Mariko Karatsu
- Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
- Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-5475
- Learning Services Building, Rm. 130
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- karatsu@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Japanese
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- A study of storytelling in Japanese conversation
- M.A. Japanese
- Tokyo University of Foreign Languages, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Analysis of the connections in conversation---dewa ‘then,’ dakara ‘so,’ and shikashi ‘but’
- B.A. Political science
- Keio University, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- B.A. History of Art
- Keio University, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2006 - 2013)
Awards
- The University of Arizona COH Annual Service Award
- University of Arizona, Spring 2014
Interests
Research
My research addresses topics in the fields of Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, and Sociolinguistics. In particular, I am interested in Narrative Study, Study of Conversational Storytelling, Presentation of Identities/ Selves, Grammar in Interaction, and Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. My research is empirical and qualitative analyses of naturally occurring conversational interaction (both verbal and nonverbal behavior). My goal is to be inter-disciplinary across Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology, and Social Psychology.
Teaching
Teaching Introduction to Japanese Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Advanced Japanese language and others.
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Adv Practice Jpnese Lang
JPN 421 (Fall 2025) -
Adv Practice Jpnese Lang
JPN 521 (Fall 2025) -
Advanced Japanese
JPN 301 (Fall 2025) -
Elementary Japanese
JPN 101 (Fall 2025) -
Elementary Japanese
JPN 102 (Fall 2025) -
Intermediate Japanese
JPN 201 (Fall 2025) -
Intermediate Japanese
JPN 202 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2025) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2024) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Fall 2023) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
JPN 399 (Fall 2023) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
EAS 599 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2022) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2022) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2021) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2021) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2021) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2021) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
EAS 599 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Fall 2020) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2020) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Internship
EAS 593 (Summer I 2020) -
Research
JPN 900 (Summer I 2020) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2020) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2020) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 496C (Spring 2020) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 596C (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2019) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2019) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Internship
JPN 593 (Summer I 2019) -
Research
JPN 900 (Summer I 2019) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2019) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2018) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2018) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2018) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Internship
EAS 593 (Summer I 2017) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2017) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 496C (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 596C (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2016) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2016) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2016) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2016) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2016) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2016) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Karatsu, M. (2012). Conversational storytelling among Japanese women: Conversational circumstances, social circumstances and tellability of stories. .
- Karatsu, M. (2012). Conversational Storytelling among Japanese Women: Conversational circumstances, social circumstances and tellability of stories. John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi:10.1075/sin.16
Chapters
- Karatsu, M. (2021). 「生クリーム、大好き。」ー食べ物の嗜好は語りを通してどのように共有されるか？("I love fresh cream!": How is taste in food shared through tellings?). In 五感で楽しむ食の日本語 (The Japanese language of food enjoyment with the five senses). Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers.
- Karatsu, M. (2014). Repetition of phrases from the punch line of one’s own and other’s Japanese stories about food and restaurants: A group bonding exercise. In Language and food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences(pp 185-207). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Karatsu, M. (2010). Sharing a personal discovery of a taste using distal demonstratives in a storytelling about kakuni ‘stewed pork belly’. In Storytelling across Japanese conversational genre (pp. 113-143). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Scholarly work; Original resear.
Journals/Publications
- Karatsu, M. (2021). Nihonbunka taiken katudoo wa gakusyuusya ni nani o motarasu ka? [How do you like Japanese cultural events in Tucson?]. Konan Daigaku Soogoo Kenkyuu-syo Soosyo [Konan University Research Institute Monograph], 142.
Presentations
- Karatsu, M. (2023). Elderly people’s embodied understanding of the instructor’s directions. International Society for Conversation Analysis 2023.
