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4.08/20/2025

Patient, kind, and always approachable.

4.05/21/2025

Creates dynamic and thought-provoking lessons.

5.03/31/2025

Inspires a love for learning in everyone.

4.02/27/2025

Makes every class a rewarding experience.

5.02/5/2025

Great Professor!

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About Akiko

Dr Akiko Uchiyama is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Queensland. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 2007 from the University of Queensland, with a thesis entitled "Translation, power, postcoloniality: Fukuzawa Yukichi’s translation of the West," completed in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) from the same institution. Uchiyama specialises in translation studies, with research interests in postcolonial translation theory, gender in translation, girls' fiction in translation, and the history of translation in Japan. She serves as the Convenor of the Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT) program and is accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters as a professional translator.