Naoya Fujita, Ph.D.

Academic Background

 

1994.10

University of Rochester Graduate School (Ph.D. in Linguistics), Doctoral Dissertation: On the Nature of Modification: A Study of Floating Quantifiers and Other Related Constructions

 

1988.6

Ohio State University Graduate School (M.A. in Japanese Linguistics), Master's Thesis: Genitive Subject in Japanese and Universal Grammar

 

1986.5

University of Hawai'i at Hilo (B.A. in Linguistics)

 

 

Professional Background

 

2022.10~Present

Professor of Linguistics, Dean, Faculty of International Studies, Kindai University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

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2016.4~2022.9

Professor of Linguistics, Acting Dean, Faculty of International Studies, Kindai University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

 

2007.4~2016.3

Professor of English, Department of Law, Kindai University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

 

2006.4~2007.3

Associate Professor of English, Department of Law, Kindai University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

 

2004.4~2006.3

Associate Professor of English, Department of Language Education, Kindai University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

 

2000.8~2003.12

Associate Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA

 

1997.8~2000.8

Study Abroad Program Faculty Chair, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA

 

1994.8~2000.8

Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA

 

1993.1~1994.3

Instructor of Japanese, Rochester Japanese School (authorized by Ministry of Education), Pittsford, New York, USA

 

1990.5~1990.8

Instructor of Japanese, Harvard University Summer School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

 

1989.8~1994.5

Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester, Departments of Linguistics, Psychology and Foreign Languages (Advisors: Dr. Yoshihisa Kitagawa, Dr. Itziar Laka, and Dr. Thomas Bever), Rochester, New York, USA

 

1988.6~1989.8

Instructor of Japanese, Harvard University and Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 

 

1987.9~1988.6

Teaching Assistant, Ohio State University, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advisor: Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa), Columbus, Ohio, USA

 

1987.5~1987.8

Coordinator, Instructor of English, Tokyo Foreign Languages Academy (Oral English, Preparation for TOEFL and UNATE - UN Association's Test of English), Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan

 

1986.5~1986.8

Instructor of Japanese, Cornell University Summer Intensive Japanese Program, Ithaca, New York, USA 

 

 

Other Major Professional Activities

 

1997.5~1997.9

Production of English TV programs (planning, script-writing, editing and acting), for 'E2 Genius' and 'English 300' distributed by Global Learning Channel (SkyPerfect TV, Japan), Portland, Oregon, USA

 

1985.6~1985.8

Production of audio Japanese language-learning material (voice actor), for 'Japanese: Spoken Language' (Author: Dr. Eleanor H. Jorden), Ithaca, New York, USA