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Ken Knight Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures

Contact
Ken Knight
(202) 885-6337 (Office)
CAS | World Languages and Cultures
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW 203
Gray Hall
Additional Positions at AU
Japanese Program Director
Degrees
Ph.D. University of Georgia; Linguistics

Postgraduate Diploma Griffith University; MBA-International

B.A. Temple University; Asian Studies

Languages Spoken
English, Japanese (日本語)
Favorite Spot on Campus
Woods-Brown Amphitheatre
Bio
Interests: L2 Japanese phonology; minority languages of Japan; diaspora and language attrition; minority languages and national language policy
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • JAPN-215 Japanese, Intermediate II

  • JAPN-415 Japanese Civilization

  • JAPN-488 Capstone Project: Japanese Film Studies

Fall 2025

  • JAPN-314 Advanced Japanese I

  • JAPN-414 Intro to Japanese Translation

  • JAPN-496 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Japanese for Professn Purposes