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Madoka Hammine

Teaching Assistant Professor of Japanese

madoka.hammine@du.edu

https://sites.google.com/site/madokahammine?pli=1

Personal

Sturm Hall, 2000 East Asbury Avenue Room 346 Denver, CO 80210

What I do

I am a scholar of indigenous backgrounds originally from Japan. Japan is often seen as a monolingual, monocultural nation but in reality, there are different communities with cultures, languages and identities. My educational background is in Indigenous education and I have been collaborating with Sámi scholars in Northern Finland as well. I have been working with people in my home islands to create a safe space and learning materials to use/revitalize Ryukyuan languages. Through my work, I wish to use my experiences to enhance visibility of Indigenous scholars and Indigenous communities across the globe.

Professional Biography

I received a PhD in education from the faculty of education at University of Lapland in Finland in 2020. My PhD research focused on Indigenous, minoritized (endangered) language education of two contexts, Indigenous languages in Finland and in Japan. I was a recipient of a CIMO scholarship for international mobility in Finland in 2017, Lapland Regional Cultural Fund in 2018 for my research with Sámi communities and teacher development. I also received an annual grant from Foundation of Endangered Language (FEL) in 2019 with a project to develop learning materials for the Yaeyaman language.

Degree(s)

  • BA, Psychology (Educational Psychology) , International Christian University
  • MA, TESOL with Applied Linguistics , University of Edinburgh
  • Ph.D., Education , University of Lapland , 2020

Professional Affiliations

  • Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society

Research

My research interests include (but not limited to), language reclamation & revitalisation, heritage language maintenance, Indigenous education, and language policy & planning and language pedagogy. My work intersects with issues of Global Indigeneity, Indigenous language reclamation, gender, race and ethnicities and language. Recently, I am also working in the area of critical Indigenous and islands studies.

I am a member of Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society (RHLS) and work as a project member for "Preservation and Documentation of Endangered Languages in Japan" funded by National Institute of Japanese Language and Lingusitics (NINJAL) and currently serve as a member of General Council for Endangered Language Project.

Featured Publications

Educated Not to Speak Our Language: Language Attitudes and Newspeakerness in the Yaeyaman Language. (2021). Educated Not to Speak Our Language: Language Attitudes and Newspeakerness in the Yaeyaman Language. Journal of Language, Identity & Education , 20(6 ), 379–393.
Perceiving and problematizing 'invisibility' in English language education and criticality: a duoethnographic dialogue. (2022). Perceiving and problematizing 'invisibility' in English language education and criticality: a duoethnographic dialogue. Asian Englishes, 25(3).