Employment

• 2014-present: Associate Professor (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• 2018-1019: Adjunct Lecturer (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• 2012-2017: External Examiner for English Language & Linguistics Programmes (University of St Mark & St John, UK)
• 2010-2014: Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (University of Birmingham, UK)
• 2008-2010: Tutor in Linguistics (Lancaster University, UK)
• 2007/2008: EAP tutor (University of Bath, UK)
• 2007: IELTS tutor (International House, UK)
• 2005-2007: IELTS Examiner (British Council, Japan)
• 2004-2007: Lecturer in EFL (Kanda University of International Studies, Japan)
• 2003-2004: Language instructor (University of Auckland English Language Academy, NZ)
• 2000-2003: Elementary School English Teacher (Nagahama City, Japan
• 1997-2000: Assistant Language Teacher (Nagahama City, Japan)

Funded projects

• Principal investigator (ongoing) - Hype in medical research funding applications. JSPS/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research. Apr, 2021 – Mar, 2025, 3,510,000 JPY.
• Principal investigator (completed) - Understanding why authors of medical research articles use hype and how these influence readers. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research. 2018 – 2021, 2,730,000 JPY.
• Principal investigator (completed) - Creation and analysis of a corpus of second language learner writing. Research Institute of Linguistics and Language Studies (Kanda University). 2005 – 2007, 300,000 JPY.