Background
Tawa, Wako was born on September 22, 1948 in Japan. Naturalized, 1981.
Tawa, Wako was born on September 22, 1948 in Japan. Naturalized, 1981.
Bachelor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971. Master of Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1986.
AM with honours, Amherst College, 2000.
Lecturer International Christian University, Tokyo, 1972-1975, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1976-1980. Instructor Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1983-1986. Assistant professor Connecticut College, New London, 1986-1988, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1988-1994, associate professor, 1994-1900, professor, since 2000.
Director summer program Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1984-1986. Visiting assistant professor Harvard Summer School, Cambridge, 1986, 91, 93.
Member International Cognitive Linguistics Association, International Linguistic Association, Association Teachers Japanese, American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages, Linguistic Society of America.
Children: John, Christina, Liam.