Doctor of Education
1999 – 2007 University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Dissertation: Accomplishing Identity in Bilingual Interaction:


Codeswitching practices among a group of multiethnic Japanese teenagers
Master of Education (Applied Linguistics)
1996 – 1998 University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Special Interest areas: Computer Aided Language Learning, Bilingual Education
- Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Achievement
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Japanese Language)
1990- 1991 Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Diploma of Teaching (Primary)
1986 - 1988 University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Award for language and literacy studies.
Monbusho Scholar
Hokkaido University, Faculty of Education 1995~1997
Queensland Education Department
LACU Intensive Language Study, Kanazawa, 1991
Japanese Teaching, Griffith University 1989~1990
Kintetsu Language Japanese Language Tour
Saitama 1994