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NAME: Akeba, Yumiko
TOPIC(S): Pronunciation, Listening, Vocabulary Building, ER, Intensive Reading, Bilingualism, Public Speaking
CONTACT: info@englishbootcamp.jp
NAME: Alizadeh, Mehrasa
TOPIC(S): CALL
CONTACT: alizadeh.mehrasa@lab.ime.cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp
NAME: Ashurova, Umida
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Gifu 2015
TOPIC(S): Learner Autonomy, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Education, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies
CONTACT: umidainnagoya@gmail.com
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NAME: Berger, Maiko
TOPIC(S): Study Abroad, Learner Autonomy, Extensive Reading, Curriculum Development and Assurance of LearninStudy Abroad, Learner Autonomy, Extensive Reading, Curriculum Development and Assurance of Learning
CONTACT: maiko@apu.ac.jp
NAME: Burke, Alex
TOPIC(S): Learning Differences, Dyslexia and Young Learners, Inclusive classrooms, and Neuroscience/ neurodiversity, ADHD, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, autism and colour vision diversity (colourblindness)
CONTACT: feadoga1@gmail.com
NAME: Bussinguer-Khavari, Vivian
TOPIC(S): Performance in Education (PiE), Intercultural Communication (ICC), Heritage Language Education (HLE)
CONTACT: equalityeltjapan@gmail.com
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NAME: Chalmers Takeuchi, Catriona
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Kobe 2017
TOPIC(S): YL, ER
CONTACT: catriona.takeuchi@gmail.com
NAME: Clark, Gretchen
TOPIC(S): Critical Thinking, Speaking
CONTACT: gretchen3clark@gmail.com
NAME: Collins, Kristie
TOPIC(S): Gender (Media in the EFL Classroom)
CONTACT: kristiecollins@yahoo.com http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/about/teachers?tid=203
NAME: Cook, Melodie
TOPIC(S): Professional development (getting published), Testing (high-stakes testing in Japan), Teacher Education, Academic Writing, Child Welfare (Raising Adopted/Foster Children in Japan)
CONTACT: cookmelo@unii.ac.jp
NAME: Cusen, Oana
TOPIC(S): Multilingualism and Project Based Learning and Teaching (PBLT)
CONTACT: oana.in.jalt@gmail.com
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NAME: Doiron, Heather
TOPIC(S): ER, Activating Prior Knowledge, Interactive EFL Reading
CONTACT: heatherdoiron@gmail.com
NAME: Donnery, Eucharia
TOPIC(S): CLIL (Process Drama), Drama (Presentations and Workshops), CALL, Gender (in Technological Environments) Motivation
CONTACT: donnery@sc.shonan-it.ac.jp
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NAME: Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Tottori 2017
TOPIC(S): Neuroscience and ELT (Music, Adolescent Brain, Sleep, Working Memory), Extensive Reading, Media Studies (Pop Culture), Bilingualism, International Schooling, Bullying
CONTACT: agillis@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
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NAME: Gough, Wendy
TOPIC(S): Case Study Research, ER (Reading Circles), Journaling
CONTACT: gisellenolet@gmail.com
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NAME: Ha, Farrah
TOPIC(S): Assistant Language Teachers in Japan, High School English Education, Immigration in Japan, Nikkei/Sansei Communities
CONTACT: farrahhas@gmail.com
NAME: Habbick, Mayuka
TOPIC(S): Pronunciation, Learner Autonomy, Motivation, Debate, Critical Thinking, Teacher Training
CONTACT: mayuka.habbick@eigo-kyoiku.com
NAME: Haynes, Louise
TOPIC(S): Global Issues, Gender
CONTACT: louise@hum.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
NAME: Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Kitakyushu 2011, Best of JALT Nankyu 2016
TOPIC(S): Materials Development, Young Learner Education, Technology for Young Learners, Teacher Training, Professional Development (online), Communities of Practice, Educational Reform in YL Education (Global Context), Teachers Working in Challenging Circumstances (Developing Countries)
CONTACT: barbsaka@gmail.com
NAME: Howard, L’Shawn
TOPIC(S): Coaching, Professional Development, L2 Writing
CONTACT: lshawn77@gmail.com
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NAME: Ito, Lesley
TOPIC(S): Early Childhood Education (CLIL, ER and Consciousness Raising)
CONTACT: lesleyito@gmail.com
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NAME: Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Literature in Language Teaching 2018
TOPIC(S): Gender, Poetry, Disability, Cooperative Learning, Learner
Differences, Content-Based Teaching, Bilingual Courses
CONTACT: janejoritznakagawa@gmail.com
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NAME: Kadota, Linda
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT CALL 2017
TOPIC(S): Intercultural Studies, CALL (Reading), Poetry and Local Culture
CONTACT: lindakadota@hotmail.com
NAME: Kaiser, Meagan
TOPIC(S): Education and Child Development, Young Learners, EFL Listening and Pronunciation, Technology in Education
CONTACT: kaisermeaganrenee@tokushima-u.ac.jp kaisermeaganrenee@gmail.com
NAME: Kamata, Suzanne
TOPIC(S): Creative Writing, Disability, Parenting a Disabled Child
CONTACT: suekamata@msn.co, skamata@naruto-u.ac.jp
NAME: Kamada, Laurel
Book Award: IGALA prize “Best Book on Gender and Language 2010-2011
TOPIC(S): Identity (Bilingual Identity, Mixed-Ethnicity, ‘Halfness’ in Japan), Discourse analysis (Including Post Structuralist and Feminist Post Structuralist Discourse Analysis), Bilingualism and Bilingual Identity, Multiculturalism, Intercultural Communication, Methodological Approaches to Linguistics, Qualitative Methodology, Pronunciation, Diversity (Inclusion), Presentation, Public Speaking
Disability and Recovery
CONTACT: laurelkmada2015@gmail.com
NAME: Kassim, Samar
TOPIC(S): Intercultural Communication, CALL
CONTACT: samark777@gmail.com
NAME: Kato, Masako
TOPIC(S): Intercultural Communication, Study Abroad
CONTACT: hallmasako1@hotmail.com
NAME: Kawakami, Aya
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Speech, Debate and Drama 2013
TOPIC(S): Drama in Education, Creative Writing, Gender
CONTACT: akawakam@asu.aasa.ac.jp
NAME: Kawanishi, Kei
TOPIC(S): Academic Writing, Writing Instruction, Feedback, ELF
CONTACT: kwns@mukogawa-u.ac.jp
NAME: Kim, Margaret
TOPIC(S): Intercultural training, Gender equality
CONTACT: margaret@otemae.ac.jp
NAME: Kimura, Julia
TOPIC(S): Communities of Practice, Gender, Unions
CONTACT: taru.julia.kimura@temple.edu
NAME: Kitzman Alison
TOPIC(S): ER (Creating ER Libraries), Student Goal Setting, Needs Analysis, Pronunciation (Natural Speech Phenomena), Motivation, Materials (Writing and Deciding), Teacher-Training, Class Management
CONTACT: abkitz@bus.kindai.ac.jp
NAME: Knezevic, Julija
TOPIC(S): Medical English, Interpreting and Translation Studies, Gender Studies
CONTACT: julija@gi-miaj.org
NAME: Kojima, Rika
TOPIC(S): Business English, Getting ELT Materials Published, Sales, Getting into the Publishing Business
CONTACT: rika.kojima@cengage.com
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NAME: Littlehale Oki, Catherine
TOPIC(S): Study Abroad (Prepping Students for SA Research)
CONTACT: okicatherinelittlehale@gmail.com
NAME: Lucovich, Dawn Jin
TOPIC(S): Linguistic Landscapes, Discourse Communities, Vocabulary,
CONTACT: JALT.Lucovich@gmail.com
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NAME: Mayeda, Ann
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Kobe 2017
TOPIC(S): Learner Autonomy, Teacher Training, Young Learner Education, ER in Developing Communities
CONTACT: amayeda@konan-wu.ac.jp
NAME: McCandie, Tanja
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Gifu 2019
TOPIC(S): Gender, ER, Learner Autonomy, Teacher Autonomy
CONTACT: mccandie@hotmail.com
NAME: Miyuki, Hiroko
TOPIC(S): Energy Environment Education, Radiation Education, Discussion (MeYou cafe), Young Learners, Study Abroad
CONTACT: 0620.hiroko.w.miyuki@gmail.com
NAME: Morrison, Barbara
TOPIC(S): Gender, Critical Thinking
CONTACT: jrconsult6@gmail.com
NAME: Mulvey, Sarah
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT GALE 2012
TOPIC(S): CLIL (Positive Psychology and Classroom Usage), Gender
CONTACT: sarahmulvey@yahoo.ca
NAME: Murata, Yasumi
TOPIC(S): Linguistics, Discourse Strategies (Politeness and Speech Acts)
CONTACT: yasumim@meijo-u.ac.jp
NAME: Mynard, Jo
TOPIC(S): Learner Autonomy, Advising, Motivation, Self-Access, Self-Directed Learning, Learning Beyond the Classroom, Qualitative Research, CALL
CONTACT: jomynard@gmail.com
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NAME: Nagatomo, Diane Hawley
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT GALE 2016
TOPIC(S): Personal and professional identity of EFL teachers, the Japanese context for EFL teaching, gender issues, developing EFL materials for the Japanese market, workshops on academic writing
CONTACT: hawley.diane.edla@ocha.ac.jp
NAME: Nakamura, Mari
TOPIC(S): CLIL, Literacy Education for Young Learners, Motivation, Storytelling, Young Learners , Teenagers
CONTACT: mari-@pop02.odn.ne.jp
NAME: Nobuoka, Mary
TOPIC(S): Bilingualism and CALL, Leadership
CONTACT: m.nobuoka@gmail.com
NAME: Noxon, Erin
TOPIC(S): Professional Development (for teachers in EdTech, CALL, Google for Education, TPACK, Super Science and Super Global High School programs), Study Abroad (Developing High School Exchange Programs), Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, and Global Education
CONTACT: erinnoxon@gmail.com
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NAME: Ohashi, Louise
TOPIC(S): CALL/MALL, Learner Autonomy, Motivation
CONTACT: ohashi@meiji.ac.jp
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NAME: Patterson, Rachel
TOPIC(S): Business English, Critical Thinking, Debate, EAP, Presentations, Teaching Education/ Training, Vocabulary
CONTACT: rypttrsn@gmail.com
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NAME: Roloff Rothman, Jennie
TOPIC(S): Curriculum, Leadership, Teacher Development, Professional Development, Faculty Development, Reflective Practice, Writing (Peer Feedback in L2 Writing, Writing Centers), Critical Thinking, Global Issues
CONTACT: rothman-j@kanda.kuis.ac.jp
NAME: Ruegg, Rachael
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT 2013
TOPIC(S): Composition, L2 Writing, EAP, Assessment, EMI
CONTACT: rachaelruegg@gmail.com
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NAME: Saki, Michi
TOPIC(S): Intercultural Communication, Ethnic Minority School Children, Public Schooling, Learning Support in Japan
CONTACT: michimako3@gmail.com
NAME: Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
TOPIC(S): Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Critical Thinking Skills, Contextualisation of English, Psychology of Language
CONTACT: schieber@apu.ac.jp
NAME: Smith, Eleanor
TOPIC(S): Intercultural Communication, Critical Thinking, ELF
CONTACT: elliemsmith426@gmail.com
NAME: Smith, Jenn
TOPIC(S): Business Management (Corporate Diversity Strategy; Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance, International Account Management and Business Development)
CONTACT: Jenn.fukuyama@gmail.com
NAME: Sullivan, Susan
TOPIC(S): Creativity, Creative Writing, Learner Autonomy, Student Led Learning, Life Long Learning, Flipped Classroom, Communicative Competence, Gender, Generating Discussion, Intercultural Communication)
CONTACT: susan.sullivan1@uowmail.edu.au
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NAME: Tabuchi, Mayumi
TOPIC(S): Teaching Young Japanese Learners, Japanese Elementary School English, Story Telling
CONTACT: jeskyoto@gmail.com
NAME: Takano, Yoko
TOPIC(S): ER, CLIL, Learner Autonomy, CLT
CONTACT: okidoki405@gmail.com
NAME: Tanaka, Kathryn
TOPIC(S): CLIL (Literature, Human Rights, Cultural Studies, Medical Humanities), Translation, Active Learning
CONTACT: k.tanaka@otemae.ac.jp
NAME: Taylor, Jamie
TOPIC(S): Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism, Content-Based Teaching
CONTACT: taylorjamiec@gmail.com
NAME: Tatsuki, Donna
TOPIC(S): Teaching Pragmatics, Model United Nations, Narratives, Literary Texts in ELT, Materials Development
CONTACT: dhtatsuki@gmail.com
NAME: Teeter, Jennifer
TOPIC(S): Art, Virtual Reality, CALL, using TED videos, Academic Writing, Shadowing, Content Based Teaching (Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, Environment and environment and sustainability, intercultural communication)
CONTACT: jteeter@kyoto-seika.ac.jp
NAME: Tubby, Janina
TOPIC(S): Bilingualism, Leadership, YL
CONTACT: office@kobils.ed.jp
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NAME: Verla Uchida, Adrianne
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Teacher Development 2019
TOPIC(S): Project-Based Learning, Curriculum Design, Professional Development, EFL Writing
CONTACT: verla.uchida@nihon-u.ac.jp
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NAME: Yanase, Chiyuki
Presentation Awards: Kevin Clearly Invited Speaker 2019
Best of JALT Gunma 2016
TOPIC(S): Story-Based Approach, Collaborative Learning, CLIL, Learner Autonomy, Creativity, Self-Efficacy, Extensive Reading, Young Learners
CONTACT: chiyanase@gmail.com
NAME: Yasuda, Yukiko
TOPIC(S): Self-Regulated Learning, Motivation, Cooperative Learning
CONTACT: yasuda@ge.kobegakuin.ac.jp
NAME: Yokota, Gerry
TOPIC(S): Gender Issues, Diversity and Inclusion, Harassment Prevention, Applied Cognitive Linguistics, Intercultural Communication
CONTACT: gyokota@lang.osaka-u.ac.jp
NAME: Yoshida, Amanda
Presentation Awards: Best of JALT Gunma 2019
TOPIC(S): Integrating Intercultural Communication Training in the English Classroom
CONTACT: tyisogai@fbc.keio.ac.jp
NAME: Yoshida, Amanda
TOPIC(S): Reflective Practices, Teaching Diaries, Teacher Emotions, Action Research, Learner Reflection
CONTACT: yoshida-am@kanda.kuis.ac.jp
NAME: Yphantides, Jennifer
TOPIC(S): Inclusion (Neurodiverse Students in the Classroom), Gender (Women and Leadership in Higher Education in Japan), ER (Reading Strategies, Establishing Programs)
CONTACT: jennifer.yphantides@gmail.com
See also: Women presenters by topic area, Male allies