pp.41-49 (Single) 2016
10.	Article	A Study on the Development of English Proficiency and its Relationship with Learning Strategies among College Students: A Case of First-year Students（AY 2021） (Collaboration) 2024/03
11.	Article	Japanese EFL Students’ Perceptions of Composing Haiku in English The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 13(1),pp.20-28 (Single) 2024
12.	Article	Review of the book, Nicholes, J. (2022). Creative writing across the curriculum: Meaningful literacy for college writers across disciplines, languages, and identities. John Benjamins Scientific Study of Literature (Single) 2023/03
13.	Article	A poetic inquiry into a Japanese pre-service teacher’s English language learning trajectory: Pedagogical and methodological implications for teacher education. Language Teaching Research (Single) 2022/04
14.	Article	Emotions in second language poetry writing: A poetic inquiry into Japanese EFL students’ language learning experiences. Innovation in Language Leaning and Teaching 16(1),pp.53-66 (Collaboration) 2022
15.	Article	Review of the book, Bradley, J.P.N. & Kennedy, D. (eds.). Bringing forth a world: Engaged pedagogy in the Japanese university. Brill Sense, 2019 75(3),pp.389-391 (Single) 2021/07
16.	Article	“I feel like I can’t avoid dying”: A poetic representation of a survivor’s traumatic experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Qualitative Inquiry 27(1),pp.45-58 (Single) 2021/04
17.	Article	English curriculum reform in the Liberal Arts Education at Gunma University pp.21-22 (Single) 2018/03
18.	Article	Living in darkness at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake: A poetic-narrative autoethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 24(4),pp.270-280 (Single) 2018
19.	Article	Expressing voice in a foreign language: Multiwriting haiku pedagogy in the EFL context. TEFLIN Journal 28(2),pp.260-276 (Single) 2017/12
20.	Article	Second language poetry writing in the Japanese EFL classroom. The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 6(2),pp.56-68 (Single) 2017/12
21.	Article	Trends of research in English language teaching: Evidence from paper presentations at the JACET Kanto Annual Conventions. Special Issue on the 10th Anniversary of JACET-Kanto pp.37-45 (Single) 2017/03
22.	Article	Voicing in second language poetry writing: Implications to English as liberal arts education in the Japanese university context. The 6th JAILA Conference Proceedings (Single) 2017/03
23.	Article	Second language poetry writing as reflective practice: A poetic inquiry into a pre-service teacher’s experience of English language learning. Language Teacher Cognition Research Bulletin pp.81-93 (Single) 2016/12
24.	Article	Exploring earthquake experiences: A study of second language learners’ ability to express and communicate deeply traumatic events in poetic form. System 57,pp.120-133 (Single) 2016/04
25.	Article	Identity in second language writing: Exploring an EFL learner’s study abroad experience. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2(1),pp.1-14 (Single) 2016/04
26.	Article	Literacy autobiography in EFL contexts: Investigating Japanese student language learning experiences The 2014 KOTESOL Proceedings pp.97-104 (Collaboration) 2015/03
27.	Article	Literature in language teaching SIG forum: Literature across borders JALT2014 Conference Proceedings (Collaboration) 2015/03
28.	Article	Responding to second language poetry: Critical self-reflection on peer review activities in the Japanese EFL classroom. The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 3(2),pp.52-61 (Single) 2014/12
29.	Article	Effects of ER on L2 Reading in a Coordinated Curriculum. The 6th North-East Asian Regional (NEAR) Language Education Conference Proceedings. (Collaboration) 2014
30.	Article	Critical review of literary reading and writing in a second language. The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 2(1),pp.5-11 (Single) 2013/06
31.	Article	Haiku as a form of personal reﬂection: A practical guideline for writing haiku in the Japanese EFL reading class. The Journal of Saitama City Educators 3(3),pp.27-32 (Single) 2013
32.	Article	Writing haiku in a second language: Perceptions, attitude, and emotions of second language learners. SINO-US English Teaching 9,pp.1472-1485 (Single) 2012/09
33.	Article	The value of poetry writing: Cross-genre literacy development in a second language. Scientific Study of Literature 2,pp.60-82 (Single) 2012/06
34.	Article	Expressing voice in English: Teaching haiku in Japanese high school contexts. The Proceedings of the 9th Seminar for English Education at Kansai University of International Studi (Single) 2011/03
35.	Article	Review of the book Teaching academic writing: An introduction for teachers of second language writers. (Single) 2011
36.	Article	Implications for teaching haiku in ESL and EFL contexts The Language Teacher 34(3),pp.56-63 (Single) 2010/03
37.	Article	Developing voice by composing haiku: A social-expressivist approach for teaching haiku writing in EFL contexts. English Teaching Forum 48(1),pp.28-34 (Single) 2010/01
38.	Article	Review of the book Writing in foreign language contexts: Learning teaching and research. TESOL SLWIS (Second Language Writing Interest Section) Newsletter. (Single) 2010
39.	Article	Research in weblog pedagogy: Blogging and developing learner autonomy in a JFL context. The Language Teacher 33(2),pp.3-7 (Single) 2009/02
40.	Article	An analysis of learner strategies and learner autonomy in Japanese books for English study. Learning Learning 16,pp.15-22 (Single) 2009
41.	Article	Language teaching via weblogs: Exploring new possibilities of Japanese teaching as a second or foreign language. The Proceedings of the 24th Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) Conference. (Single) 2009
42.	Article	Teacher autonomy and professional teacher development: Exploring the necessities for developing teacher autonomy in EFL Japanese contexts. Asian EFL Journal: Professional Teaching Articles 35,pp.47-65 (Single) 2009
43.	Article	Individual differences in translation process: Exploring differences in the act of translation between two groups of ESL Japanese students. Translation Journal 12(3) (Single) 2008
44.	Article	Poetry writing as expressive pedagogy in an EFL context: Identifying possible assessment tools for haiku poetry in EFL freshman college writing. Assessing Writing 13,pp.171-179 (Single) 2008
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■ Lecturer and lecture

1.	2021/03/25	Poetic-narrative autoethnography: Exploring traumatic experiences in the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Philippines)
2.	2020/11/29	Creative writing in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. (JAPAN)
3.	2020/08/28	Humanizing the EFL Classroom Through Poetry Writing. (Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand.)
4.	2018/09/10	Second Language Poetry Writing Research: Past, Present, and Future. (Ikaho Seminar House, Gunma, JAPAN)
5.	2018/09/09	Teaching and Assessing English-Language Haiku Writing. (Ikaho Seminar House, Gunma, JAPAN.)
6.	2018/06/30	Teaching English-Language Haiku: Articulating Voice in the Target Language. (Yokohama Kyouiku Kaikan, JAPAN)
7.	2018/05/20	Supporting Teachers. (Toyo Gakuen University, JAPAN.)
8.	2018/03/25	Teaching English-language haiku writing: Bridging theory into practice. (Tthe University of Toyama, Toyama, JAPAN.)
9.	2018/03/23	The value of poetry writing: Exploring the intersection of creative writing and second language academic literacy. (The University of Toyama, JAPAN.)
10.	2017/12/09	自己表現力育成のための英語ライティング指導 −英語俳句を用いての実証研究— (Aoyama Gakuin University, JAPAN.)
11.	2015/10/18	Humanizing EFL Classrooms: Poetry Writing as Meaningful Literacy Practice in the Japanese context. (Niigata University Niigata Station Campus, Niigata, JAPAN.)
12.	2015/04/19	Haiku in the second language writing classroom: Theory into practice. (Aichi University, Aichi, JAPAN.)
13.	2015/01/18	Learn to write in a second language: Genre-based approaches in the Japanese EFL classroom. (Nagoya International Center, Aichi, JAPAN.)
14.	2015/01/18	Teaching voice in second language haiku writing. (Nagoya International Center, Aichi, JAPAN.)
15.	2014/12/15	Meaningful literacy practice in a second language: Poetry writing in the Japanese EFL classroom. (Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, JAPAN.)
16.	2014/11/14	Exploring the professional pathways of early-career L2 writing specialists (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA)
17.	2013/09/07	Write like an engineer: Teaching writing in the Japanese EFL classroom. (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Kanazawa, JAPAN.)
18.	2013/01/12	Writing for academic publication: Challenges for multilingual scholars. (Campus Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, JAPAN.)
19.	2013/01/12	Writing for communicative purposes: Application of genre-based approaches to ESP courses. (Campus Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, JAPAN.)
20.	2012/10/21	Global issues of scholarly writing: Towards academic publication. (Yokohama City University, Yokohama, JAPAN.)
21.	2010/07/31	Expressing voice in English: Teaching haiku in Japanese high schools. (Kansai University of International Studies, Amagasaki, Hyogo, JAPAN.)
22.	2010/07/25	Teaching L2 haiku for communicative purposes: Implications for teaching L2 writing in Japanese EFL college writing courses. (EIR Mansion, Niigata, JAPAN)
23.	2010/05/30	Reconsidering haiku: The application of haiku in a Japanese EFL classroom. (Ibaraki Christian College, Ibaraki, JAPAN.)
24.	2010/05/10	Developing identifiable voice: Implications for teaching haiku in L2 contexts. (Sakuragi Community Center, Saitama, JAPAN.)
25.	2010/04/13	How to get published in academic journals (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.)
26.	2010/04/09	Gender and Sexuality in the Local Community (with James Dixon Mark Wolfe, Sue Gatti, and Joan Sabatino). (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.)
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2024/09/21	Exploring a Japanese EFL pre-service teacher’s identity through second language poetry writing (The 16th University of Sydney Research Colloquium)
2.	2024/08/14	Expressing Earthquake Experiences in Second Language Poetry Writing (The AILA 60th Anniversary World Congresses)
3.	2024/03/11	The Patterns of Voice Construction in Second Language Haiku Poetry Writing (58th RELC International Conference)
4.	2023/11/26	Haiku Reading As Meaningful Literacy Practice (JALT 2023 International Conference)
5.	2023/08/18	What do EFL students learn from second language poetry writing? (AsiaTEFL 2023)
6.	2023/08/12	Reading haiku in EFL contexts: Multiple interpretations and influencing factors (Okinawa JALT Summer Symposium 2023)
7.	2021/12/03	Textual and Linguistic Features of Second Language Poetry Writing: A Case of Japanese EFL Students. (The 19th Asia TEFL International Conference)
8.	2021/10/23	Exploring Japanese Students’ Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic Through Second Language Poetry Writing. (Viet TESOL International Convention 2021)
9.	2021/09/10	Assessing Second Language Poetry Writing: Linking Assessment, Learning, and Language Use. (The 67th TEFLIN International Conference and The 9th the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICoELT))
10.	2020/01/29	Japanese University Students’ Perceptions on Second Language Poetry Writing. (The 40th Thai TESOL and PAC International Conference)
11.	2019/08/30	Expressing Love in Second Language Poetry Writing: A Case of Japanese EFL Writers. (Literature in Language Leaning and Teaching Conference 2019)
12.	2019/06/29	A Poetic Inquiry into a Pre-Service EFL Teacher’s Experience in Teaching Practicum: Implications for Teacher Education Programs. (Asia TEFL 2019 Conference)
13.	2019/03/10	Characterizing Second Language Poetry Writing: A Comparative Analysis of Poetic Texts Produced by ESL and EFL Learners. (The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019 Conference)
14.	2019/02/16	Second Language Writers’ Perceptions and Attitudes toward composing haiku poetry in English. (The 15th CamTESOL International Conference)
15.	2019/02/15	Exploring second language learning experiences through poetry writing: Toward learner and teacher development. (CamTESOL-UECA ELT Regional Research Symposium)
16.	2019/01/18	Exploring Key Aspects of Second Language Poetry Writing. (The 39th Thailand TESOL International Conference)
17.	2018/11/27	Characterizing English-Language Haiku: Corpus-Drive Analyses of Second Language Poetry Writing. (Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) 2018 Conference)
18.	2018/08/04	Second Language Writers’ Construction of Emotional Voice in Poetry Writing. (The 17th Symposium on Second Language Writing)
19.	2018/02/19	Exploring Second Language Writers’ Perceptions on Composing Haiku in English. (The 9th Liberlit Conference)
20.	2017/11/19	Literature for all: Creativity, poetry, stylistics, and culture. (The 43rd JALT Annual International Conference)
21.	2017/11/19	What is “good” poetry? Perceptions of L2 writers. (The 43rd JALT Annual International Conference)
22.	2017/11	Exploring textual and literary features of haiku poetry produced by second language writers. (The 2017 ALANZ/ALAA/ALTAANZ Conference)
23.	2017/08/30	Exploring the Patterns of Voice Construction in Second Language Poetry Writing. (The 56th JACET International Conference)
24.	2017/05/21	McIlroy, T., Iida, A., Aoki, Q., & McNabb, G. (2017, May 20-21). Expanding your interests with the LiLT SIG (LiLT SIG Forum). (JALT Pan-SIG 2017 Conference)
25.	2017/02/18	Challenges and successes in a coordinated English curriculum in the School of Science and Technology. (The 6th Japan Association for International Liberal Arts (JAILA) Conference)
26.	2017/02/18	Expressing voice in second language writing: Implications to English as Liberal Arts in Japan. (The 6th Japan Association for International Liberal Arts (JAILA) Conference)
27.	2016/11/27	Poetry reading and Japanese EFL learners. (The 42nd JALT Annual International Conference)
28.	2016/10/22	Exploring second language poetry writing: A comparative analysis of poetic texts produced by ESL and EFL writers. (The 15th Symposium on Second Language Writing)
29.	2016/09/08	Exploring pre-service teachers’ practical knowledge to promote innovative and creative pedagogical approaches. (The 63rd TEFLIN International Conference)
30.	2016/09/02	How to do teacher research in the preservice English teacher education. (The 55th JACET International Conference)
31.	2016/07/09	Characterizing second language poetry: A quantitative study of textual and literary features of English haiku written by Japanese engineering students. (The 15th Biennial International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL) Conference)
32.	2016/03/13	Reconsidering engineering English: Teaching second language poetry writing as liberal arts. (The 5th Japan Association for International Liberal Arts (JAILA) Conference)
33.	2016/02/22	Redefining haiku: Exploring textual and linguistic features of second language haiku writing. (The 7th Liberlit Conference)
34.	2015/11/20	Expressing trauma in a second language: A poetic-narrative autoethnography on a multilingual writer’s experience of the 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake. (The 14th Symposium on Second Language Writing)
35.	2015/09/16	Teaching and assessing second language poetry writing in Asian EFL contexts. (The 62nd TEFLIN International Conference)
36.	2015/05/30	Literacy autobiography as research: Theoretical and methodological issues. (Workshop on Qualitative Research in English Language Teaching)
37.	2015/03/21	Expressing traumatic life experiences in second language poetry: Voices from earthquake survivors. (The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)- Canadian Association for Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2015 Conference)
38.	2015/02/16	Poetry writing for healing: Implications for the second language composition classroom. (The 6th Liberlit Conference)
39.	2014/11/22	Literature across borders (The 40th JALT Annual International Conference)
40.	2014/11/22	Poetry writing as meaningful literacy practice. (The 40th JALT Annual International Conference)
41.	2014/10/03	Literacy autobiography for teacher professional development (The 2014 KOTESOL/KAFLE International Conference)
42.	2014/08/30	Poetry as autobiographical writing: Japanese EFL learners ability to express English learning experiences. (The 53rd JACET International Conference)
43.	2014/07/18	Expressing earthquake experiences in poetic forms: A study of second language learners ability to communicate deeply traumatic events. (The 34th Annual Conference of the International Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA))
44.	2014/05/24	Effects of ER on L2 reading proficiency: Evidence from student test scores in a coordinated program (The 6th N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference)
45.	2014/02/22	Poetry reading in a foreign language: Developing the sense of voice in the EFL classroom. (The 10th CamTESOL International Conference)
46.	2014/02/01	Blogging in a second language: Learning beyond the classroom. (The 2014 Paperless Conference: Innovation and technology in education)
47.	2013/10/25	Autobiography as literacy practice: Ramifications of teaching autobiography to EFL composition classroom (The 39th JALT Annual International Conference)
48.	2013/08/30	TEFL/TESL practitioners writing for academic publication in Japan: Two case studies (The 52nd JACET International Conference)
49.	2013/05/22	Expressing earthquake experiences: L2 learners ability to communicate traumatic events in poetry (Scientific Advances in Creative Writing and Literary Reading Workshop)
50.	2013/04/14	Writing haiku as a reflection: Beyond extensive reading (Omiya-Gunma JALT My Share Collaboration)
51.	2013/03/15	Writing poetry for FL literacy development (The 3rd FLLT International Conference)
52.	2013/02/15	Poetry writing in a foreign language: Perceptions of Japanese EFL students (The 4th Liberlit Conference)
53.	2012/12/02	Reading literature for L2 literacy development: Theory into practice (The 2012 Tohoku ETJ Expos)
54.	2012/05/11	Learn to write in a second language: Issues and challenges of teaching writing in Japanese EFL contexts (Ibaraki Chapter May Meeting)
55.	2012/03/25	Cross-genre literacy development in a second language: Evidence from poetry writing and academic literacy (The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2012 Conference)
56.	2012/01/29	Teaching writing in an EFL context: Where to start? (Gunma Chapter of JALT)
57.	2011/11/20	Identity, dynamics and life-changing moments: Exploring earthquake- related experiences through poetry writing (The 37th JALT Annual International Conference)
58.	2011/06/11	Scholarly publication for NNES graduate students: Challenges and issues (The 10th Symposium on Second Language Writing)
59.	2010/10/30	Using haiku in ESL contexts: Developing a sense of voice in a second language. (Three Rivers TESOL)
60.	2010/08/23	The use of literature in Japanese classrooms: Theory to practice (The 22nd Gunma JALT Summer Workshop)
61.	2010/03/27	Analysis of learner autonomy in Japanese books for English study. (The 44thAnnual TESOL Convention and Exhibit)
62.	2010/03/09	Collaborative learning via weblogs: Developing learner autonomy through blogging in a JFL context. (The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2010 Conference)
63.	2010/02/27	L2 writing and voice construction: A case study of ESL Japanese writers’ voice construction in academic writing (The 1st Academic Literacies Symposium)
64.	2009/09/25	Teacher autonomy and professional teacher development: Autonomy as ‘independence’ or ‘interdependence’? (The 1st Annual Teacher Scholar Symposium)
65.	2009/03/19	Language teaching via weblogs: Exploring new possibilities of Japanese teaching as a second or foreign language. (The 24th SEATJ (Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese) Conference)
66.	2007/09/30	How my TESOL knowledge affects my Japanese teaching in the United States. (Three Rivers TESOL Conference)
67.	2006/03/14	Learner strategies for learner autonomy. (The 6th Graduate Student Forum at the 40th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit)
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