Masaru Yamamoto

Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia

Service and Commitment

Journal review (2022–Present)

Applied Linguistics (2025–Present)

Language and Education (2025–Present)

BC TEAL Journal (2022–Present)

American association for applied linguistics

2024Co-Facilitator, AAAL 2024 Affinity Group Networking Event
BIPOC Scholars Group
2020/21Conference Planning Team Member, AAAL 2021 Virtual Conference
with Dr. Patricia A. Duff, Dmitri Detwyler, Ashley Moore, Yuya Takeda, Greta Perris, and Dr. Kathryn Accurso

University of british columbia

Service to UBC

2025/26Student Representative
Public Scholarship and Global Engagement Committee

(LLED, UBC)

Members:
Darvin, R. (Co-Chair), Whitehead, G. (Co-Chair), Ahmed, A., Belliveau, G., Kumpulainen, K., Yamamoto, M.
2023/24
2020–22
Student Representative
LLED Head’s Advisory Committee

LLED, UBC
2023/24
2020–22
Lead Advisor
LLED Graduate Peer Advisor
LLED, UBC
2022/23Student Representative
Ad Hoc Space Committee

LLED and Department of Educational Studies, UBC
2019/20LLED Graduate Peer Advisor
LLED, UBC

Local Engagement to the LLED Community

2025Organizer, Demystifying the Comps in LLED 2025
in collaboration with Dr. Teresa Dobson (Graduate Advisor), Dr. Amber Moore, Ziwen Mei, Frances Macapagal Maddalozzo, Ryosuke Aoyama.
2025Co-Facilitator, LLED Antiracist Caucuses Meeting #31 “Encountering and addressing raciolinguistic ideologies in digital spaces and tools
in collaboration with Dr. Harini Rajagopal, Dr. Meike Wernicke, Serikbolsyn Tastanbek, Anastasia Zhuravleva.
2023Organizer, Demystifying the Comprehensive Examinations in LLED
in collaboration with Dr. George Belliveau (Graduate Advisor), Dr. Theresa Rogers, Dr. Asma Afreen, Sadia Shad, Anastasia Zhuravleva, Rosie David.

Engagement with Local Communities

Research Forums

YearRole
2024Founder and Lead Organizer, Applied Linguistics Circle Research Meeting 2024 @Sophia University (Tokyo)
Collaborators: Dr. Mitsuyo Sakamoto (Sophia University)
2023Co-Organizer, Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum @Waseda University (Tokyo)
Collaborators: Drs. Yuichi Suzuki, Takumi Uchihara, Shungo Suzuki, Masaki Eguchi, Nobuhiro Kamiya
2022Founder and Lead Organizer, Applied Linguistics Circle Research Meeting @Waseda University (Tokyo)
Collaborators: Aya Hayasaki and Akiko Kiyota (Waseda University)

Reading Groups

Our members continue to gather, support, and at times collaborate with each other at various academic and social occasions.

YearRole
2024Organizer, Kramsch (2020) Reading Group
Kramsch, C. (2020). Language as symbolic power. Cambridge University Press.
2023Organizer, Pennycook (2021) Reading Group
Pennycook, A. (2021). Critical applied linguistics: A critical re-introduction (2nd ed). Routledge.
2022Organizer, Prasad (2017) Reading Group
Prasad, P. (2017). Crafting qualitative research: Beyond positivist traditions (2nd ed.). Routledge.
2021Organizer, Jewitt et al. (2016) Reading Group
Jewitt, C., Bezemer, J., & O’Halloran, K. (2016). Introducing multimodality. Routledge.