Mimi Yu, M.A.
Professor of Practice, Modern Languages and Literatures
Contact
- MH 4.01.02
- Mimi.Yu@utsa.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Mimi Yu, Professor of Practice, joined the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in 2008 as a Japanese lecturer. She also served as the Associate Director of the East Asia Institute (EAI) from 2008 to 2019. Her academic interests focus on Japanese language pedagogy and the integration of instructional technology in language education.
Prior to joining UTSA, Mimi taught Japanese at the University of Nevada, Reno for nearly 20 years, where she was honored with the Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Liberal Arts.
During her leadership at the EAI, Mimi also served twice as President of the Japan America Society of San Antonio. In recognition of her efforts to promote Asia-related programs both at UTSA and within the San Antonio community, she received the Diversity First Award from the Texas Diversity Council. Additionally, she was honored with UTSA’s President’s Distinguished Diversity Award for her creative and collaborative contributions to diversity and inclusion. Most recently, she received the President’s Teaching Excellence Award in Core Curriculum at UTSA.
Mimi has secured multiple internal and external grants aimed at enhancing students’ academic experiences. Since 2013, she has led over 15 UTSA student groups on study abroad programs to countries across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Mimi has presented at numerous language education conferences and received several UTSA grants to develop Open Educational Resources (OER), making beginning-level Japanese courses textbook-free for students.
Outside of academia, Mimi enjoys traveling, music, cooking, reading, the arts, and exploring new languages and world cultures.
Teaching
- JPN 1014 - Elementary Japanese I
- JPN 1024 - Elementary Japanese II
- JPN 2013 - Intermediate Japanese I
- JPN 2023 - Intermediate Japanese II
Degrees
- M.A. in Japanese Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madision
- B.A. In Japanese Studies, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan
