June (Junko) S. Levitt

junelev@sbcglobal.net

EDUCATION

2003 – Present	University of Texas at Dallas. Ph.D. Student in Communication Sciences, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
2001 – 2003	University of Texas at Dallas. M.S. in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
1975 – 1979	Musashino Women’s College (Tokyo, Japan) B.A. in English and American Literature.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2005 – Present	Southern Methodist University Learning Therapy Graduate Certificate program. (Training for Academic Language Therapist)
1979 – 1981	Simul Academy (Tokyo, Japan) Completed a two-year course for professional conference interpreters/translators.
1973 – 1975	Keio University Foreign Language Institute (Tokyo, Japan) Completed a two-year course for English conversation.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

1992 – 2002	Japanese/English Service (Dallas, Texas) Free-lance translation/interpretation and writing.
1979 – 1992	K.K. Ashisuto (Tokyo, Japan until July 1985; Dallas, Texas thereafter) 3 Years:  Research analysis, customer relations and writing. 5 Years:  International Business including marketing, sales, computer software application design, technical support, project management and international liaison.  Research and feasibility study on the advanced computer software technologies. 5 Years:  Conference interpretation, translation, business/technical writing, publishing in computer industry and research assistant for U.S. industr y analysts.
1978 – 1979	Helpmates International (Tokyo, Japan) Translation. Marketing for American photo-finish products.
1976 – 1978	National Cancer Center (Tokyo, Japan) Translation for research papers and theses of three medical doctors.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004 Summer semester	Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas. Speech Science (graduate level)
2005 Fall, 2005 Spring, 2004 Fall, 2004 Spring, and 2003 Fall semesters	Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas. Phonetics (undergraduate/graduate level)
1973 – 1980	Tutor for young children. For Japanese students:  Math, Science, English, Japanese and social study. For American and Chinese students lived in Japan :  Japanese as second language, Japanese culture, and math in Japanese.
1982 – 1984	Japanese language for American businessmen.
1982 – 1984	Business/technical writing for Japanese college graduates.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – 2006	Dyslexia Therapy at St. Monica Catholic School.
2005 – Present	Dyslexia Therapy at Dallas Independent School District (DISD) Withers Elementary School.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2005 – Present	International Phonetics Association.
2005 – Present	International Dyslexia Association.
2005 – Present	Academic Language Therapy Association.
2002 – Present	Acoustical Society of Japan.
2002 – Present	The Phonetic Society of Japan.
2002 – Present	Japanese Cognitive Science Society.
2002 – Present	Cognitive Science Society
2002 – Present	American Psychological Association
1992 – 1998	Japan Translation Federation

PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS

Katz, W.F., Levitt, J.S., & Carter, G.C. (2003). Biofeedback treatment of buccofacial apraxia

Using EMA. Brain and Language, Vol. 87, 175-176.

Katz, W.F., Levitt, J.S., & Carter, G.C. (2003). Biofeedback treatment of buccofacial apraxia

using EMA. Academy of Aphasia, 41^st Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria,

October 19-21, 2003. Poster presentation.

Katz, W.F., Carter, G.C., & Levitt, J.S. (2006). Treating buccofacial apraxia using

augmented kinematic feedback.

Accepted in January 2006 and in press, Aphasiology.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2001 – Present	Tejas Girl Scout Troop 2764
1998 – Present	Grace Bible Church Children’s ministry

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

2005 – Present	Japan Overseas Interpreters Network (JOIN)
2005 -- Present	Aphasia Resource and Research Consortium (ARRC): aphasia journal study group.
2002 – Present	The National Institute for Japanese Language, The comprehensive support network system for teaching Japanese as a foreign language.
2003 – Present	Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
1989 – Present	Dallas Japanese Association
1997 – Present	Grace Bible Church

PERSONAL COMPUTER SKILLS

1980 – Present

Use and installation of various system and application programs.

LANGUAGES

Japanese and English.

CERTIFICATE

1979 – Present

Teacher’s certificate:  Licensed in Japan for junior and senior high school instruction.

REFERENCES

Furnished upon request.