Keiko Ueda is an Associate Teaching Professor of Japanese. She joined UMSL’s Department of Language and Cultural Studies in 2014. She earned M.A. in Japanese with an emphasis in Applied Linguistics from Purdue University in 2014. Originally from Osaka, Japan, she came to the United States in 2006 as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant. She has taught Japanese at several institutions including Lincoln University, Washington and Lee University, Youth For Understanding USA, Middlebury College Language School and Purdue University.
At UMSL, Ueda serves as the Japanese Section Coordinator. She teaches courses ranging from beginning to advanced Japanese as well as class on Japanese Readings, Topics in Japanese Culture and independent studies. She also co-directs Study Tours to Japan. Her educational interests include language pedagogy, instructional technology, Tadoku (extensive reading), and fostering a sense of belonging among students.
In addition to her teaching, Ueda has contributed to university service as an at-large Senate representative for the College of Arts and Sciences and as chair of the Programming Committee of Language and Cultural Studies. She is also the faculty advisor to the Japan-America Student Association (JASA).
Associate Teaching Professor | Japanese Section Coordinator
