Gaby Benthien (BEd, MEd, EdD) is Associate Professor at Shumei University in Chiba, and Adjunct Lecturer at Chuo University in Tokyo. She has been teaching foreign languages (Japanese, German and English) to a range of age levels and in a variety of teaching contexts in Australia and Japan for nearly 30 years.

The majority of her recent classes have been related to intercultural understanding and L2 education classes for students taking elementary education license credits. Her research interests include L2 teacher education and development, L2 motivation, socio-cultural aspects of language education, intercultural communication and understanding and study abroad. In her free time, Gaby enjoys being outdoors, being creative, and exploring Japan and other countries. Gaby is a member of the JALT Teaching Younger Learners SIG, Intercultural Education in Language Learning SIG and Teacher Development SIG and is also involved with the JACET-based Japanese Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages for Elementary school Teacher Education (JPOSTL elementary)

Chris is an Associate Professor at Atomi University. He has postgraduate degrees in philosophy from Canterbury University and King's College London, and in applied linguistics from Victoria Uni; is a Commonwealth Scholar, and a Daiwa Anglo-Japan Foundation Scholar. He spent over a decade helping turn an educational software startup into a major international player in the ELL space, and moved to Japan and back to academia in 2017. His research interests include a wide range of topics in EFL, plus non-classical logics and the foundations of science and epistemology.

Vincent is a lecturer in English Education at Rikkyo University. He earned his MA in Theatre Performance from the University of Essex and he is receiving his MA in English Language Teaching from London Metropolitan University in 2020. Before coming to Japan, Vincent has taught in language centers, high schools, and universities in Australia, USA, and Taiwan His current research interests include educational technology, CALL, educational theatre, and ESL activity design.

Brennan received a B.A. in Screenwriting and a B.F.A. in Craft. He is currently an M.S.Ed. candidate in the TESOL program at Temple University, Japan Campus, and an instructor in an academic English writing program in Tokyo.

Darla is an assistant language teacher at Japanese public schools in the Tokyo area. She received her BA in International Studies and her MA in Japanese Culture. In the process, she discovered her love of teaching working with second language learners at writing centers.

Charu is an Lecturer in English Education at Rikkyo Univeristy. She has an M.S.Ed. in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to Japan, she taught at schools, univeristies, and community centers in Philadelphia and India. Her research interests include pragmatics, reflective learning and corrective feedback.

Marian has taught Japanese preschool, elementary, junior and senior high students for many years and has an RSA post-graduate diploma in teaching English as a Foreign Language from Edinburgh University.

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Lydia has an MA in TESOL and teaches at various universities in Kanagawa and Tokyo.

Scott McLellan teaches at various private and public universities in the Tokyo area. He currently lives in Ota-ku with his wife and their new baby. He holds a B. A in the History and Philosophy of Science from UBC, and an M.Ed in TESOL from Temple University. His areas of professional interest include Extensive Reading, Task-Based Language Teaching, and Flipped Instruction. His personal interests include cask-strength bourbon, world travel, and buying books he doesn’t have time to read.

Christopher Nicklin has been teaching English at Japanese Universities for the past six years. He also works as a data analyst for an online English instruction application. He graduated from the M. S. Ed TESOL program at Temple University, Japan in 2016 and has recently completed the coursework and examination on Temple University's Doctoral program. He will defend his dissertation proposal in 2020. His areas of research are vocabulary acquisition, particularly psycholinguistic research methodology and collocation processing.

Rab is the Director, Webmaster, Treasurer, and Conference Co-Chair of the Asia Association for Global Studies, Editorial Board Member of the Asia Journal for Global Studies, Fellow of the British Royal Asiatic Society, and holds memberships in many ed-tech organisations. BA in Asian History & MA in Asian Studies from London University's School of Oriental Studies, Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy & MS in Multidisciplinary Studies from State University of New York (Buffalo), Doctoral Candidate at UCL's Institute of Education, Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Educator, Google Education Group Leader, Google Trainer, and Google Innovator.

Maiko Sawada has worked as a translator for the Financial Times, the French Embassy in Japan, UNHCR Tokyo Office and other established global media outlets, businesses and administrations. As a result she has a great deal of experience in the organization of sophisticated and multi-lingual work environments. In addition she graduated with a B.A. from the International Christian University, Tokyo, and earned her M.A. in International Studies from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. Currently she teaches English Communications and International Studies in Japan as she just likes people.

Liling received her B.A. in Sociology from UCLA. She is currently studying to obtain her M. S. Ed. degree in the TESOL program at Temple University, Japan Campus. She currently works as an English instructor at Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages.

Jackie has spent the last 20 years travelling and teaching in various countries around the world, with the last nine in Japan. Currently, she teaches at Kyorin University and has recently completed a Master's in TESOL at Temple University, Japan. Her main educational interests include extensive reading, usage-based methodologies and task-based learning.

Haruka received her B.A. in International Communication from Kanda University of International Studies, part of which included one year studying at Aarhus University, Denmark. She completed her M. S. Ed. degree in the TESOL program at Temple University, Japan Campus. She currently works as an Eikaiwa school manager and teaches English.