Eiko Yasui
Seeking Ph.D., Rhetoric and Language Studies
Projected graduation date: Spring, 2009
Email: eyasui@mail.utexas.edu
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
BA Degree: English Linguistics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
MA Degree: Communication, Michigan State University, MI
Current research interests: My interests concern people's language use in real life conversation. In particular, I'm focusing on how the syntactic structure of language, interactional settings, and social context shape the way people use language and interact with each other.
Outside hobbies & interests: music (all kinds), playing the piano and keyboards, going to concerts, traveling, shopping, snowboarding, basketball (Pistons), working out, and of course, spending time with friends and family!
What you think makes UT or Austin unique, cool, or "weird": Lots of live music!