Chapter 5: Bridges for Peace: A Journey in Three Stages (So Far) by Gerry Yokota
Abstract
Gerry Yokota shows how over the course of her career, from a beginning academic to an experienced professor, she merged the three aspects of work required of career academics (teaching, research, and service to the university) to shape a life that is satisfying and revolves around what means the most to her: issues related to peace. She discusses the integration of the Japanese art form, Noh, peace studies, and English language teaching with cognitive linguistics serving as the bridge to connect these to bring them to life in the classroom.
About the Contributor
Gerry Yokota (PhD) has been teaching at the School of Language and Culture at Osaka University for over 30 years. She is currently a Professor in the Program for Contemporary Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. Her research interests include the representation of gender in traditional and popular culture and applied cognitive linguistics, both general application to intercultural communication and specific application to the development of effective strategies for peace and social justice activism.
Citation
Yokota, G.(2020). Bridges for peace: A journey in three stages (so far). In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 66-80). Candlin & Mynard.
Gerry Yokota shows how over the course of her career, from a beginning academic to an experienced professor, she merged the three aspects of work required of career academics (teaching, research, and service to the university) to shape a life that is satisfying and revolves around what means the most to her: issues related to peace. She discusses the integration of the Japanese art form, Noh, peace studies, and English language teaching with cognitive linguistics serving as the bridge to connect these to bring them to life in the classroom.
About the Contributor
Gerry Yokota (PhD) has been teaching at the School of Language and Culture at Osaka University for over 30 years. She is currently a Professor in the Program for Contemporary Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. Her research interests include the representation of gender in traditional and popular culture and applied cognitive linguistics, both general application to intercultural communication and specific application to the development of effective strategies for peace and social justice activism.
Citation
Yokota, G.(2020). Bridges for peace: A journey in three stages (so far). In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 66-80). Candlin & Mynard.
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
Read more...