College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor
Phone: (239)590-7895
E-Mail: stankeia@fgcu.edu
Office: RH 215

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2009
M.S., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2000
M.A., Aichi University of Education, Japan, 1996
B.A., Aichi University of Education, Japan, 1994

Primary Teaching Interests: Intercultural Communication, Race and Communication

Other interests: Acculturation and Intercultural Identity, Performance Ethnography, Autoethnoraphy, Critical Pedagogy, Japanese Culture and Communication

Sachiko Tankei-Aminian specializes in intercultural communication and race and communication. She joined the Florida Gulf Coast University Communication faculty in 2007. She studies immigrants/sojourners’ acculturation, with particular interests in how societal forces influence their acculturation. As being an immigrant herself, she examines her own acculturation and engages in an autoethnographic performance called On Becoming Japerican. She originally compiled, wrote, directed, and performed On Becoming Japerican for the Kleinau Theatre at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2004. She has performed over 10 times at universities and in conferences, engaging in open-dialogue with the audience about issues of acculturation, intercultural identities, and issues of power and oppression.