ACADEMIC WORK

PROJECTS

Individual Design Project

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

IE Program Design, IE Assessment — Fall 2021

This project is an expansion of the exchange program between my high school in California and our sister school in Japan. I utilized logic models and assessment protocols to design activities and assess learning outcomes.

Document includes:

Theory of Change
Program Logic Models
Assessment Plan

Thematic Unit Plan (Japanese)

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

P&P II, Language Assessment — Spring 2022

This is a combination of related assignments, including a thematic plan for a unit, lesson plan for the first lesson, additional classroom discussion activities, a final-unit integrated performance assessment and additional assessments to be integrated into the unit.

Document includes:

Thematic Unit Plan + Lesson Plan
Integrated Performance Assessment
Listening, reading, writing and reading tests

WRITING SAMPLES AND PRESENTATIONS

ENGLISH

Comparative Case Study

Comparative International Education — Spring 2021

Research report comparing Minority-Mandarin and Mandarin-English bilingual education in Mainland China.

Research Paper

Onsite Perspectives — Spring 2022

Report on enrollment trends of Chinese and Japanese international students in the United States.

Linguistics Report

Language Analysis — Fall 2021

Analysis on the phonology of foreign (primarily English, French, German, and Spanish) loan words in Japanese.

Current Event Presentation

International Student Scholar Services — Fall 2021

6 minute recorded presentation on the topic of free speech relating to international students.

Case Study

Higher Education Administration — Spring 2021

Current issue in higher education, published in Case Studies in International Education, December 2021.

Current Event Presentation

Higher Education Administration — Spring 2021

6 minute presentation on a current topic relevant to higher education — the student debt crisis.

JAPANESE

Business Report

Business Japanese — Spring 2021

Research report on LINE and their localization and foreign market entry strategies.

Final Essay

Japan Through Visual Media — Spring 2022

Essay on the movies Nobody Knows and Mother, and child neglect.

Research Report

Modern JPN Society - New Movements — Fall 2021

Research report on the youth suicide rate in Japan.

Recorded Presentation

Japan Through Visual Media — Spring 2022

Final presentation on the movies Nobody Knows and Mother, and child neglect.

Recorded Presentation

Modern JPN Society - New Movements — Fall 2021

Final presentation on youth suicide rates in Japan.

Presentation Slides

Public Diplomacy — Fall 2022

Brief presentation on study abroad as public diplomacy, given during practicum in Japan.

MANDARIN

Research Paper

Chinese History through Cinema — Spring 2021

Final paper on the history of Chinese students studying abroad in Japan.

Poster Presentation

National Chung Kung University, Summer Program

Final Research Poster Presentation — August 2022

Research poster on Yilan Creole, a Japanese Creole language in Taiwan. Presented during poster session.

Recorded Presentation

Chinese History through Cinema — Spring 2021

Final presentation on the history of Chinese students studying abroad in Japan.

Recorded Presentation

Intro to Strategies in Chinese— Spring 2022

Final presentation on the history of the Japanese (written) language and the mutual influence on Chinese and Japanese languages.

Public Presentation

The 28th Mini-Monterey Model Event — April 2022

Presentation on adaptations of Records of the Three Kingdoms in Japanese pop culture.