About
Akiyo Furukawa received a BA in Sociology at Hunter and an MA in Education at CCNY. She is serving as a Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program interviewer at the Consulate General of Japan. She was a volunteer member for CCI and contributed some language teaching materials. Akiyo created the courses Japanese Business Communication and Skills, Pragmatics for Language Use, Japanese Food Culture and Intermediate Japanese Composition when she received a Japan Foundation grant in 2020-2022. She expanded the program curriculum for a wider range. Akiyo is the only faculty who has taught all of the Japanese language courses.