Contact

kathy.akiyama@mtangel.edu

Education

MA: Northwestern University (1989)
MA: Columbia University (1986)
BA: Antioch College (1980)

Courses taught

• Capstone Project and Seminar
• Principles of Communication
• Capstone Project and Seminar
• Honors Capstone Project and Seminar
• Studies in Narrative Film
• History of Art
• Reading Literature
• Literature: Cultural Perspectives
• Advanced Research Writing
• Writing in the Humanities
• Performance Studies
• Studies in Culture
• Humanities II
• Cultural Diversity in a Global Society
• Fundamentals of Speech
• Selected Questions: Phenomenology of Love
• Ethnographic Writing
• Intercultural Communication
• Logic Link
• Thomistic System Link

Research interests

• Philosophy of Art
• Art History: Sacred Art, Impressionism, Cubism
• Shakespeare plays and sonnets
• Shakespeare Songs and Related Plays
• Narratives of Love
• Culture: Semiotics, Cross-cultural Theory and Issues
• Ethnographic Fiction

Select publications

• “Diversity in Unity: Cultural Perspectives in a Global Community,” Seminary Journal, Vol. 14: 3 (Winter 2008): 22—36.
• “English Skills for Informal Communication and Academic Fluency,” Seminary Journal, Vol. 15: 1 (Spring 2009): 43—49.

Professional associations

• ORTESOL (Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
• NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
• ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)