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Emiko Nagatomo is a Lecturer in Japanese at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, where she has been since 1998. She specializes in fostering global leadership through advanced Japanese language education. Her professional interests span intercultural communication, business-language pedagogy, and technology-enhanced language learning. She co-authored a book on Business Japanese and five textbooks for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (N2 and N3 levels), all published in Japan.
- Education: M.A. in Foreign Language Education from Temple University.
Her expertise extends to Japanese cultural practices such as tea ceremony and flower arrangement, for which she is certified. She directed the Lauder Summer Immersion Program in Japan (2014) and previously served as an executive assistant at a U.S.-Japan joint venture firm. She has also taught at Drexel University and Villanova University.
- Key Contributions: Curriculum development for business language education, cross-cultural communication strategies, and innovative language-learning technologies.
