Sumiko Iida

Dr. Sumiko Iida is a researcher at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with expertise in Spoken Discourse Analysis (focusing on gender, overlap, and listener responses), Japanese popular culture, and Japanese language education. Born in Kyoto, Japan, she holds a BEd from Osaka University of Education, an MA in Linguistics, a Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, and a PhD in Linguistics from UNSW.

• Research Areas: Japanese language education, discourse analysis, post-WWII to contemporary Japanese popular culture.
• Teaching: Courses include Intermediate Japanese A/B, Japan in Popular Culture, Learning Japanese by Manga and Anime, and Approaches to Japanese Discourse Analysis.
• Supervision: Honours topics on Japanese cultural and linguistic themes (e.g., anime, sports team imagery, transnational music consumption, gender identities).

Scientific Awards:

• 2013 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (UNSW)
• 2012 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation (UNSW Japanese Studies Team)
• 2011 Dean's Award for Excellence in Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching (Faculty of Arts, UNSW)