Professor of Japanese
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Office: HUM (Humanities Building) 346
Office Hours for Fall 2009:
T 12:40-13:40 and 15:40-16:40
Th 12:40-13:40 and 19:00-20:00
Thesis Advising: T 17:00-19:00 by appointment only
Office Telephone: 415-338-1346
Department FAX: 415-405-0588
E-mail: mmckeon@sfsu.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

Degrees:
Ph.D. in Japanese Language & Literature (University of California at Berkeley)
M.A. in English (University of California at Berkeley)
B.A. in English (University of Tokyo)

Qualifications:
Native speaker of Japanese
Professional Interpreter certified by the Japanese Ministry of Transportation
Professional Translator
First Grade (highest level) in the STEP (Society for Testing English Proficiency) Test
Teaching Credentials (English), Tokyo, Japan
Instructor of the Japanese Tea Ceremony certified by Omotesenke Fushin'an, Kyoto, Japan

Areas of Interest: Japanese Literature, Modern Japanese Literature, Japanese Women Writers, Folk Literature (gender, sexuality, marriage), History of Japanese Women, Narratology and Literary Theory, Translation, Japanese Tea Ceremony and Tea Culture

Classes in Fall 2009:
JAPN 301: Japanese Conversation, T Th 11:10-12:25, HUM 132
JAPN 510: Modern Japanese Literature, T Th 14:10-15:25, HUM 127
JAPN 710: Magazines and Periodicals, Th 16:10-18:55. HUM 474

Classes Taught in the Past at San Francisco State University:
JAPN 102: Second Semester Japanese
JAPN 301: Japanese Conversation
JAPN 302: Japanese Reading and Grammar
JAPN 306: Advanced Conversation and Composition II
JAPN 309: Advanced Readings in Japanese
JAPN 350: Introduction to Translation
JAPN 390: Business Japanese
JAPN 395: Business Writing
JAPN 510: Modern Japanese Literature
JAPN 560: Modern Japanese Fiction
JAPN 590: Contemporary Japanese Literature
JAPN 590: Japanese Women Writers
JAPN 600: Traditions in Japanese Literature in English
JAPN 690: Introduction to Consecutive Interpretation
JAPN 699: Special Study
JAPN 710: Current Topics in Magazines and Periodicals
JAPN 710: Current Topics: Newspapers
JAPN 710: Current Topics: Radio and TV
JAPN 710: Interpretation Workshop
JAPN 710: Translation Workshop
JAPN 860: Seminar: Topics in Japanese Literature
JAPN 860: Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
JAPN 860: The Tale of Genji and Noh Plays
JAPN 895: Applied Rearch Project
JAPN 897: Research
JAPN 898: Masters Thesis
JAPN 899: Special Study