Faculty of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor
Applied Linguistics, Narrative Inquiry, Language and Identity
B.A., Sophia University
M.Ed., Ed.D., Temple University
Email: h-okada-c5s[at]sophia.ac.jp
Office: 10-603
Tel: 03-3238-4031
I am an applied linguist whose interests include narrative inquiry and reflective personal narratives, multilingual identities, the sociocognitive approach to culture and learning, and second language writing.
Book Chapters
Okada, H. (2025). Narrative inquiry in applied linguistics research: The pleasures and perils. In P. Habibie & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Reflexive and reflective approaches in applied linguistics research (pp. 158-176). John Benjamins.
Okada, H. (2024). Ethnographic perspectives on discourse and second language research. In B. Paltridge & M. T. Prior (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and discourse (pp. 173-186). Routledge.
Okada, H. (2023). Reflexivity, reflective practice, and good writing: An unfinished journey. In R. Kohls & C. P. Casanave (Eds.), Perspectives on good writing in applied linguistics and TESOL (pp. 200-212). University of Michigan Press.
Atkinson, D., Okada, H., & Talmy, S. (2021). Discourse analysis and ethnography. In K. Hyland, B. Paltridge, & L. Wong (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of discourse analysis (2nd ed., pp. 235-248). Bloomsbury.
Okada, H. (2017). Researching people with illnesses and disabilities: Ethical dimensions. In J. McKinley & H. Rose (Eds.), Doing research in applied linguistics: Realities, dilemmas, and solutions (pp.124-133). Routledge.
Okada, H. (2011). Negotiating the invisible: Two women making sense of chronic illness through narrative. In P. McPherron & V. Ramanathan (Eds.), Language, body, and Health (pp. 145-169). De Gruyter.
Journal Articles
Atkinson, D., Churchill, E., Nishino, T., & Okada, H. (2018). Language learning great and small: Environmental support structures and learning opportunities in a sociocognitive approach to second language acquisition/teaching. Modern Language Journal, 102(3).
Churchill, E., Nishino, T., Okada, H., & Atkinson, D. (2010). Symbiotic gesture and the sociocognitive visibility of grammar in second language acquisition. Modern Language Journal, 94(2), 234-253.
Atkinson, D., Churchill, E., Nishino, T., & Okada, H. (2007). Alignment and interaction in a sociocognitive approach to second language acquisition. Modern Language Journal, 91(2), 169-188.