Chapter 15: Lesbian, Mother, Foreigner, and Educator: Challenges of a Multifaceted Identity in Japan by Cynthia Smith
Abstract
Cynthia Smith writes of her experiences as a lesbian educator, wife, and mother and the transition from a single identity of foreigner in Japan to the multiple identities that she embodies today.
About the Contributor
Cynthia Smith (MA TESOL) has been teaching in the public and private sectors in Japan for over 20 years and has experience at the tertiary level in both the Unites States and Japan. She is currently a lecturer in the Communicative English Program at Niigata University of International and Information Studies in Niigata, Japan. Her research focuses on diversity and identity, as well as the effects of study abroad on Japanese students’ views of gender roles.
Citation
Smith, C.(2020). Lesbian, mother, foreigner, and educator: challenges of a multifaceted identity in Japan. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 194-206). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/15
Cynthia Smith writes of her experiences as a lesbian educator, wife, and mother and the transition from a single identity of foreigner in Japan to the multiple identities that she embodies today.
About the Contributor
Cynthia Smith (MA TESOL) has been teaching in the public and private sectors in Japan for over 20 years and has experience at the tertiary level in both the Unites States and Japan. She is currently a lecturer in the Communicative English Program at Niigata University of International and Information Studies in Niigata, Japan. Her research focuses on diversity and identity, as well as the effects of study abroad on Japanese students’ views of gender roles.
Citation
Smith, C.(2020). Lesbian, mother, foreigner, and educator: challenges of a multifaceted identity in Japan. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 194-206). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/15
Information About the Book
Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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