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- Here is a list of international female speakers that are also interested in presenting and/or speaking at conferences.
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This page is in alphabetical order of areas of expertise so one person may appear more than once.
Academic Writing
Cook, Melodie
Kawanishi, Kei (Academic Writing and Writing Instructions)
Nagatomo, Diane Hawley (Workshops)
Action Research
Yoshida, Amanda
Activating Prior Knowledge
Doiron, Heather
Active Learning
Tanaka, Kathryn
Advising
Mynard, Jo
Applied Cognitive Linguistics
Yokota, Gerry
Art
Teeter, Jennifer
Assessment & Exams
Lucovich, Dawn Jin
Ruegg, Rachael
Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) in Japan
Ha, Farrah
Assurance of Learning
Berger, Maiko
Bilingualism
Akeba, Yumiko
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane (Bilingual Courses)
Kamada, Laurel (Bilingualism and Bilingual Identity)
Nobuoka, Mary
Tubby, Janina
Business English
Kojima, Rika
Patterson, Rachel
Business Management
Smith, Jenn (Corporate Diversity Strategy; Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance, International Account Management and Business Development)
Bullying
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda
Case Study Research
Gough, Wendy
Child Welfare
Cook, Melodie (Raising Adopted/Foster Children in Japan)
Class Management
Kitzman, Allison
Coaching
Howard, L’Shawn (Professional Development)
Collaborative Learning
Yanase, Chiyuki
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Alizadeh, Mehrasa
Donnery, Eucharia
Kadota, Linda (Reading)
Kassim, Samar
Mynard, Jo
Nobuoka, Mary
Ohashi, Louise
Teeter, Jennifer
Communicative Competence
Sullivan, Susan
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
Takano, Yoko
Community Building
Gough, Wendy (Journaling)
Communities of Practise
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara
Kimura, Julia
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Donnery, Eucharia (Process Drama)
Ito, Lesley
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Mulvey, Sarah (Positive Psychology, CLIL-Based Classrooms)
Nakamura, Mari
Takano, Yoko
Tanaka, Kathryn (Literature, Human Rights, Cultural Studies, Medical Humanities)
Teeter, Jennifer (Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, Environment and Sustainability, Intercultural Communication)
Yanase, Chiyuki
Contextualisation of English
Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
Cooperative Learning
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Yasuda, Yukiko
Creativity
Sullivan, Susan
Yanase, Chiyuki
Creative Writing
Kamata, Suzanne
Kawakami, Aya
Sullivan, Susan
Critical Thinking
Clark, Gretchen
Habbick, Mayuka
Morrison, Barbara
Patterson, Rachel
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
Smith, Eleanor
Curriculum Development
Berger, Maiko
Noxon, Erin
Curriculum and Syllabus Design
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Verla Uchida, Adrianne
Debate
Habbick, Mayuka
Patterson, Rachel
Disability
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Kamada, Laurel (Disability and Recovery)
Kamata, Suzanne
Yphantides, Jennifer (Inclusion)
Discourse
Kamada, Laurel (Discourse Analysis including Feminist Post Structuralist Discourse Analysis and Post Structuralist Discourse Analysis)
Lucovich, Dawn Jin
Murata, Yasumi (Discourse Strategies for Politeness and Speech Acts)
Discussion
Miyuki, Hiroko (MeYou cafe)
Diversity and Inclusion
Kamada, Laurel
Yokota, Gerry
Drama
Bussinguer-Khavari, Vivian
Donnery, Eucharia (Presentations and Workshops)
Kawakami, Aya
Dyslexia
Burke, Alex
EFL Teaching
Nagatomo, Diane Hawley (Japanese Context)
ELT Publishing
Kojima, Rika (Getting ELT Materials Published, Sales, Getting into the Publishing Business )
Energy Environmental Education
Miyuki, Hiroko
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Patterson, Rachel
Ruegg, Rachael
English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
Kawanishi, Kei
Smith, Eleanor
English Medium Instruction (EMI)
Ruegg, Rachael
Ethnic Minority School Children
Saki Michi
Early Childhood Education and/or Development
Ito, Lesley (CLIL, ER and Consciousness Raising)
Kaiser, Meagan
Nakamura, Mari (Literacy Education for Young Learners)
Tabuchi, Mayumi
Educational Reform
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara (Younger Learners)
Extensive Reading (ER)
Akeba, Yumiko
Berger, Maiko
Chalmers Takeuchi, Catriona
Doiron, Heather
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda
Gough, Wendy (Reading Circles)
Ito, Lesley
Kitzman, Allison (Creating ER Libraries)
Mayeda, Ann (ER in Developing Communities)
McCandie. Tanja
Takano, Yoko
Yanase, Chiyuki
Yphantides, Jennifer (Reading Strategies, Establishing Programs)
Faculty Development
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Feedback
Kawanishi, Kei
Flipped Classrooms
Sullivan, Susan
Gender
Collins, Kristie (Gender & Media)
Donnery, Eucharia (Technological Environments)
Haynes, Louise
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Kawakami, Aya
Kim, Margaret
Kimura, Julia
Knezevic, Julija
McCandie, Tanja
Morrison, Barbara
Mulvey, Sarah
Nagatomo, Diane Hawley
Sullivan, Susan
Yokota, Gerry
Yphantides, Jennifer (Women and Leadership in Higher Education in Japan)
Generating Discussion
Sullivan, Susan
Global Education
Noxon, Erin
Global Issues
Haynes, Louise
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Harassment Prevention
Yokota, Gerry
Heritage Language Education (HLE)
Bussinguer-Khavari, Vivian
Identity
Kamada, Laurel (Bilingual Identity, Mixed-Ethnicity, ‘Halfness’ in Japan)
Nagatomo, Diane Hawley (Personal and Professional for EFL Teachers)
Inclusive Classrooms
Burke, Alex
Instructional Design
Noxon, Erin
Intercultural Communication
Bussinguer-Khavari, Vivian
Kamada, Laurel
Kassim, Samar
Kato, Masako
Saki Michi
Smith, Eleanor
Sullivan, Susan
Yoshida, Tomoko (Integrating Intercultural Communication Training in the English Classroom)
Yokota, Gerry
Intercultural Studies
Kadota, Linda (Local Culture)
Intercultural Training
Kim, Margaret
International Schooling
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda
Interpreting and Translation Studies
Knezevic, Julija
Learner Autonomy
Ashurova, Umida
Berger, Maiko
Habbick, Mayuka
Mayeda, Ann
McCandie, Tanja
Mynard, Jo
Ohashi, Louise
Sullivan, Susan
Takano, Yoko
Yanase, Chiyuki
Learner Differences
Burke, Alex
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Leadership
McCandie, Tanja Nobuoka, Mary
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Tubby, Janina
Learner Reflection
Yoshida, Amanda
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Mynard, Jo
Learning Support
Saki, Michi
Lifelong Learning
Sullivan, Susan
Linguistics
Kamada, Laurel (Methodological Approaches to Linguistics)
Murata, Yasumi
Linguistic Landscapes
Lucovich, Dawn Jin (Applied Linguistics, Pedagogical Linguistics)
Listening
Akeba, Yumiko
Kaiser, Meagan
Literacy
Tatsuki, Donna (Literary Texts in ELT)
Materials
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara (Development)
Kitzman, Allison (Writing and Deciding)
Nagatomo, Diane Hawley (Development for Japanese Market)
Tatsuki, Donna (Materials Development)
Medical English
Knezevic, Julija
Media Studies
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda (Pop Culture)
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
Ohashi, Louise
Model United Nations
Tatsuki, Donna
Motivation
Donnery, Eucharia
Habbick, Mayuka
Kitzman, Allison
Mynard, Jo
Nakamura, Mari
Ohashi, Louise
Yasuda, Yukiko
Multiculturalism
Ha, Farrah (Immigration in Japan, Nikkei/Sansei Communities)
Kamada, Laurel
Multilingualism
Cusen, Oana
Narratives
Tatsuki, Donna
Needs Analysis
Kitzman, Allison
Neuroscience and ELT
Burke, Alex
Gillis-Furutaka, Amanda (Music, Adolescent Brain, Sleep, Working Memory)
Parenting a Disabled Child
Kamata, Suzanne
Performance in Education (PiE)
Bussinguer-Khavari, Vivian
Poetry
Joritz-Nakagawa, Jane
Kadota, Linda
Pragmatics
Tatsuki, Donna (Teaching Pragmatics)
Presentations
Cahill, Kathleen
Kamada, Laurel
Patterson, Rachel
Professional Development
Cook, Melodie (Getting Published)
Howard, L’Shawn (Coaching)
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara (Online)
Noxon, Erin (EdTech, CALL, Google for Education, TPACK, Super Science and Super Global High School programs)
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Verla Uchida, Adrianne
Project Based Learning and Teaching (PBLT)
Cusen, Oana
Verla Uchida, Adrianne
Pronunciation
Akeba, Yumiko
Habbick, Mayuka
Kaiser, Meagan
Kamada, Laurel
Kitzman, Allison
Psycholinguistics
Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
Taylor, Jamie
Psychology of Language
Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
Public Schooling
Saki, Michi
Public Speaking
Kamada, Laurel
Akeba, Yumiko
Qualitative Research
Kamada, Laurel (Qualitative Methodology)
Mynard, Jo
Radiation Education
Miyuki, Hiroko
Reading (Non-ER Related)
Akeba, Yumiko (Intensive Reading)
Doiron, Heather (Interactive EFL Reading)
Nakamura, Mari (Literacy Education for Young Learners)
Reflective Practice
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Yoshida, Amanda
Second Language Acquisition
Schieber (Otsuru), Sophie
Secondary English Education
Ha, Farrah (High School English Education)
Self-Access
Mynard, Jo
Self-Efficacy
Yanase, Chiyuki
Self-Regulated/Directed Learning
Mynard, Jo
Yasuda, Yukiko
Sociolinguistics
Ashurova, Umida
Speaking
Clark, Gretchen
Story Telling
Nakamura, Mari
Tabuchi, Mayumi
Story-Based Approach
Yanase, Chiyuki
Student Goal Setting
Kitzman, Allison
Student Led Learning
Sullivan, Susan
Study Abroad
Berger, Maiko
Kato, Masako
Littlehale Oki, Catherine (Prepping students for study abroad research)
Noxon, Erin (Developing High School Exchange Programs)
Miyuki, Hiroko
Teacher Autonomy
Ashurova, Umida
McCandie, Tanja
Teacher Development
McCandie, Tanja
Roloff Rothman, Jennie
Teacher Education/Training
Ashurova, Umida
Cook, Melodie
Habbick, Mayuka
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara
Kitzman, Allison
Mayeda, Ann
McCandie, Tanja
Patterson, Rachel
Teacher Emotions
Yoshida, Amanda
Teacher’s Working in Challenging Circumstances
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara (Developing Nations)
Teaching Diaries
Yoshida, Amanda
Technology in Education
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara (Young Learners and Teens)
Kaiser, Meagan
Teenagers and ELT
Nakamura, Mari
Testing
Cook, Melodie (High-Stakes Testing in Japan)
Translation
Ashurova, Umida
Knezevic, Julija
Tanaka, Kathryn
Unions
Kimura, Julia
Vocabulary
Akeba, Yumiko
Lucovich, Dawn Jin
Patterson, Rachel
Writing
Ruegg, Rachael (Composition, L2 Writing)
Howard, L’Shawn (L2 Writing)
Roloff Rothman, Jennie (Peer Feedback in L2 Writing, Writing Centres)
Verla Uchida, Adrianne (EFL Writing)
Young Learners (YL)
Burke, Alex
Chalmers Takeuchi, Catriona
Hoskins Sakamoto, Barbara
Kaiser, Meagan
Mayeda, Ann
Miyuki, Hiroko
Nakamura, Mari
Tabuchi, Mayumi
Tubby, Janina
Yanase, Chiyuki
See also: Presenters in alphabetical order, Male allies