Noriko Kanisawa Kowalchuck

Assistant Instructor
Japanese Language

209A Thaw Hall
412-624-5126
Fax: 412-624-3458
nokst2@pitt.edu

Office Hours
Tuesdays 1-2:30 and by appointment.

I started teaching Japanese Language at the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. I did not realize when I started how much I enjoy teaching Japanese. I have taught ACT class at every level that Pitt offers including the Summer Intensive Japanese courses.

I enjoy my weekends reading books in a coffee shop (although I quit drinking coffee a few years ago and now drink only tea) and watching movies. I also enjoy spending my weekends in the Strip District going around different kinds of ethnic grocery stores since I like both cooking and eating.

Education

• MEd, Department of Instruction and Learning, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Foreign Language Education, expected 2003.

• MA, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Social and Comparative Analysis in Education, 2002.

• BA, Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai, Japan, English, 1994