Ken Knight Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer World Languages and Cultures
- Additional Positions at AU
- Japanese Program Director
- Degrees
- Ph.D. University of Georgia; Linguistics
Postgraduate Diploma Griffith University; MBA-International
B.A. Temple University; Asian Studies - Languages Spoken
- English, Japanese (日本語)
- Favorite Spot on 猫咪社区app
- Woods-Brown Amphitheatre
- Bio
- Interests: L2 Japanese phonology; minority languages of Japan; diaspora and language attrition; minority languages and national language policy
- For the Media
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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HNRS-050 Honors Supplement: Intro to Japanese Translation
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JAPN-214 Japanese, Intermediate I
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JAPN-414 Intro to Japanese Translation
Spring 2025
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JAPN-215 Japanese, Intermediate II
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JAPN-415 Japanese Civilization
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JAPN-488 Capstone Project: Japanese Film Studies