J Paul Warnick, associate professor of Japanese is currently serving as head of the Japanese Section. He earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science and an M.A. degree in Language Acquisition from BYU and a Ph.D. in Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy from The Ohio State University. He teaches courses in language, pedagogy, linguistics, literature and pre-modern Japanese. He currently oversees the Japan Study Abroad and Japan Internship programs for BYU. Dr. Warnick has taught in the intensive summer language program at Middlebury College and has been involved for many years in teacher training.

Research Interests

• Japanese language pedagogy
• Language acquisition
• Sociolinguistics
• Pre-modern Japanese
• Issues in reading Japanese

Forthcoming Publications

• Performed Culture: An Approach to East Asian Language Pedagogy, co-authored with Matthew B. Christensen
• Reading as a Social Act.