Tomoko Takahashi was born in Japan in 1955; at twenty, she left her home for the United States. She received her BA in English from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, and earned her...view moreTomoko Takahashi was born in Japan in 1955; at twenty, she left her home for the United States. She received her BA in English from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, and earned her doctorate in applied linguistics from Columbia University. She currently serves as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California.
Dr. Takahashi has published more than twenty books, including scholarly books in English and Japanese on language learning, cross-cultural communication, and lexico-semantics; thirteen co-authored textbooks for Japanese learners of English, eight of which have been translated into Chinese and Korean; and Japanese translations of Rosa Parks: My Story, Quiet Strength, and Dear Mrs. Parks.view less