Marisa Genuardi Nagano
[email protected]
EDUCATION
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
PhD: Linguistics (2015)
MPhil: Linguistics (2013)
• Dissertation: Interpretation of Overt Pronouns in L1 & L2 Japanese: The Role of Context
• Committee: Dr. Gita Martohardjono, Dr. William McClure, Dr. Ricardo Otheguy, Dr.
Richard Schwartz
Cornell University
MA: Asian Studies (2008)
• Thesis: On the Origins of Attributive and Conclusive Verb Forms in the Ryukyuan
Languages
• Advisor: Dr. John Whitman
• Study Abroad: Rikkyo University (Tokyo), Spring 2007
Cornell University
BA: Linguistics (Major), East Asian Studies (Concentration) (2004)
• Study Abroad: Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies, Fall 2003
AWARDS
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Doctoral Student Research Grant (CUNY), 2013-2014
Presidential Research Fellow (CUNY), 2012-2013
Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship (CUNY), 2007-2012
Student Travel Grant (CUNY), 2011
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, 2006-2007
PUBLICATIONS
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Nagano, M.G. & McClure, W. (to appear). Breaking the illusion of modality: Reclassifying
Japanese darou. In C. Lee & J. Park (Eds.), Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics
Interface: Evidentials and Modals. Boston: Brill.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), 2014
University of South Carolina
o Presented poster: “The Interpretation of Overt Pronouns in L1 and L2 Japanese: The
Role of Context”
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Bilingualism Forum, 2014
University of Illinois at Chicago
o Presented paper: “The Interpretation of Overt Pronouns in L1 and L2 Japanese: The
Role of Context”
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Mid-Atlantic Colloquium of Studies in Meaning (MACSIM), 2012
University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
o Presented poster: “Breaking the Illusion of Modality: Reclassifying Japanese darou”
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21st Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, 2011
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
o Presented paper at pre-conference workshop: “Breaking the Illusion of Modality:
Reclassifying Japanese darou”
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International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), 2011
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
o Presented co-authored poster: “ERP Responses to a Morphosyntactic Agreement
Violations in a Passive Listening Task”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor, Fordham Graduate School of Education, New York, NY
January 2012-present
• Teaching the Structure of the English Language (CTGE6401)
Adjunct Instructor, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
September 2008-December 2012
• Introduction to Language (ELL101)
Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
August 2012
• Introduction to Linguistics (ENGL7603)
Graduate Teaching Fellow (Instructor of Record), Lehman College, Bronx, NY
August 2008-May 2011
• Introduction to Japanese (JPN101)
• Introduction to Japanese II (JPN102)
• The Phenomena of Language (LNG150)—created course
• Semantics (LNG324)—created course
Adjunct Instructor, Technical Career Institute, New York, NY
May 2008-April 2012
• Basic Communications (ENG099)
• Beginning English Writing (WE011)
• Intermediate English Writing (WE022)
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Advanced English Writing (WE031)
Beginning Oral Communication (OC011)
Advanced Oral Communication (OC031)
Assistant Language Teacher (JET Program), Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
July 2004-July 2005
• Worked as an assistant English teacher on the junior high and elementary levels
OTHER RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
Assistant to the Directors, Research Institute for the Study of Languages in Urban Society
(RISLUS), CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
August 2012-present
• Coordinated hiring and payments to independent contractors
• Organized budgets and created financial reports
• Processed IRB and grant paperwork
• Facilitated communication between the Institute and the CUNY Research Foundation
Freelance Editor, Random House, New York, NY
October 2012-November 2012
• Edited copy for Living Language software (ESL for Japanese speakers)
WID Writing Fellow, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
September 2011-June 2012
• Worked with faculty to aid in the integration of writing into their courses following the
Writing-in-the-Disciplines approach
• Trained adjunct instructors for certification to teach writing-intensive courses
Freelance Editor, Taishukan Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
August 2007-January 2010
• Edited Japanese-English dictionary on a line-by-line basis with Japanese-L1 translation
partner in order to choose accurate, smooth translation equivalents for each entry
Research Assistant, Second Language Acquisition Lab, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
July 2008-September 2008
• Coordinated participant testing and performed data entry of participant results
WORKSHOPS
Japanese Teacher Training Course, Japan Society, New York, NY
May 2008
• Completed five week intensive class designed to train native and fluent speakers of
Japanese to teach Japanese language classes
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DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
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Executive Committee, CUNY Graduate Center Linguistics, 2009-2013
o Participated in discussion and voting for all major committee decisions
o Surveyed fellow students and organized student open forum during external program
review
Admissions and Awards Committee, CUNY Graduate Center Linguistics, 2008-2010
o Read and reviewed applications for incoming students
Curriculum and Exams Committee, CUNY Graduate Center Linguistics, 2009-2010
o Helped revise the program’s first exam guidelines
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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25th CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, 2012
o Served as a student volunteer
Showcasing Quirky and Unusual Ideas in Development (SQUID), 2009-2010
o Organized CUNY Graduate Center departmental linguistics conference
SYNC Mini-Conference, 2008
o Co-organized SUNY-Yale-NYU-CUNY Mini-Conference on Linguistics
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18 Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, 2008
o Served as a student volunteer
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