Chisato Murakami

Chisato Murakami is an Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her academic work focuses on second language acquisition, reading processes in Japanese as a foreign language, and language proficiency assessment. She has over 25 years of teaching experience, covering all levels of Japanese, Business Japanese, and Specific Purpose Japanese at universities in the U.S. and Japan.

• Education: M.A. in Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst (1999)
• Contact: Office - Gruening 607B, Phone - 907-474-7076, Email - cmurakami@alaska.edu

Her research emphasizes cognitive processes in language learning and standardized assessment methodologies. She has also contributed to curriculum development through intensive summer courses in Japan.

Scientific Awards:

• Certified Oral Proficiency Tester for Japanese by the American Councils on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Office hours: Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment.