November 2015 – February 2017
Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Deakin University, Australia
September 2007 – April 2011
PhD by research, Linguistics and English Language, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Thesis: A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Compliments and Compliment Responses among Young Japanese
Supervisors: Prof Miriam Meyerhoff, Dr Mits Ota
Examiners for my PhD thesis: Prof Janet Holmes, Dr Claire Cowie
April 2005 – March 2007
MA in TESOL and Linguistics, Kumamoto University, Japan
Supervisor: Prof Morio Nishikawa
April 2000 – March 2005
BA in Education and Linguistics, Kumamoto University, Japan
Supervisor: Prof Morio Nishikawa
September 2003 – July 2004
Undergraduate course work in Linguistics, Durham University, United Kingdom
Spring 2002
Intensive English Language Course, Macquarie University, Australia
