Moore Hall 587
808.956.8374
kandajus(at)hawaii.edu
For inquiries about SLS Graduate Programs (MA, AGC, PhD), please email him at the email address above or at sls(at)hawaii(dot)edu. Appointments (both in-person and over Zoom) are available.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Justin earned his BA in Japanese and MA in Japanese Linguistics at the University of Hawai鈥檌 at M膩noa. He studied abroad in Sophia University during the 2012-2013 academic year with a scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan. Previous positions at 麻豆传媒include supervising the Ticket, Information, & ID Office and the Campus Center Graphics Office, as well as Administrative Assistant in the Department of Linguistics. Justin also helped spearhead for UHM while in an English-Japanese translation class in the EALL department.
When not in the office, Justin works as an Assistant Coach for program, and volunteers at Shafter Junior Bowling Club as a coach on Saturday mornings. He chairs the , and is also on the steering committee for the He is currently appointed as a Director on the board of directors and the Pearl Harbor Junior Bowlers, Inc. non-profit foundation board.
Justin鈥檚 areas of professional interest include:
Construction of verbal humor
Translation (JPN/ENG), and the relationship between fidelity & fluency
(Informal) discourse analysis of social media