Instructors

Most AEP instructors hold graduate degrees in TESOL or Applied Linguistics from English-speaking universities. Several already hold or are completing doctorates in TESOL. The program also occasionally hires part-time instructors, all of whom either have or are close to completing a master's degree in TESOL or Applied Linguistics.

AEP instructors come from many places in the world, embodying TUJ's commitment to cultural diversity; these places of origin currently include Japan, the United States, and various other parts of the English-speaking world.

It should be emphasized that all AEP instructors who are non-native speakers of English are highly accomplished, fluent users of English as a second language and are good models of successful attainment of bilingual ability. Moreover, the members of the AEP administrative staff are native speakers of Japanese who are also highly fluent in English.

Director

Emiko Mizunuma
Ph.D. in Multilingual Multicultural Studies
New York University

Instructors

Andrew Augustine
M.Ed. in TESOL
Berne University

Daniel Clapper
M.A. in English
California State University, East Bay

David Harrison
M.A. in Linguistics & Literature
University of Newcastle

Gota Hayashi
M.A. in TESOL
Columbia University Teachers College

Shawn Higgins
M.A. in American Studies
Columbia University

Jeffrey Hulihan
M.A. in ESL
University of Arizona

Sandy Ito
M.A. in Speech-Communications (Intercultural Communication)
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Kristofer Kent
M.S. Ed. in TESOL
Temple University, Japan Campus

So Koike
M.Ed. in TESOL
Temple University, Japan Campus

Mario Leto
M.A. in 20th American Literature
astern Illinois University
M.A. in Applied Linguistics (In progress)
University of Birmingham

Cara Phillips
M.A. in TESOL
Colorado State University

Kathleen Schmitz
M.A. in Intercultural Education (TESOL)
University of the Americas

Ryoko Takahashi
M.Ed. in TESOL
Temple University, Japan Campus

Reiko Tsushima
M.A. in English (TESOL)
San Francisco State University

Rebecca Turner
In the M.S. Ed. in TESOL Program (expect to complete in 2013)
Temple University, Japan Campus

Timothy Williams
M.A. in Applied Linguistics & TESOL
Anglia Ruskin University