Dr. Ryuko Kubota
By Yuki Miyamoto
Educational Background
1992 Ph.D. in Education, The Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education (OISE)/ University of Toronto
Dissertation title:
CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC OF JAPANESE AND ENGLISH:
A CRITICAL APPROACH (supervisor: Sharon Lapkin)
1987 M.A.T. in TESOL, School for International Training (SIT)
1980 B.A. in Linguistics, Rikkyo University, Japan
Professional Service
2001-present, Associate Professor, School of Education and
Curriculum in Asian Studies, The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
1995-2001, Assistant Professor, School of Education and
Curriculum in Asian Studies, The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
1992-1995: Assistant professor, Japanese Studies, Monterey
Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
Areas of Expertise
Second Language Education
Second Language Writing
Critical Pedagogy
Courses Taught
JAPN105 Advanced Japanese
JAPN106 Topics in Japanese Society and Culture
JAPN119 Structures of Japanese
EDUC 83 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
EDUC150 Language Minority Students:
Issues for Practitioners
Recent Service Activities
2003-present, Director-at-Large, International Society for
Language Studies
2000-present, Consultant for the dual language program
(Spanish/English and Chinese/English) at Chapel Hill-Carrboro
City Schools.
2000-present, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for TESOL
Quarterly
2000-2003, Member of the National Board for the Association of
Teachers of Japanese (ATJ).
1999-2002, Member of the Board of Examiners for the National
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
Selected Publications
Work 1 Kubota, R. (2001). Discursive construction of the images of
Work 2 U.S. classrooms. TESOL Quarterly 35 (1), 9-38.
Work 3
Work 4
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Selected Publications
Work 1
Kubota, R (2001). Teaching World Englishes to native
Work 2 speakers of English: A pilot project in a high school class.
Work 3 World Englishes, 20 (1), 47-64.
Work 4
Selected Publications
Work 1
Kubota, R. (1998). Ideologies of English in Japan. World
Work 2 Englishes, 17(3), 295-306.
Work 3
Work 4
Selected Publications
Work 1
Kubota, R. (1999). Japanese culture constructed by
Work 2 discourses: Implications for applied linguistic research
Work 3 and English language teaching. TESOL Quarterly, 33(1), 9-
Work 4 35.
More information is…
Available online at:
http://www.unc.edu/~rkubota/englishpage.html
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/phd_ed_ccc/faculty.html
Thank you!
December 8, 2003
Yuki Miyamoto