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• M.A., Japanese Language Pedagogy, Columbia University, June 2012 

M.A. Thesis entitled “Traduttore: Traditore o Produttore?” (Translator: traitor or producer?): Cognitive Linguistic and Phonological Analyses on Words Set to Music”

Directed by Seiichi Makino, Academic Director of Japanese Pedagogy Program at Columbia University, and Timothy Vance, Professor/Researcher, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

• M.A., Romance Languages (Italian and French), University of Oregon, December 2007

M.A. Essay entitled “Recitare cantando o Cantare recitando: Il genere pastorale del Cinquecento e la nascita dell’opera lirica (Recite Singing or Sing reciting: The Pastoral Genre of the 15th Century and the Birth of the Opera)”

Directed by Nathalie Hester, Associate Professor, Department of Romance Languages

• Study Abroad Program in Pavia, Italy, Università degli Studi di Pavia, October 2005–July 2006
• B.A., Double Major in Italian and French with Departmental Honors, University of Oregon, June 2004
• Study Abroad Program in Perugia, Italy, Università per Stranieri di Perugia, June–August 2001
• B.A., Music Performance in Voice, Tokyo College of Music, March 1994