Summary
Aidan C is a researcher and linguist based in Greater Tokyo with eight years of experience bridging applied and theoretical approaches to language. After completing an MA in East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi, he joined the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics as a research assistant, focusing on language documentation, revitalization, sociolinguistics, and syntax. His background includes hands-on classroom and tutoring experience in Japanese and collaborative research on L1 influences in English acquisition, giving him practical insight into pedagogy and experimental design. He has also worked in multilingual, cross-time-zone translation projects in the corporate sector, honing skills in precise linguistic transfer and culturally sensitive communication. Notably, his trajectory blends field-oriented language preservation with analytic syntax work, positioning him to connect community-centered documentation with formal linguistic theory.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Applied Linguistics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University
Master of Arts - MA, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Master of Arts - MA, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Japanese, Korean, German