Career Profiles of Former New Zealand Japanese Language Students

Before receiving the second half of their award, Sasakawa Teacher Trainee scholars are required to provide a profile of a former Japanese language student who has gone on to use their Japanese after completing their studies.

This requirement was devised as a means to provide teachers with a bank of examples of career paths in order to better respond to their students’ questions about the instrumental value of learning Japanese.

Click on the following for the profiles collected to date. More will be added as they are provided by the Teacher Trainee Scholarship holders.

• Joseph Rush (profiled by Yukie Okie, 2010)
• Sarah Todd (profiled by Jacqueline Yoshioka Braid, 2010)
• Jason Allen (profiled by Rachel Smith, 2010)
• Timothy Coleman (profiled by Adora Kuo, 2010)
• Don Franklin (profiled by Jenni Pulman, 2009)
• Sung Ju Hwan (profiled by Myung-suk Kim, 2009)
• Trudi Wigg (profiled by Ashley McRae, 2009)
• Jamie Watterson (profiled by Fiona Boodee, 2009)
• Kieran Roche (profiled by Amanda Chisnall, 2009)
• Paul Murray (profiled by Naomi Ishihara, 2009)
• John Waddell (profiled by Stephanie Gollan, 2009)
• Matthew Birch (profiled by Lindi Newth, 2009)
• Mat Harding (profiled by Brendon Chapple, 2009)
• Josh Sellers & Ben Reid (profiled by Jennifer Arai, 2009)
• Emma Trail (profiled by Hiromi Horsley, 2008)
• Laurel McDonald (profiled by Kendra Taurua, 2008)
• Andrea Humm (profiled by Adele Montgomery, 2008)
• Channelle Carnie (profiled by Megan Van, 2007)
• Natalie Broadhead (profiled by William Flavell, 2007)
• Jason Brown (profiled by Jason Renau, 2003)
• Nadia Brown (Self-profile of Nadia Brown, 2004)
• Fiona Dalton (profiled by Elizabeth Wood, 2006)
• Kerri Dann (profiled by Shiori Akehi, 2004)
• Morgan Dilks (profiled by Taeko Kiminami 2003)
• Mark Hamilton (profiled by Renee Farrant, 2005)
• Moana Hazeldine (profiled by Jessica Andrews, 2003)
• Maureen Heffernan (profiled by Nancy Earth, 2007)
• Alice Holmes (profiled by Adam Burden, 2005)
• Paul Huggins (profiled by Cristina Huggins 2004)
• Karen Jackson (profiled by Kerri Dann, 2004)
• Elin King (profiled by Kaori Fumoto, 2005)
• Marina Limantseva (profiled by Angela Clouston, 2005)
• Benjamin Lorimer (profiled by Anita Douglas, October 2006)
• Kerstin Meinecke (profiled by Megumi Chiba, 2005)
• Michelle Miles (profiled by Lorina Quill, 2004)
• James Murfitt (Self-profile, 2005)
• Leah Nanai (Self-profile, 2007)
• James Penn (profiled by Miyuki Tanabe, 2004)
• Nyssa Poffley (profiled by Nyssa Poffley, 2005)
• Tom Schumacher (profiled by Angela Clouston, 2005)
• Anna Sime (profiled by Amelia Whiting, 2006)
• Mike Simms-Williams (Profiled by Rupert Atkinson, 2007)
• Anneliese Simpson (profiled by Shingo Suematsu, 2004)
• Michael Sissons (profiled by Mel Dempsey, 2004)
• Tim Stocks (profiled by Julie Gordon, 2007)
• Kimberley Swan (profiled by Matt Crosby, 2003)
• Maria Thomson (profiled by Crystal May-Whitcombe, 2004)
• Sarah Walker (profiled by Michelle Lodge, 2004)
• Don Wallis (profiled by Angela Clouston, 2005)
• Angela Zheung (profiled by Fiona Howat, 2005)