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![Ehirano Erika Hirano](https://asian.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/Ehirano-pa48q60b8wegs1bysqwvnes1q7krrrl7pfl4gjuwfe.jpg)
Education:
B.A. in English Language and Literature with a Minor in General Education, Kanagawa University, Japan, 2001
M.A. Foreign Language Education, University of Kansas, 2007
Ph.D. Foreign Language Education with a Minor in Linguistics, University of Kansas, 2011
Biography:
I am an assistant teaching professor of Japanese. Some of my interests include Japanese pitch accent acquisition and the study of language education.