An interview with Yumiko Murai of the MIT Media Lab, covering her memories of learning English from childhood in Japan to preparing for study abroad, her graduate school life in New York, and the renewed challenges of English she encountered while living in Boston.
村井 裕実子 Yumiko Murai
Postdoctoral Researcher at the MIT Media Lab. Her research focuses on how human connections develop within online learning communities, and how these connections influence learners’ motivation and confidence. Currently, she is working on themes such as leveraging online learning communities for teacher training in creativity education and STEM fields, as well as supporting non-native English speakers’ participation in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). After earning a B.A. in Environmental Information and an M.A. in Media Design in Japan, she moved to the United States in 2010 to pursue graduate studies, receiving her Ph.D. in Education in 2015.
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