- 2024/04 - 現在 Mukogawa Women's University Research Institute for Education Associate Professor
- 2019/04 - 2024/03 Mukogawa Women's University Institute for Education Associate Professor
- 2006 - 2022 North America A-bomb Survivors Association (Hiroshima-Nagasaki). Los Angeles, CA. Advocate
- 2015/04 - 2019/03 Mukogawa Women's University School of Letters Department of Psychology and Social Welfare Associate Professor
- 2010/04 - 2015/03 Mukogawa Women's University School of Letters Department of Psychology and Social Welfare Lecturer
- 2009 - 2010 University of California, Los Angeles UCLA School of Public Policy & Social Research Post Doctoral Research Fellow
- 2006 - 2010 Hartford Practicum Partnership for Aging Education. New York Academy of Medicine Social Work Leadership Institute. Patricia J. Volland, M.S.W., M.B.A., New York Academy of Medicine, Director & PI., JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., UCLA, CO-PI. Research Coordinator
- 2005 - 2008 Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being. The 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program Satoshi Ikeno, M.S.W., Ph.D., Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, PI. Research Associate
- 2004 - 2006 University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Undergraduate General Education Cluster Program: Frontiers in Human Aging: Biomedical, Social, & Policy Perspectives. Teaching Fellow
- 2006 - Family Conferences: A Research Based ‘How To’ Guide. Iris Cohen Fineberg, Ph.D., M.S.W., Lancaster University, United Kingdom, PI., & Steven M. Asch, M.D., M.P.H., Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles, CO-PI. Research Assistant & Assistant Coordinator
- 2006 - The State of the Knowledge of the Impact of Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Factors on Quality of End-of-Life Care in California LaVera Crawley, M.D., M.P.H., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, PI., & Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D., R.N., M.N., UCLA, CO-PI. Research Assistant
- 2003 - UCLA Department of Social Welfare, Ailee Moon, M.S.W., Ph.D., Supervisor. Positive Appraisal and Service Utilization among Elderly Caregivers for Persons with Dementia in Chinese and Japanese American Communities in California Research Intern
- 2001 - 2002 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA. Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center Geriatric Leadership Intern
- 2002 - National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Department of Social Work & Psychology, Ngiam Tee Liang, Ph.D., Supervisor. Changing Landscape of Grandparenting in the Multicultural Community of Singapore. Research Intern
- 2002 - Hartford Doctoral Fellow Program. James Lubben, D.S.W., M.P.H., UCLA, PI & Supervisor. Research Assistant
- 2001 - Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, USC Institute for Health and Aging Policy, Bob G. Knight, Ph.D., Supervisor. Culture in Dementia Caregiving: Japanese and Japanese American Caregivers for Persons with Dementia. Principal Investigator
- 2000/07 - Little Tokyo Service Center, Los Angeles, CA. Social Services Workshop Coordinator
- 1999 - 2000 Little Tokyo Service Center, Los Angeles, CA. Social Services M.S.G. Intern
- 1996 - 1998 EEP (Educational Exchange Program) Japan Japanese Instructor