Mikuko Nagashima is originally from Tokyo, Japan. She is currently a M.A. student, studying Japanese Linguistics with a focus on feminine language and gender role in Japanese society. She received her B.A. in International Communication Studies at Kyoritsu Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan. She has worked as a Japanese teaching assistant at Wellesley College and Middlebury College.   

She is currently teaching JPN 102 Elementary Japanese for Spring 2022.