Rie Masuda
Associate Professor of Teaching and Japanese Program Coordinator
313-577-3002 Main office
2024 Fall ONLINE Office hour:
MWF: 12:00-1:00 (walk in) and
Afternoon on MWF by appointment(s) only
Please check the CANVAS for more detail and OFFICE HOUR link
Department
Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (CMLLC)
Rie Masuda
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Language Testing
Education
- Educational Specialist Certificate: Education: Curriculum and Instruction: Foreign Language Education, Wayne State University, May 2010
- Michigan Teaching Certificate: Japanese and English, University of Detroit Mercy, September 1998
- Master of Arts and Program Certificate: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), University of Northern Iowa, August 1994
- Program Certificate: Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University, July 1992
- Bachelor of Arts: British and American English, Osaka High School Teaching License: English, Osaka Middle School Teaching License: English, and Program Certificate: Japanese Pedagogy, Kansai University of Foreign Studies, March 1991
Awards and grants
2018 Foreign Language Technology Center mini grant: Wayne State University
2016 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2015 Foreign Language Technology Center mini grant: Wayne State University
2015 Educational Development Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2014 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2014 Foreign Language Technology Center mini grant: Wayne State University
2013 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2012 CLAS mini-grant: Wayne State University
2012 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2011 Educational Development Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2010 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2009 Global Grant from Office of Global Education: Wayne State University
2008 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2008 Global Grant from Office of Global Education: Wayne State University
2007 US and Japan Relations Grant: Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation
2006 Global Grant from Office of Global Education: Wayne State University
2005 Global Grant from Office of Global Education: Wayne State University
2004 Teaching Material Grants from The Japan Foundation: Wayne State University
2003 Foreign Language Technology Center mini Grant: Wayne State University
2002 Teaching Material Grants from The Japan Foundation
2000 Teaching Material Grants from The Japan Foundation
1999 Teaching Material Grants from The Japan Foundation
1992 Teaching Material Grants from The Japan Foundation
Courses taught by Rie Masuda
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- JPN2020 - Intermediate Japanese II
- JPN2720 - Japanese Culture through Myth, Fairy Tales, and Media
- JPN3020 - Advanced Japanese II
Fall Term 2024 (current)
Winter Term 2024
Fall Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
- JPN2020 - Intermediate Japanese II
- JPN3020 - Advanced Japanese II
- JPN3030 - Japanese Reading and Writing