  {"id":14228,"date":"2026-03-25T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?p=14228"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:12:37","slug":"ph-d-student-mayuko-yusa-hired-at-university-of-kitakyushu-in-fukuoka-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/ph-d-student-mayuko-yusa-hired-at-university-of-kitakyushu-in-fukuoka-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Student Mayuko Yusa Hired at University of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Mayuko-Yusa-New-Position-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Mayuko-Yusa-New-Position-Banner.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Mayuko-Yusa-New-Position-Banner-872x491.png 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Mayuko-Yusa-New-Position-Banner-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Mayuko-Yusa-New-Position-Banner-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that PhD candidate Mayuko Yusa, starting this April, will be working an Associate Professor at the Center for Fundamental Education at the University of Kitakyushu in<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0Fukuoka, Japan!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Mayuko! We wish you luck in your new role!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWe are pleased to announce that PhD candidate Mayuko Yusa, starting this April, will be working an Associate Professor at the Center for Fundamental Education at the University of Kitakyushu in\u00a0Fukuoka, Japan! Congratulations, Mayuko! We wish you luck in your&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/ph-d-student-mayuko-yusa-hired-at-university-of-kitakyushu-in-fukuoka-japan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;PhD Student Mayuko Yusa Hired at University of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka, Japan&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/ph-d-student-mayuko-yusa-hired-at-university-of-kitakyushu-in-fukuoka-japan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;PhD Student Mayuko Yusa Hired at University of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka, Japan&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":14229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PhD Student Mayuko Yusa Hired at University of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka, Japan - Department of Second Language Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/ph-d-student-mayuko-yusa-hired-at-university-of-kitakyushu-in-fukuoka-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PhD Student Mayuko Yusa Hired at University of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka, Japan - Department of Second Language Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are pleased to announce that PhD candidate Mayuko Yusa, starting this April, will be working an Associate Professor at the Center for Fundamental Education at the University of Kitakyushu in\u00a0Fukuoka, Japan! 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