Grace Perez has over 15 years of combined experience in Japanese Language education and Japanese to English translation. She joined the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in 2015. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, Maryland, USA. She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from University of Technology, Jamaica and a Master’s degree in International Affairs (Japanese Language Concentration) from Columbia University, New York.

AWARDS &HONOURS

• Scholarship to CUNY-Lehman, Hiroshima, Japan
• Phi Beta Kappa

• Culture in the foreign language classroom
• Authentic assessment of Japanese language skills