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)