Hello! I’m Max (she/her) and I’m a senior transfer student starting my second year at the UO. I’m double majoring in Japanese and Sociology.

I was really excited to be able to take this class because it wasn’t offered last year and I’ve always been curious about linguistics. Since I am already studying Japanese, learning about Japanese linguistics seemed like a natural extension of that that could help enhance my appreciation and understanding of the language and its construction. I love learning Japanese, everything from the grammar to pronunciation to contextually appropriate use of language is really fascinating to me. Like probably everyone else, I struggle a bit with kanji though. I’m particularly interested in Japanese to English translation, and how some translators succeed (and others perhaps fall a bit short) of conveying the meaning and nuance of original texts, or even adding to it to enhance its impact. I really want to study abroad in Japan before I graduate, although the pandemic seems to be making that a bit difficult…

For my hobbies, I’m kind of all over the place. On the nerdy side of things, I love video games, I recently built a new PC, I like to read, and I really like using and decorating planners. I love drawing and I actually used to be an art major! I also like to cook, bake, sing, spend time in nature, and run and do yoga (when I remember to). I used to read a lot of manga and watch a lot of anime, but I haven’t done that as much lately. If anyone wants to swap Switch friend codes, hit me up sometime!