Japanese

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate Business Japanese Fall 2025 Office Hours: Both In Person and Online: F 9AM-10AM, MWF 12:10PM-1:10PM (if Zoom meeting is preferred, please send this by email.) Enika Banerjee is a Senior Lecturer of Japanese. Currently she is teaching elementary and upper intermediate level of Japanese language courses. She also teaches Japanese Business and […]

Full Time Faculty Fall 2025 Office Hours: Drop In Hours (Both In Person or Online): MWF 9AM-10AMBy Appointment (Online): TR 10AM-2PM Overview Jordan Bledsoe is a lecturer of Japanese, teaching all levels of Japanese language as well as Japanese culture-related courses. After living in Kyushu and Okinawa for two years, Jordan then earned a B.A in […]

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Japanese-English Fall 2025 Office Hours: Online Only: TR 9:30AM-10:30AM David Boyd is an Associate Professor of Japanese. He has translated fiction by Izumi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, and Kanoko Okamoto, among others. His translations of novellas by Hideo Furukawa (Slow Boat; Pushkin Press, 2017) and Hiroko Oyamada (The Hole; New […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: TR 1:30PM-2:30PM Phil Kaffen is an associate professor of Japanese and cinema. His research and teaching focuses on visual images, including cinema, animation, photography, and installation. In particular, the role of images in broader social and cultural issues from militarism and war to sovereignty and ecology form the […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person: MWF 8:15AM-8:45AM & 11:15AM-11:45AM, F 2:30PM-3:30PM, Online by request, others by appointment Dr. Chikako Mori is a Senior Lecturer of Japanese. She has been serving as coordinator since Fall 2015 and designated student advisor of Japanese Studies program since Spring 2017. Education Ed.D. Learning, Design and Technology, UNC Charrlotte […]

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MW 4PM-5:30PM and by appointment, Online: By request Seirin is an instructor in Japanese. Visit her artist page here. Appointments Adjunct Instructor in Japanese

Fall 2025 Office Hours: In Person Only: MF 2:30PM-3:30PM & Wednesday 2:30PM-4:30PM, Online by appointment during those hours Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – PhD Student in Asian Studies MA in Linguistics MA in Asian Studies Kyoto Prefectural University BA in Japanese Language and Literature Appointments Adjunct Instructor in Japanese, UNC Charlotte, 2018-present

Coordinator of the Japanese Studies Program Advisor for Japanese Studies Minors Fall 2025 Office Hours: Both In Person and Online: MW 12:30PM-1:30PM and by appointment