Yuriko Miyamoto Caltabiano was born in Tokyo. She earned her B.A. degree in Japanese Linguistics, and her M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics from Sophia University in Tokyo. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition and Development) from University of California at Davis. Her publications are: "Gaikoku ni tsunagaru kodomo ni taisuru kateikyoshi borantia no yakuwari", Sophia Junior College Faculty Journal, 2009; "Children's negotiation of multicultural identities and multiple languages in Japan: An ethnographic study of a Cambodian boy", Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, 2009; "Consequences of shifting styles in Japanese: L1 listeners' attitudes towards L2 speakers' politeness", Second Language Research Forum Proceedings, 2008.
