Tomoko Takahashi
Tomoko Takahashi, PhD, EdD, LHD
Tomoko Takahashi joined 博鱼体育 of America (SUA), Calabasas in 1992. In February 1994, she was appointed as the university鈥檚 first Dean of the Graduate School to direct the Master of Arts degree program in Second and Foreign Language Education. In 2001, she was appointed as SUA’s first Provost to serve as the university’s Chief Academic Officer (CAO), overseeing both the graduate and undergraduate academic programs (2001鈥2014). She currently serves as the Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment as well as the Dean of the Graduate School.
In 2015, Takahashi was elected to the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). As SUA鈥檚 Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) since 2001 and a frequent visiting committee member since 2008, and as a WSCUC Commissioner (2015鈥2021), she has gained valuable experience with and made a significant contribution to the accrediting commission.
Takahashi received her BA in English magna cum laude from Albertus Magnus College. She subsequently entered Columbia University for graduate studies, earning a doctorate in applied linguistics. She continued her post-doctoral research at Columbia while teaching applied linguistics and training graduate-level students to become language teachers. She later received another doctorate in translation studies from Monash University in Australia.
Takahashi has published more than twenty books, including scholarly books in English and Japanese on language learning, cross-cultural communication, and lexico-semantics; fifteen textbooks for Japanese learners of English, eight of which have been translated into Chinese and Korean; and Japanese translations of Rosa Parks: My Story, Quiet Strength, and Dear Mrs. Parks. Her research interests include second language acquisition, particularly lexico-semantic transfer and pragmatic transfer, cross-cultural communication, and translation theory. Her research has been widely published and cited in scholarly journals and books in applied linguistics. She has also published numerous articles in magazines and journals for English learners in Japan as well as for the general readership.
Takahashi鈥檚 memoir, Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America, published in November 2011, was named the Winner in the Autobiography category of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It was also honored as an Award-Winning Finalist in the Autobiography/Memoir category of the 2012 International Book Awards. Among many other awards and honors, Takahashi received a Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from Albertus Magnus College in 2006.
An active volunteer, Takahashi has donated her time and expertise to local, regional, and international communities 鈥 e.g., as a member of the Board of Trustees of Albertus Magnus College (1996鈥2017); as an accreditation commissioner (2015鈥2021); as a visiting committee member, assistant chair, and chair to review degree-granting institutions for WSCUC accreditation (2008鈥損resent) and state approval by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (2001鈥2006); as a member of the steering committee on the annual 鈥淧athways to Freedom鈥 program sponsored by the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development (1995鈥2000); and as a supporter of several non-profit organizations.
- PhD, Monash University, Australia
- EdD, EdM, MA, Columbia University
- BA magna cum laude, Albertus Magnus College
- Senior Capstone
- Independent Study (e.g., Translation Studies, SLA & TESOL)
- MA Theses in Educational Leadership and Societal Change
- MA Theses in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (TJFL)
- MA Theses in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- TESOL Methods and Materials
- Practicum in ESL
- Sociolinguistics
- Language Acquisition
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Global citizenship education
- Study abroad
- Multi-cultural education
- Translation theory
- Second language acquisition
- Cognitive semantics
- Interlanguage pragmatics
- Cross-cultural communication
Selected (Most Recent) Refereed Journal Articles (undergraduate student co-authors indicated with an asterisk):
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2023b. 鈥淭he Self-translator鈥檚 [In]Visibility: Domestication, Foreignization, and More.鈥 The Journal of Translation and Language Studies, 4(1): 23鈥37.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2022a. 鈥淪elf-back-translation by Haruki Murakami: A Self-translator鈥檚 Perspective.鈥 The Journal of Translation and Language Studies, 3(2): 1-15.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2021. 鈥淲ronged Translators in US-Japan Politics.鈥 Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 8(2): 99-116.
- Aoyama, Tatsuya,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2020. 鈥淚nternational Students鈥 Willingness to Communicate in English as a Second Language: The Effects of L2 Self-Confidence, Acculturation, and Motivational Types.鈥 The Journal of International Students, 10(3): 703-723.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2020a. 鈥淪elf-translation as Translation of the Self 鈥 Translating the Hybrid Self.鈥 Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 7(1): 23-38.
- Kishino, Hinako,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2019. 鈥淕lobal Citizenship Development: Effects of Study Abroad and Other Factors.鈥 The Journal of International Students, 9(2): 1549鈥1576.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2019b. 鈥淎utobiographical Self-translation 鈥 Translator as the Author, Narrator, and Protagonist.鈥 The Translator, 25(2): 118-129.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2019a. 鈥淲hy Self-translate? 鈥 An Autobiographical Author-translator鈥檚 Perspective.鈥 Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 27(6): 861-874.
- Motobayashi, Saori,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2019. 鈥淐hanges in Japanese ESL Speakers鈥 Identities and in Their Attitudes Toward Speaking English.鈥 The Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 9(1): 28-50.
- Wu, Hao-Che,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2016. 鈥淒evelopmental Patterns of Interlanguage Pragmatics in Taiwanese EFL Learners: Compliments and Compliment Responses.鈥 The Asian EFL Journal, 18(1): 130-165.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2014. 鈥淟ost and Found in Poetic Translation 鈥 A Transnational Experience.鈥 The AALITRA Review, 8: 22-32.
Selected (Most Recent) Books, Textbooks, and Book Chapters:
- Shintaku, Kentaro,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2024b. 鈥淓nhancing Global Citizenship Education in Japan鈥檚 K-12 Curriculum: Exploring Lessons and Opportunities for Growth.鈥 In The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2024 Official Conference Proceedings.
- Kazumi Yamamoto*, & Tomoko Takahashi. 2024a. 鈥淎ltruism as a Manifestation of Global Citizenship: Global Citizenship Education in the Age of COVID-19.鈥 In The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2024 Official Conference Proceedings.
- Ulin-O鈥橩eefe, David,* & Tomoko Takahashi. 2023. 鈥淢any Hats, One Goal: How Language Teachers Impact Refugee Students Beyond Language Instruction.鈥 In S. Karpava (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2023a. Zoku Samurai to Wata: Sabaku no Kosumosu [Samurai and Cotton (Part 2) 鈥 Cosmos in the Desert]. Hyogo, Japan: Gakujutsu Kenkyu Shuppan.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2022b. 鈥淟ost and Found in Humour Self-translation: Difficulty to Realization, Distance to Re-creation.鈥 In M. Dore (Ed.), Humour in Self-translation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2020b. 鈥淭sunesaburo Makiguchi and School Leadership in Action.鈥 In R. Papa (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2017b. Aite to Bamen de Tsukaiwakeru Eigo Hy艒gen Handobukku [English Expression Handbook: Choosing the Right Phrase for the Occasion]. Tokyo, Japan: ALC Press.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2017a. Ningen Kankei o Tsukuru Eikaiwa [English for Better Interpersonal Relations]. Tokyo, Japan: CosmoPier Publishing Co.
- Takahashi, Tomoko, & Nanaho Hanada. 2016. Denwa Eikaiwa Marugoto Fur膿zu [Essential English Phrases for Telephone Conversation].Tokyo, Japan: ALC Press.
- Takahashi, Tomoko, & Tamotsu Fujita. 2016. Ryok艒 Eikaiwa Marugoto Fur膿zu [Essential English Phrases for Travelers]. Tokyo, Japan: ALC Press.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2011. Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America. Indianapolis, IN: iUniverse.
- Takahashi, Tomoko. 2010. Samurai to Wata, Nihon to Amerika [Samurai and Cotton 鈥 Japan and America]. Osaka, Japan: Fueisha.
Translation Works (Books)
- Takahashi, Tomoko, trans. 2021. R艒za P膩kusu Jiden [Rosa Parks: My Story] by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins. Tokyo: Ushio Shuppansha Co. (Revised Pocket Edition and eBook)
- Takahashi, Tomoko, trans. 1999. R艒za P膩kusu Jiden [Rosa Parks: My Story] by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins. Tokyo: Ushio Shuppansha Co. (Revised Edition)
- Takahashi, Tomoko, trans. 1998. R艒za P膩kusu-no Seishun Taiwa [Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today鈥檚 Youth] by Rosa Parks and Gregory J. Reed. Tokyo: Ushio Shuppansha Co.
- Takahashi, Tomoko, trans. 1996. Y奴ki to Kib艒: R艒za P膩kusu-no Kotoba [Quiet Strength] by Rosa Parks and Gregory J. Reed. Tokyo: Simul Press.
- Takahashi, Tomoko, trans. 1994. R艒za P膩kusu Jiden [Rosa Parks: My Story] by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins. Tokyo: Simul Press.
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- 博鱼体育 of America Merit Award (2022)
- Elected to the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) (2015)
- Winner in the Autobiography category, Next Generation Indie Book Awards (2012)
- Finalist in the Autobiography/Memoir category, International Book Awards (2012)
- Grace Dodge Society, Teachers College, Columbia University (2008)
- Daisaku Ikeda Medal (2007)
- Doctor of Humane Letters (LHD) Honoris Causa, Albertus Magnus College (2006)
- Honorary Pallbearer, funeral service for Rosa Parks (2005)
- 博鱼体育 Award of Honor (2002)
- Alumni of the Year Award, Albertus Magnus College (2002)
- 博鱼体育 of America Award of Honor (1999)
- Soka Gakuen Award of Honor (1996)
- Elected to the Board of Trustees, Albertus Magnus College (1996)
- Who鈥檚 Who in the World (14th Edition)
- Who鈥檚 Who in American Education (3rd, 4th, & 5th Editions)
- Who鈥檚 Who of American Women (17th Edition)
- International Who鈥檚 Who in Education (3rd & 4th Editions)
- Culture Award of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (1987)
- Kappa Delta Pi 鈥 honor society in education (1981)
- Magna Cum Laude, Albertus Magnus College (1977)