Curriculum Vitae

Akira UTSUGI

• Research Scientist
  Laboratory for Language Development
  RIKEN Brain Science Institute
• Part-time Lecturer
  University of Tsukuba
• Part-time Lecturer
  Tokyo University of Science

Education

• 2005. Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan).
• 8/2001-2/2003. Exchange Student, Graduate School, Korea University (Seoul, Korea).
• 2001. M.A. in Linguistics, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan).
• 1999. B.A. in Humanities, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan).

Employment

• 4/2009-present. Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of Science (Noda, Japan).
• 4/2009-present. Part-time Lecturer, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan).
• 2/2009-present. Research Scientist, Laboratory for Language Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Wako, Japan).
• 1/2007-1/2009. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad. (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK).)
• 4/2006-12/2006. Field Research Fellow, Korea Foundation. (Spoken Language Information Lab., Institute of Korean Culture, Korea University (Seoul, Korea).)
• 4/2005-3/2006. Part-time Lecturer, Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan).
• 3/2003-2/2006. Part-time Lecturer, Open Cyber University (Seoul, Korea).

Technical Qualifications

• Passed Level 6 (highest) in the Korean Proficiency Test, 2002.
• Passed the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test (accredited by the Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan), 2001.

Awards

• Excellent Course, Open Cyber University, Sep. 2004. (For the course in elementary conversational Japanese)

Publications

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External Links

• University of Tsukuba
• General Linguistics Course (Japanese)
• Korea University
• University of Edinburgh
• Linguistics and English Language
• RIKEN
• Laboratory for Language Development