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Yuyan Jiang

  • Lecturer, Department of Global Studies (Japanese Program)

Education

Stanford University, 2024

  • M.A. in Japanese Linguistics

San Jose State University, 2022

  • B.A. in Japanese
  • Minor in Computer Science
  • Basic Certificate in Undergraduate TESOL

Courses Taught

  • JAPAN 101 First-Semester Japanese
  • JAPAN 102 Second-Semester Japanese
  • JAPAN 201 Third-Semester Japanese
  • JAPAN 202 Fourth-Semester Japanese

Teaching Interests

Japanese language, Japanese Pop Culture (anime, games, voice actors, etc.), Japanese Internet Slang

Research Interests

Sociolinguistics (Discourse Analysis, Constructed Dialogues, Turn-Taking, Honorifics, etc.), Young-Generation Language, Internet Slang, Japanese Show Business Industry Language, etc.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.