Education

PhD (Communication Studies): University of Texas at Austin (2011)
MA (Communication): Michigan State University (2005)
BA (English Linguistics): Osaka University (2002)

Research interests

conversation analysis, micro-analysis of language and body in interaction, interactional linguistics

Teaching classes

Japanese Culture and Communication, Language in Social Interaction

Professional experience

Lecturer (international student advisor), Nagoya University (2011 - present)

Publications

Yasui, E. (2013). Collaborative idea construction: The repetition of gestures and talk during brainstorming, Journal of Pragmatics 46(1), 157-172.

Yasui, E. (2013). Setsuzokushi But no sougokoui jyoo no kinoo ni tsuite: Chuudan sareta katari no saikai o shihyoo suru baai, JELS 30, 236-242.

Yasui, E. (2012). Assessment as a Device for Organizing a Joint Activity, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multimodality in Multispace Interaction, 61-69.

Yasui, E. (2012). Setsuzokushi "demo" no kaiwa bunseki kenkyuu: Nayami katari ni taisuru rikai kyookan no teiji ni oite, Nagoya Daigaku Bungaku Kenkyuu Ronshyuu (bungaku) 57, 87-100.

Yasui, E. (2010). Repair and language proficiency: Differences of advanced and beginning language learners in an English-Japanese conversation group, TPFLE (Texas Paper in Foreign Language Education) 14(1), 41-57.

Others

Academic membership

IPrA (International Pragmatics Association)
NCA (National Communication Association)
ISGS (International Society of Gesture Studies)
ISCA (International Society for Conversation Analysis)
JASS (The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences)
The English Linguistic Society of Japan