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Madoka Hammine is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Japanese in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Denver's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. She teaches Japanese language and courses on Indigenous issues and cultural studies in East Asia.
Her research focuses on Indigenous and endangered language education, particularly in Japan and Finland. Key areas include heritage language teaching, language identity, emotions in second language learning, and language policy. She has conducted collaborative research with Sámi communities in Northern Finland and works on revitalizing Ryukyuan languages.
Madoka received her PhD in Education from the University of Lapland, Finland, in 2020. Her doctoral research compared minoritized language education in Japan and Finland.
She has been recognized with several research grants and awards, including:
- CIMO Scholarship for International Mobility (2017)
- Lapland Regional Cultural Fund Grant (2018)
- Annual Grant from the Foundation for Endangered Languages (2019)
She is a member of the Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society and serves on the General Council for the Endangered Language Project. She is also a project member for the 'Preservation and Documentation of Endangered Languages in Japan' funded by the National Institute of Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL).
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