Affiliation:
Department of English
College of Humanities
Hokusei
Gakuen University
Ooyachi-nishi 2-3-1, Atsubetsu-ku,
Tel: 011-891-2731 (ext. 443), Fax: 011-894-3690
e-mail: stakano@hokusei.ac.jp
URL: http://www.ipc.hokusei.ac.jp/~z00144/
Education:
Ph.D. - University of Arizona (Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program in Second
Language Acquisition and Teaching), 1997
M.A. - University of Wisconsin-Madison (Applied English Linguistics), 1991
B.A. - Seijo University (English Language and Literature), 1985
Classes:
Sociolinguistics Research & Seminar (MA program in Linguistics,Culture
& Communication)
Junior and Senior
Seminars in Sociolinguistics
Introduction to
Sociolinguistics
English Phonetics
Courses in English Linguistics (Sociophonetics, World Englishes)
Freshman & Sophomore Seminars
Areas of Expertise:
Sociolinguistics Theories, Linguistic Variation and Change, Ethnography of
Communication, Japanese Linguistics, English Interlanguage, L2 Contrastive
Rhetoric, English Education
Research Interests:
Sociolinguistic Theories, Style and Register, Language and Identity, Language
and Gender, Language Change, Real-time Studies of Language Change, Japanese
Workplace Discourse
Work-related
Experiences:
| 1985 - 1989 | Senior High School English Teacher, Hokkaido Board of Education |
| 1990 - 1991 | Teaching Assistant in Technical Japanese, Research Assistant (Professor Emeritus Edward Daub), Department ofEngineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 1991 - 1992 | Teaching Assistant in Introduction to Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa |
| 1992 - 1996 | Graduate Assistant Teacher in Elementary and Intermediate Japanese, Research Assistant (Professor Kimberly Jones), Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona |
| 1996 - 1999 | Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hokusei Gakuen University |
| 1999 - 2007 | Associate Professor, Department of English, Hokusei Gakuen University |
| 2004 - 2007 | Associate Professor, Graduate School Faculty, Hokusei Gakuen University |
| 2007 - present | Professor, Department of English & Graduate School Faculty, Hokusei Gakuen University |