Awards, Grants and Service

<Awards>

Aug. 2022

Award of Excellence in 2022 by the Japan Association of College English Teachers, Okugiri, Megumi (Eds. with Lala Takeda). 2019. A Pragmatic Approach to English Language Teaching and Production.Kazama Shobo. ISBN: 978-4-7599-2309-4

Jun. 2022

Highly Commended Submission Award in Valuing Diversity， Lumina Learning Awards 2022

2015
Tokyo Healthcare University, Prize in Best Teacher and Researcher in Education

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<Grants>

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2023-2026  

JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Grant Number 23K00661　¥4,550,000 “Eigo-ni-yoru tabunka-kyōsei-kyōiku-no ōyō to josei-no rīdāshippu-kyōiku-moderu-no shin-kōchiku [Education in Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion Through English Learning and a New Model for Women’s Leadership Education] ”  (in progress)

Principal Investigator

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2018-2021

JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant Number 18K00882 Teaching global interactive presentation: Linking English education between high school and college

Principle Investigator

2015-2018

JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant Number 15K02633 “Nihongo kyōin-to senmon kyōin-niyoru akademikku raitingu-no hyōka: hyōka kijun no sakutei to kensyō [An investigation of academic writing assessment by Japanese language teachers and academic professors” Project Member (Principle Researcher Ikuko Ijuin)

2014
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, Grant Number 265064“The Acquisition of the Discoursal Properties of English Relative Constructions by Japanese Learners” Principle Investigator

2013~2015
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant Number 25370705 “Nihonjin eigo gakushū-sha no ronbun no sippitsu-notame no kiso kenkyū [A study in English academic writing by Japanese learners]” Principle Investigator

2009-2010
Academic Research Grant for Graduate Student, Department of Language and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo “Nihongo washa niyoru eigo kankeidaimeishi kōbun no shūtoku [The acquisition of English relative clause constructions by Japanese learners]”

2009 Academic Research Grant (International Research), the University of Tokyo “The Frequency of English Relative Clause Sentences by Japanese Speakers”

2005
Tokyo Healthcare University Research Grant, “The acquisition of English relative constructions by Japanese learners: Observations of sentence processing strategies”

<Service to the field>

2021-present       Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference Scientific Committee Member

2019-present       Japan Leadership Association

2016                    Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016 Committee Member

2015-2019          The Japan Second Language Association Committee Member

2014-2021           The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) Kanto Chapter Committee Member

                                (The secretary of the Kanto Chapter’s secretariat, 2020-2021)

2004~2005              Foreign Language Teaching Association of the University of Tokyo Board Member

2022                        Co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of the Sacred Heart, the 30th Anniversary Commemorative Event for the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Five Central Asian Countries: ‘Central Asia + Japan’ Dialogue; Public Seminar on the Current Situation and Future Prospects of Female Education in Central Asia and Surrounding Regions. Operating Committee Member

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<Editorial Activities>

2019-present       Reviewer of Transaction of Japan Leadership Association, Japan Leadership Association

2017-2018           Chair of the editorial board of The JACET International Convention Selected Papers, The Japan Association

of College English Teachers

2014-2023          Advisory board of Komaba Language Association Journal

2012                    Member of the associate editors of The International Journal of Literacies published by Common Ground Publisher