Koji Miwa

Education

PhD in Linguistics
University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaJanuary, 2007 - November 19, 2013Supervisory committee:Dr. R. Harald Baayen (Jan, 2007- Nov, 2013)Dr. Patrick Bolger (Jan, 2009 - Aug, 2012)Dr. Gary Libben (Jan, 2007- Dec, 2008)Dr. Terrance Nearey (Sep, 2012 - Nov, 2013)Thesis: Emergence of wordlikeness in the mental lexicon: Language, population, and task effects in visual word recognition (Thesis examiners: Drs. Harald Baayen,  Patrick Bolger, Ton Dijkstra, Laurie Feldman, Christina Gagné, Gary Libben, Terrence Nearly, Benjamin Tucker)

Visiting Scholar
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
November - December, 2008
August - September, 2009

The Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute
Stanford University, USA
July 1-27 2007

BA Honors (with first class honors) in Linguistics
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
September, 2004 - June 12, 2007
Supervisors: Dr. Gary Libben; Dr. Sally Rice
Thesis: Morphology and Picture Relatedness

University Transfer Program (Bachelor of Arts)
Mount Royal College (currently Mount Royal University), Calgary, Canada
September, 2002 - June, 2004

English for Academic Purposes Program
Mount Royal College Language Institute, Calgary, Canada
September 2001 - June, 2002

Nagoya City Meito Senior High School
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Seto City Minase Junior High School
Seto, Aichi, Japan

Seto City Togen Elementary School
Seto, Aichi, Japan

Work Experience

• Associate professor, Nagoya University, Japan, March 16, 2017 - In progress
• Postdoctoral researcher, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, April, 2015  - February, 2017
• Principal instructor (Academic English Basic/Intermediate/Advanced/Communication/Seminar), Nagoya University, Japan, October 2013 - March 2015
• Principal instructor (LING102 - Introduction to Linguistics II), University of Alberta, Canada, July 2011 - August 2011
• Principal instructor (LING102 - Introduction to Linguistics II), University of Alberta, Canada, July 2010 - August 2010
• Teaching assistant (LING319 - Child Language Acquisition: Dr. Patrick Bolger), University of Alberta, Canada, January 2010 - April 2010
• Research assistant for Dr. Harald Baayen (English text reading with eye-tracking), University of Alberta, Canada, September 2009 - December 2009
• Assistant for Dr. Benjamin Tucker (Linguistics Abstract Online, Department Website), University of Alberta, Canada, May 2008 - August 2009
• Research Assistant for Dr. Gary Libben (Hand-tracking experiment), University of Alberta, Canada, September 2007 - April 2008
• Teaching Assistant (LING 100 - Introduction to Human Language: Dr. Gary Libben), University of  Alberta, Canada, January 2007 - April 2007

External Fundings and Research Projects

• Japan Society of Promotion of Science, Kakenhi, A study on individual differences in kanji word recognition: effects of handwriting  (Kakenhi 21K18553, Project director: Koji Miwa), April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2024.
• Japan Society of Promotion of Science, Kakenhi, Inclusion/exclusion of sexual minorities in sports  (Kakenhi 19K12606, Project director: Chikako Matsushita), April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2022.
• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, May, 2015  - February, 2017
  Project:  Identifying processing principles in bilingual complex word reading
• Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, Killam Trusts, May, 2010 - April, 2012
  Project:  The time-course and task dependence of cross-language effects
• Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Researcher's Award, Faculty of Arts, U of A, May - August, 2006
  Project:  Morphology and picture relatedness

Scholarships, and Academic Awards

• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, May, 2015  - February, 2017
• Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, Killam Trusts, May, 2010 - April, 2012
• Travel Grant, GSA, University of Alberta, July, 2009; January 2013
• Graduate International Travel Awards, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, May, 2009
• Travel Grant, GSA University of Alberta, July, 2008
• J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award, FGSR, University of Alberta, July, 2008
• University of Alberta Undergraduate Scholarship, December, 2006
• Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Researcher's Award, Faculty of Arts, U of A, May - August, 2006
• Membership in Golden Key International Honour Society - since 2005
• Dean's Honour Roll in the University of Alberta - 2004 - 2005
• President's Honour Roll in Mount Royal College - 2003 - 2004
• International Student Scholarship, Mount Royal College, April, 2004
• Dean's Honour Roll in Mount Royal College - 2003 Winter - 2005 Winter

Professional Skills

• Experimental device/software: EyeLink (I, II, 1000), Experiment Builder, PsychoPy, PsyScope, DMDX, BioSemi Aactive Two system
• Statistical analysis: R, RStudio, SPSS, Statview
• Language: Japanese (native), English (proficient), German (beginner), Chinese (2 semesters), ASL (1 semester)
• English Proficiency Tests: 8.0 in IELTS (March 2013, 8.5 in Speaking and Reading)
• National Coaching Certification Program Coaching Certificate (table tennis), June 11, 2004
• Japanese Red Cross Society honor for 30 blood donations（July 17, 2018）, 50 blood donations（March 7, 2022）
• Ohara-ryu Ikebana school, beginner’s course (March, 2021)
• Drivers License (Japan, Canada)
• Others: Abacus (Pre-1 class), Calligraphy, 

Review Activities

Editorial Board Membership

• PLOS ONE (2018 - )
• PeerJ Life & Environment (2021- )
• Studies in Language Sciences (2022- )

Ad-hoc Editorial Work for Journals

• PLOS ONE
• Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences)

Ad-hoc Reviews for Journals 

• Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (10)
• Behavior Research Methods (5) 
• PLOS ONE (5)
• Memory & Cognition (4)
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (3)
• Scientific Reports (3)
• Applied Psycholinguistics (3)
• Psychological Research (3)
• International Journal of Bilingualism (3)
• Language Learning (2)
• The Mental Lexicon (2)
• Learning and Individual Differences (2)
• Acta Psychologica (1)
• Frontiers in Psychology (1)
• International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare (1)
• Journal of Cognitive Psychology (1)
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (1)
• Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (1)
  
• Japanese Psychological Research (1)
• Lingua (1)
• Metaphor & Symbol (1)
• PeerJ (1)
• Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal  (1)
• Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1)
• Visual Cognition (1)
• 名古屋大学人文学フォーラム
  
• Studies in Language Sciences

Ad-hoc Reviews for Conferences

• The 30th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
• The 29th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
• The 15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
• The 11th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon
• The 10th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon

Ad-hoc Reviews for Research Grants

• The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada
• The National Science Center, Poland

Professional Affiliation

• The Linguistic Society of Japan (2020 - )
• The Japanese Psychological Association (2020 - )
• The Japanese Society for Language Science (2020 - )
• Psychonomic Society (2019 - )
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2015 - )
• Killam Trust Foundation (2010 - )
• Golden Key International Honour Society (2005 - )
  
• 外国語教育メディア学会（2022-2023）

Student Supervision

As a primary supervisor

• Kumi Wakita (Humatnieis, MC, 2024 - In progress)
• Yuta Sugiyama (Humanities, DC, 2024 -  In progress)
• Mehrnaz Piroozi (Research student, 2023 -  In progress)
  
• Jiashen Qu (Humanities, DC, 2020 -  In progress, Vice supervisors: Prof. Junko Yamashita, Prof. Akira Utsuki)
• Miki Ikuta (Humanities, DC, 2020 - 2023, Vice supervisors:  Prof. Junko Yamashita, Prof. Akira Utsuki)
• Nurusshifa Zulkifli (G30 Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Master’s, 2018 – 2019)
• Chang Jiaqi (Talia)  (G30, Master’s, 2018 – 2019), graduated
• Xue Wang（Languages and Cultures, Master’s, 2018 – 2019),  graduated
• Arthur Melo (Humanities, DC, 2018 – 2019  , Vice supervisors：Prof. Kaoru Horie, Dr. Remi Murao）
• Miki Ikuta（Humanities, Master’s,2018- 2019, Vice supervisor： Prof. Junko Yamashita), graduated
• Jamie C. Taylor (Humanities, DC, 2017 – 2019, Vice supervisor： Prof. Junko Yamashita）
• Jinyun Sun (G30 Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Master’s, 2017 – 2018 , Vice supervisors： Prof. Katsuo Tamaoka, Dr. Remi Murao), graduated

As a vice-supervisor

• Kumi Wakita (Humatnieis, MC, 2023-2024)
• Kexin Liu  (Humanities, Master's, 2022 - 2023,  Supervisor: Dr. Remi Murao)
• BALJINNYAM Munkhbayar  (Humanities, Master's, 2022 - 2023,  Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita)
  
• Mary Jacinta Thompson  (Humanities, Master's, 2022 - 2023,  Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita)
• Vladimir Rodrigues (Humanities, DC, 2021 -  In progress, Supervisor: Dr. Remi Murao)
• 黄雪琴（Humanities、DC、2022 - 2023、Supervisor: Prof. Chikako Matsushita）
• 愛麗雅（Humanities、DC、2022 - 2023、Supervisor: Prof. Chikako Matsushita）
• Haruko Fujimura（Humanities、Master's、2021 - 2023、Supervisor: Prof. Chikako Matsushita）
• Maryam Moustapha (G30, Master’s, 2019 - 2022, Supervisor: Dr. Remi Murao)
• Xueqin Huang (Humanities, Master's, 2020 - 2021, Supervisor: Prof. Chikako Matsushita)
• Yuya Yamada (Humanities, DC, 2020 - 2022, Supervisor: Prof. Kaoru Horie)
• Kelly Pasich (Humanities, DC, 2020 - in progress,  Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita)
• Masato Terai (Humanities, DC, 2020 - 2022, Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita)
• Kelly Pasich（G30, Master’s, 2017- 2019 ,  Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita）
• Masato Terai（Humanities, Master’s, 2018 – 2019,  Supervisor: Prof. Junko Yamashita）
• Pearl Tsui (G30, Master’s, 2018-2019, Supervisor: Prof. Edward Haig)
• Manami Kobayashi（Humanities, DC, 2017 – 2019,  Supervisor： Prof. Toru Kinoshita）
• Yu Tamura（GSID, 2017 – 2018, DC, Supervisor： Prof. Junko Yamashita）

Thesis Examiner

Doctoral dissertations

• Miki Ikuta (2023) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Masato Terai (2023) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Shaoyun Yu (2021) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
  
• Manami Kobayashi (2020) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Risa Yoshikawa (2018) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Kunihiro Kusanagi (2018) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Yu Tamura (2018) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University
• Michael Mansbridge (2017) Doctoral dissertation, Nagoya University

Master’s theses

• Munkhbayar Baljinnyam (2023)
  
• Mary Jacinta Thompson (2023)
  
• Maryam Moustapha (2022) 修士論文審査, 名古屋大学
• 相澤貴美 (2022) 修士論文審査, 名古屋大学
• 黄雪琴 (2022) 修士論文審査, 名古屋大学
• Ryotaro Hashizaki (2021)  Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Zhang Qiongzhi (2021) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Yingchao Yan (2021) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• QiYu Bao (2021) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Ryoma Tsutsumi (2020) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Kelly Pasich (2020) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Masato Terai (2020) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Miki Ikuta (2020）Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Pearl Tsui (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Xue Wang (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Jinyun Sun (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Chang Jiaqi (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Yuki Ito (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Seiji Kawabata (2019) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Alisa Takashima (2018) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University
• Niina Isomura (2018) Master’s thesis, Nagoya University

Course Works Completed at College/University

Fall 2002 (Mount Royal College)

• CHIN 3317 Chinese Civilization (Wang, Y.)

Winter 2003

• CHIN 2205 Beginners Chinese 1 (Wang, Y.)
• ECON 2201 Principle of Microeconomics (Kosztirko, R.)
• ENGL 1112 Introductory Composition (McPhail, P.)
• LING 2211 The Nature of Language 1 (Vanderweide, T.)

Spring 2003

• ENGL 2201 Intermediate Composition (Kaur, K.)

Fall 2003

• HIST 2231 Canada Origins to 1867 (Bloomfield, D.)
• LING 3321 Modern English Grammar (Vanderweide, T.)
• LING 3371 Intro to Psycholinguistics (Wang, Y.), 
• SLGY 2205 Canadian Society (Durieux. M.)

Winter 2004

• CHIN 2207 Beginners' Chinese 2 (Wang, Y.)
• ENGL 2231 The Novel and the Short Story (Layton, K.)
• LING 3331 First Language Acquisition (Vanderweide, T.)
• PSYC 2205 Principle of Psychology (Young, B.)

Fall 2004 (University of Alberta, Undergraduate)

• ARTH 101 Hist of Art, Des & Vis Culture 1 (Ogden, C)
• HIST 111 Early Modern World (Pavlovic, S)
• LING 205 Practical Phonetics (Hogan, J.)
• LING 309 Syntax and Semantics (Schapansky, N.)
• LING 320 Second Language Acquisition (Blekher, M.)

Winter 2005

• ARTH 102 Hist of Art, Des & Vis Culture 2 (Ogden, C)
• LING 308 Morphology and the Lexicon (Beck, D.)
• LING 407 Linguistics Typology (Hogan, J.)
• PSYCO 105 Individual & Social Behavior (Schmaltz, R.)
• PSYCO 275 Brain and Behavior (Treit, D.)

Spring 2005

LING 399 History of Linguistics (Thiering, M.)

Fall 2005

• ASL 111 Beginners' American Sign Language 1 (Dziwenka, R.)
• LING 310 Introductory Phonology (Kirchner, R.)
• LING 501 Research Project Seminer (Rice, S.)
• LING 509 Syntactic Theory (Beck, D.)
• STAT 151 Intro to Applied Statistics 1 (Yahya, H.)

Winter 2006

• LING 316 Sociolinguistics (Hogan, J.)
• LING 321 Neurolinguistics (Libben, G.)
• LING 500 Psycholinguistics (Libben, G.)
• LING 502 Honors Project (Libben, G. & Rice, S.)

Spring 2006

• LING 399 Writing System (Bolger, P.)

Summer 2006

• STAT 252 Intro to Applied Statistics 2 (Nath, S.)

Fall 2006

• ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics (Wong, A.)
• LING 510 Current Phonological Theory (Kirchner, R.)
• LING 519 Corpus Linguistics (Newman, J.)
• PSYCO 258 Cognitive Psychology (Loepelmann, K.)
• PSYCO 281 Principle of Behavior (Snyder, M.)

Winter 2007 (University of Alberta, Graduate)

• LING 604 Psycholinguistics (Libben, G.)
• LING 607 Linguistic Typology (Hogan, J.)
• LING 608 Morphology (Libben, G.)

LSA Institute (Stanford, CA)

• LSA 310 Constructing Constructions (Goldberg, A. & Tomasello, M.)
• LSA 335 Language and Thought (Boroditsky, L.)
• LSA 355 The Acquisition of Meaning (Clark, E.)
• LSA 363 Free-view Eye-tracking for Spoken Language (Trueswell, J. & Tanenhaus, M.)

Fall 2007 (University of Alberta, Graduate)

• LING 683 Psycholinguistics and eyetracking (Bolger, P.)
• LING 610 Formal Grammatical Theory (Rice, S.)
• LING 599 Introduction to R for linguists (Baayen, R. H.)