Kayoko Hashimoto

Dr. Kayoko Hashimoto 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 holds the position of Director of Higher Degree by Research and coordinates the Japanese Major. Hashimoto earned her Bachelor of Arts from Kansai Gaidai University (Kansai University of Foreign Languages), a Master's degree (coursework) from Sophia University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from La Trobe University.

Her primary research interests encompass language policy in Asia, language and identity, Japanese language teaching in Asia, Australia and Asia literacy, minority languages and individual empowerment, languages and employability in higher education, and languages and transnational migration. She has authored and edited several key books, including Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Professional Development of English Language Teachers in Asia: Lessons from Japan and Vietnam (Routledge, 2018, co-edited with Van-Trao Nguyen), and Beyond Native-Speakerism: Current Explorations and Future Visions (Routledge, 2018, co-edited with Stephanie Ann Houghton and Damian J. Rivers). Notable journal articles include "Language, mobility and employability among Southeast Asian migrant workers in Japan" (Asian Studies Review, 2022), "Japanese migrant teachers in Australia: The need for strategic professional development to maximise their linguistic and cultural capital" (Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2026, co-authored), and "The researcher’s positionality, ethics, and research methods in language education research" (JALT Journal, 2024). Hashimoto has received funding for multiple projects, such as Japanese Language Teachers in Queensland: Pathways to Teaching and Individual Trajectories (2023-2026, Queensland Program for Japanese Education) and Local Government Initiative for Implementation of 'Easy Japanese' (2016, Queensland Program for Japanese Education). She engages in international collaborations, serving as a Visiting Fellow at Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo (2024-2025) and an Erasmus+ mobility program scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland (2025). Her contributions advance applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and intercultural studies.

Professional Email: k.hashimoto@uq.edu.au