Yumi Sugihara
Research Area
Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Ochanomizu University, 2009
MA in Liberal Arts and Humanities, Ochanomizu University, 2002
BA in Education, Hiroshima University, 1995
About
Dr. Yumi Sugihara is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC, affiliated with Keio University, Japan. Her research interests include critical interculturality, and the ideologies surrounding language, culture, and ethnicity in Japanese society and beyond.
Teaching
Research
Examining Japanese Language Ideology, Identity, and Education — A Pathway to a Multilingual and Multicultural Society: My research explores the intersections of Japanese language ideology, identity, and policy, focusing on their impact on diverse users, including both the majority Japanese and Japanese language learners. I aim to develop frameworks and educational practices that challenge monolingual and fixed cultural perspectives, contributing to a more multilingual and multicultural society in Japan.
Publications
Latest Journal Article
Ohri, Richa, and Yumi Sugihara. “Learner Self-Reflexivity in a Japanese Critical Intercultural Communication Classroom.” Intercultural Education (2025). doi:10.1080/14675986.2025.2555751.
Single-authored Book
Sugihara, Yumi. 日本語学習のエスノメソドロジー －言語的共生化の過程分析 [The Ethnomethodology of Learning Japanese Language: Study of Interactions as a Process of Linguistic Symbiosis]. Tokyo: Keiso Shobo, 2010.
https://www.keisoshobo.co.jp/book/b62748.html