Kazue Kurokawa

Clinical Associate Professor

Kazue Kurokawa received an undergraduate degree in Modern Languages with a Spanish concentration from Pacific University in 2002.  She completed an M.A. degree in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language from The University of Iowa, in 2008.  Before coming to NYU in , she taught at Haverford College, and Texas A & M University.  She currently teaches courses in Japanese language.

AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST

Japanese Language Pedagogy and Acquisition
Japanese Syntax and Morphology
Phonetic Theory and Field Phonetics
Sociolinguistics

Education

B.A. 2002, Modern Languages with Spanish Concentration, Pacific University
M.A. 2008, Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, University of Iowa


FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • 2010 Culture Grant, Japan Foundation New York Arts, Rakugo Performance in collaboration with Dr. Stephen Snyder from Middlebury College

EXTERNAL AFFILIATIONS

Japanese American Association
Association of the Teachers of Japanese

SELECTED CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS

  • 落語✕ニューヨーク大学の学生=?, “Integrating Rakugo (Japanese traditional performing arts in the form of story-telling) in a Japanese as a Foreign Language class
    New York, October 2015
    Japanese American Association
  • Experience the Edo Life through RAKUGO a Japanese traditional performing art!
    Boston 2012-2013
    Boston Area Universities, the Consulate General of Japan in Boston, and Middlebury College, Co-Organized