Kiara Erica Johnson

Education
PhD Student in Mathematics GPA 4.00
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, USA
2024 — Present
Master's Degree — Mathematics & Information Science GPA 3.94
International Christian University
Tokyo, Japan
2023 — 2024
Bachelor's Degrees — Mathematics & Linguistics GPA 3.99
International Christian University
Tokyo, Japan
2019 — 2023
Experience
Teaching Assistant
University of Hawaii at Manoa — Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Teaching assistant for pre-calculus, Calculus 1 and 2.
  • Instructor at the university's summer math camp.
2024 — Present
Research Assistant
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies — Tokyo
  • Archived language data for several Bantu languages.
  • Edited documentation to help users access and navigate corresponding metadata.
2020 — 2023
Teaching Assistant
International Christian University — Tokyo
  • TA for linear algebra, single-variable calculus, and microeconomics.
  • Answered student questions and facilitated problem-solving sessions.
2022 — 2023
Technical Skills & Interests
Languages
English (Native) · Japanese (Conversational)
Research Interests
Weighted Projective Spaces · Multigraded Rings
Conferences & Workshops
Summer Graduate School: Singularities in Commutative Algebra Through Cohomological Methods. Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), Berkeley, CA. July 6–17, 2026. Nominated by the Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Publications
ABE, Yuko (2022). Bende (F12): Morphosyntactic Microvariation, Wordlist (ICULD-0042). In: Kiara Johnson, Sayaka Manabe, Chrisanne Tuaño (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21: ICU Language Database Series 7, Bantu Language Digital Archive (BantuDArc).
ABE, Yuko (2022). Bende (F12): Wordlist (ICULD-0043). In: Kiara Johnson, Chrisanne Tuaño, Sayaka Manabe (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21: ICU Language Database Series 7, Bantu Language Digital Archive (BantuDArc).
Elfner, Emily; Lee, Seunghun J.; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuaño, Chrisanne M. (2021). Irish: USA Data (ICULD-0026). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 123–136.
Elfner, Emily; Lee, Seunghun J.; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuaño, Chrisanne M. (2021). Irish: Ireland Data (ICULD-0027). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 137–165.
Elordieta, Gorka; Lee, Seunghun J.; Selkirk, Elisabeth; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuaño, Chrisanne M. (2021). Basque: 2015 Data (ICULD-0028). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 11, pp. 167–169.
Elordieta, Gorka; Lee, Seunghun J.; Selkirk, Elisabeth; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuaño, Chrisanne M. (2021). Basque: 2016 Data (ICULD-0029). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 11, pp. 171–173.
FURUMOTO, Makoto; TAKAHASHI, Yasunori; CHOKO, Sigombe Haji; BONDE, Zainabu Khatib; KHAMIS, Ahmed; MANABE, Sayaka; TUAÑO, Chrisanne; JOHNSON, Kiara; LEE, Seunghun J. (2022). Makunduchi (G43c) 2016 (ICULD-0047). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 23, pp. 1–10.
Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (Eds.) (2021). International Christian University Working Papers in Linguistics 13: ECPPT. Tokyo, Japan: International Christian University.
Johnson, Kiara; Manabe, Sayaka; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (Eds.) (2022). International Christian University Working Papers in Linguistics 21: Bantu Language Digital Archive. Tokyo, Japan: International Christian University.
LEE, Seunghun J.; BABANE, Morris; HLUNGWANI, Crous; JOHNSON, Kiara Erica; MANABE, Sayaka; TUAÑO, Chrisanne M. (2022). Xitsonga (S53): 2010 Data (ICULD-0041). In: Kiara Johnson, Chrisanne Tuaño, Sayaka Manabe (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21, pp. 1–38.
Lee, Seunghun J.; Burheni, Clementinah; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (2021). Xitsonga (S53): 2012 data, collected in the USA (ICULD-0023). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 55–79.
Lee, Seunghun J.; Selkirk, Elisabeth; Burheni, Clementinah; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (2021). Xitsonga (S53): 2012 data, collected in South Africa (ICULD-0024). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 81–84.
Lee, Seunghun J.; Selkirk, Elisabeth; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (2021). Xitsonga: 2014 data, collected in South Africa (ICULD-0025). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 85–121.
Lee, Seunghun J.; Burheni, Clementinah; Johnson, Kiara Erica; Kato, Kiho; Tuano, Chrisanne M. (2021). Xitsonga: Words from Cuenod (ICULD-0022). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 1–53.
MIYAZAKI, Kumiko; KAMANO, Shigeto; ABE, Yuko; LEE, Seunghun J. (2022). Swahili (G42): 2021 Data (ICULD-0045). In: Kiara Johnson, Chrisanne Tuaño, Sayaka Manabe (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21: ICU Language Database Series 7, pp. 407–482.
Mphasha, Eleazar L.; Baker, Sannah L.; Matheere, Leften M.; Abe, Yuko; Johnson, Kiara; Lee, Seunghun J.; Shinagawa, Daisuke; Varela Almiron, Patricio (2021). Northern Sotho: Morphosyntactic Microvariation (ICULD-0016). ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 13, pp. 1–14.
MUGISHA, Chérubin; ABE, Yuko; SHINAGAWA, Daisuke; LEE, Seunghun J.; YU, Tingting (2022). Rundi: 2021 Data (ICULD-0046). In: Kiara Johnson, Sayaka Manabe, Chrisanne M. Tuaño (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21, pp. 483–523.
SHINAGAWA, Daisuke (2022). Rwa (E621A): 2001–2002 data (ICULD-0045). In: Kiara Johnson, Sayaka Manabe, Chrisanne M. Tuaño (eds.) ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21: ICU Language Database Series 7, Bantu Language Digital Archive (BantuDArc).