This page contains an archived summary of my qualifications pertinent to my academic career. An updated copy of my academic and employment history is available on Linked In. I welcome contact from anyone interested in connecting!
- 2016 – Diploma of Financial Planning
- 2011 – Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
- 2007 ~ 2010 – Doctorate at Monash University
- 2006 – Combined Honours in Linguistics and Japanese at Monash University
- 2003 ~ 2005 – BA Languages at Monash University (majoring in Advanced Japanese and Linguistics)
Awards
PhD
- Monash University ASAA Presidents’ Prize and DK Award for the Outstanding Thesis on Asia nominee
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship
- Recipient of Research Training Scheme (RTS) place
- JSAA Postgraduate Scholarship (transport, accommodation and conference fee waiver)
- Monash Travel Grant (to attend CASTEL-J Hawaii conference)
Honours
- Faculty of Arts Scholarship
- J.V. Neustupny Award
BA (Languages)
- Linguistics 2nd Year Prize
- Made a member of Golden Key Honour Society
Teaching Awards
- Dean’s Commendation of Excellence in Teaching for outstanding teaching in Japanese 1 (2010)
- Dean’s Sessional Teaching Award (for outstanding student-centred teaching in Japanese Sociolinguistics (2009) and Japanese Language Acquisition and Use (2008)
Professional Development:
- NVivo qualitative analysis software (22/02/2008)
- Teaching philosophies workshop (16/04/2008)
- Workshop on class dynamics and students’ behaviour (5/10/2009)