Phonetics Laboratory | People

Faculty

  • Mafuyu Kitahara (Professor at Faculty of Foreign Studies, Director of the Phonetics Lab, [2016-])
  • * Shinohara, Shigeko (Former Director of the Phonetics Lab, [-2016])
    Phonological Theory, Phonetics-Phonology Interface, Loanword Phonology, L2 Phonetics and Phonology
  • Niikura, Mayako (Professor at Faculty of Foreign Studies)
    Phonology,Phonetics, Relation of Teaching and Learning German Speech
  • * Sugawara, Tsutomu (Former Director of Phonetics Laboratory, Professor Emeritus, *Retired in 2006)

Graduate Students

  • Iwasaki,Rion (M2)
    Speech Pathology
  • Matsumoto-Yokoe, Yuriko (Ph.D. Candidate)
    Laboratory Phonology, consonant clusters, L2 perception
  • Ooigawa, Tomohiko (Ph.D. Candidate)
    Phonetics, Phonology, Cross-Language Speech Perception, French, English, Japanese, liquids (laterals & rhotics)
  • Oosawa, Eri (M2)
    Second Language Acquisition, L2 Phonological Perception and Production, Japanese Language Teaching
  • Shrosbree, Miki (Ph.D. Candidate)
    Second Language Acquisition, Experimental Phonetics

 

Secretaries

  • Ogawa, Toshimi (Phonetics Lab)

Visiting Researchers

  • Erickson, Donna (SOLIFIC)
    Speech Rhythm
  • Fujimoto, Masako (SOLIFIC, Sophia University)
    Speech Production
  • Tajima, Keiichi (Professor at Hosei University)
    L2 Speech Perception, Acquisition
  • Takiguchi, Izum (SOLIFIC, Bunkyo Gakuin Univeisity)
    L2 Speech Perception, L2 Japanese Length Distinction
  • Takahashi, Kinuko (Part-time lecturer, Sophia University)

Alumni

* Not a comprehensive list.

  • Amino, Kanaen (National Research Institute of Police Science)
  • Ishida, Mako (PhD Student, Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences)
  • Ji, Seong-Rim (Lecturer)
  • Kasuya, Marino (PhD Student, Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences)
  • Kinjo, Kunio (PhD Student, Dept. of Linguistics at Rutgers University)
  • Masuda, Hinako (Assistant Professor, Waseda University)
  • Moore, Jeff (PhD Student, Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences)
  • Sano, Shinichiro (Associate Professor, Okayama Prefectural University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
  • Shinya, Takahito (Assistant Professor, Otsuma Women’s University)
  • Takiguchi, Izumi (Assistant Professor, Bunkyo Gakuin University))
  • Tanaka, Yu (PhD Student, Dept. of Linguistics, University of California Los Angeles)
  • Takahashi, Kinuko (Part-time lecturer, Sophia University)
  • Tomaru, Kanako (Post Doc, Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences)