Election 2010
Sufumi So
Sufumi So
Sufumi So (Ph.D., Second Language Education, University of Toronto) has taught college-level Japanese-language courses in several different countries for more than 20 years. She has also taught English-medium courses in applied linguistics and Japanese culture and society. Since August 2004 she has been serving as director of the Japanese program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). She has also been involved in the College Board AP® Japanese Language and Culture Course and Exam project since its preparation started in 2004, taking on a wide range of responsibilities including the chair of its Development Committee. She has been actively engaged in collaboration with K-16 teachers of Japanese not only in the U.S. but also in other parts of the world including Japan. She has presented numerous papers at academic conferences and published refereed journal articles and book chapters in the field of applied linguistics including Japanese-language teaching and learning. Her current scholarly projects include a qualitative research study entitled “Linguistic, rhetorical, and emotional experiences of writers living in in-between spaces.” Go to ATJ 2010 Election main page. |