Alum Paul Jensen an Assistant Professor at Hiroshima Shudo University

Paul Jensen received a BA and an MA (the last in 2007) from the department. He has kept busy since then, and we recently received word of his endeavors.

In April 2012 I’ll be starting a tenure-track position as an assistant professor teaching English in the Economic Sciences department at Hiroshima Shudo University in Hiroshima City, Japan.

I started working as an English instructor for kids and adults in Hiroshima immediately after completing the Linguistics M.A. program at UCSC in 2007. During the past four plus years I’ve met a lot of interesting people through my job (including my wife). I’ve also learned a lot about teaching, as well as how to put my linguistics skills to practical use in the classroom. My students really seem to
appreciate having an instructor who can explain the ins and outs of language, and I’m really grateful to the professors at UCSC for giving me the tools to analyze and describe language to others.

Congratulations, Paul!