Name:                       Kumiko Aoki (青木久美子)
Nationality:               Japan
Tel No.                     +81 43 298 3250
e-mail address:          kaoki@nime.ac.jp
Current Employment: National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan

03/1985          Bachelor’s Degree, Faculty of Foreign Language, American Studies, Nanzan University
09/1988          Master Course, School of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (enrollment)
05/1990          Master’s Degree, School of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (year of graduation)
09/1990          Doctoral Course, Interdisciplinary Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa (enrollment)
05/1995          Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Communication and Information Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa (year of graduation)

Title of dissertation (Ph.D.):Intercultural Telecollaboration: A Field Experiment Based upon a Heuristic Telecollaboration Model of Collaborative Writing through the Internet

08/1990-07/1995:Graduate Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa
09/1995- 07/1998:Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
09/1998- 12/2003:Assistant Professor, College of Communication, Boston University
01/2004- present:Associate Professor, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
06/2004- present:Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Society and Culture, School of Cultural and Social Studies, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan Society for Multicultural Relations: Board member, Editor-in-Chief
Japan Society for Educational Technology (JSET)
Japan Network for International Education (JAFSA)
Japan Association for College English Teachers (JACET)
Intercultural Education Society of Japan
TCC Worldwide Online Conference: Advisory panel member