Rate My Professor Makiko Asano

Makiko Asano is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University, where she was appointed in 2001 and achieved emerita status in 2025. She held the position of Program Coordinator for the Japanese program and served as an undergraduate advisor. In these roles, Asano oversaw the Bachelor of Arts in Japanese major, the Minor in Japanese, and the Master of Arts in Japanese, which includes emphases in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language and Professional Applications of the Language. The program develops proficiency in Japanese language within socio-cultural contexts through courses in language training, culture, and literature conducted in Japanese. Electives cover literature and culture, translation, interpretation, business Japanese, proverbs and idiomatic expressions, katakana words, and calligraphy. Key courses include JAPN 101 First Semester Japanese, JAPN 301 Japanese Conversation, JAPN 302 Japanese Reading and Grammar, JAPN 305 Advanced Conversation and Composition - Language and Culture, JAPN 309 Advanced Readings in Japanese I, JAPN 325 Practical Linguistics in Japanese, JAPN 390 Business Japanese, JAPN 401 Topics in Japanese Culture, and JAPN 510 Modern Japanese Literature.