Kana Pierce

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