Kana Pierce
M.A., Columbia University
Lecturer
Japanese Language
Office: HSSB 2236
Email:kpierce@eastasian.ucsb.edu
EDUCATION
Nagasaki University (in Economics)
Meiji University (B.A. in British and American Literature)
Columbia University in the City of New York (M.A. in Japanese Pedagogy)
– Research interests: Japanese Pragmatics and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
English Teacher at Seiwa Joshi Gakuin, Sasebo, Japan – 8 years
Presenter for All-Japan Private Junior and Senior High Schools Education Research Convention 2010. (International Understanding Education Section)
Teacher at Rochester Japanese School in Pittsford, NY- 2 years
Translator at Entabridge Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan – 8 years (Translated mobile games: Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors/ 怪異掲示板と7つのウワサ【ノベルゲーム】(Apple Store, Google Play), and others.)
Adjunct lecturer in Japanese language program at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY – 5 years
Co-presenter for ACTFL 2019, Washington, DC, with the title “Does the Study of Literature Need to Wait?”
Online TA in Japanese language program at Columbia University – 1 year
Lecturer in Japanese language program at University of California, Santa Barbara – July 2021 – Present
Courses Taught
- First Year Japanese 1/2/3
- Second Year Japanese 4/5/6
- Third Year Japanese 120A/120B