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Participants in the Roundtables
 Dr. Paul Kei Matsudais a professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing at Arizona State University. He is also Concurrent Professor at Nanjing University and Zhengzhou University, founding chair of the Symposium on Second Language Writing, and editor of the Parlor Press Series on Second Language Writing. He is also an immediate past president of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). |  Dr. Shannon Tangheis an assistant professor and Department Chair of the Graduate School of TESOL at Dankook University near Seoul, South Korea. Shannon was recently recognized as 2016 TESOL Teacher of the Year by the TESOL International Association. She has recent publications in System, Asia Pacific Education Review, English Today and forthcoming in TESOL Quarterly. Shannon’s research interests include teacher education, World Englishes, and teacher collaboration. |  Dr. Hyejeong Ahnis a lecturer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Her teaching experience spans from teaching English writing skills for academic purposes, English as an International Language, and intercultural communication skills in professional and academic contexts. Her research area specializes in the field of the educational linguistics with a clear focus on teaching English as an International Language (EIL) and World Englishes. |
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 Mr. Vutha Rosis a Bachelor’s Programs Coordinator at Department of English, Institute of Foreign Languages at Royal University of Phnom Penh. He obtained a Master of Education in Higher Education from the University of Hong Kong in 2014. His teaching areas include Applied Linguistics, Proposal Writing, Research Methodology, Writing Skills and ELT Management. His research interests are higher education, professional development, academic profession, independent learning, and ELT management. |  Dr. Mark Dressmanis a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, and a current Fulbright Senior Scholar at universities in Rabat, Meknes, and Fes (2014-2016) to design new ways of teaching English in Moroccan universities. His areas of expertise include L1 and L2 English education, literacy studies, secondary education, qualitative and ethnographic research, curriculum studies, and teacher education. |  Dr. Randall Sadleris an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is tthe co-owner of the EduNation Islands located in the Virtual World Second Life. He is currently an executive board member of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). His research interests include CMC and language learning (CMCLL), Virtual Worlds and Language Learning (VWLL). |
 Dr. Yuji Nakamurais Professor of English at Keio U. He teaches English Teaching Methodology, and English and English Education in Japan and in East Asia in the Age of Globalization. He is a Past President of JLTA, and has been the chair of　the Testing SIG of JACET.　 His current interests include L2 reading assessment, and foreign language teaching and learning.　His main focus has been on developing in-house placement tests and doing longitudinal analysis of students’ English proficiency. |  Dr. Chun Laiis an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the U. of Hong Kong. Her research interests include self-directed language learning beyond the classroom, technology enhanced language learning, and language teacher education. Her most recent projects entail understanding the nature of self-directed language learning with technology beyond the classroom. She serves on the editorial board of CALICO Journal and CALL Journal. |  Dr. Wen-chi Vivian Wuis a professor of the Department of English Language at Providence University in Taiwan. She has published extensively on CALL, MALL, cross-cultural communication, tele-collaboration, robotics learning, and learner motivation in CALL and technology-related prestigious journals, including CALL, System, Educational Technology and Society (ETS), and Interactive Learning Environments. She is on the editorial board of CALL Journal and serves as an executive peer-reviewer of ETS Journal. |
 Ju Seong (John) Leeis a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). His research interests include computer-assisted language learning (CALL) -- particularly, videoconferencing and informal digital learning of English, English as an International Language (EIL), and teacher preparation/development. |  Dr. Marta González-Lloretis an Associate Professor at University of Hawai‘i, Manoa. Her research focuses on technology and TBLT, L2 pragmatic acquisition through technology, and the uses of CA for the study of CMC. She is an executive board member of CALICO, CALICO Journal, LL&T Journal and the International Consortium of TBLT. She is an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistic (with Carol Chapelle as the general editor) and co-editor of the NFLRC book series Pragmatics and Language Learning. |  Dr. Eliane Segati Rios Registrohas a Ph.D. degree in Language Studies having, as a research focus, the teaching of EFL in Brazil. She is a professor at State University of Northern Parana and carries out studies concerning the use of literary texts for the teaching of EFL, teacher´s to be education and internationalization, publishing articles and books on those themes. She is currently the international office coordinator, promoting different actions for the internationalization of the university. |
 Dr. Nur Arifah Drajatiis an English Literature Teacher in SMA Labschool Jakarta. She is also a board member in The Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Her current interests are action research, the use of technology in language learning and professional teacher development. She got grant for presenting her paper in Fleat 6 in Harvard University in 2015 from US Embassy. Recently, she is on research of reading and writing using journal and digital tool. |  Dr. Nugrahenny Zachariasreceived her Ph.D. in Composition and TESOL from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is the former dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature at Satya Wacana Christian University in Indonesia. She has published a number of books and articles on English as an International Language, qualitative research, and discourse analysis. She will also be a plenary speaker for RELC conference in 2016 in Singapore. |  Dr. Kilyoung Leeis the Dean of the College of Education and a professor of English education at Hankuk U. of Foreign Studies, Seoul. He is the immediate past president of Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK). He is an executive director of Asia TEFL. He is also one of the plenary speakers at 2015 ALAK International Conference. He has been hosting the National Secondary School English Teacher Contest for ten years. His research interests include teacher education and reflective teaching. |
 Dr. Masaki Odais Professor of Applied Linguistics and the Director of Center for English as a Lingua Franca at Tamagawa U. His primary interests include socio-political aspects of language teaching including Native vs. Non-native speaker issues, language policy, and learner beliefs. He is a vice president of Asia TEFL and has presented frequently at International Conferences including TESOL, AILA, Asia TEFL, JACET, KATE, and TEFLIN as well as given invited talks at various universities. |  Dr. Xuesong (Andy) Gaois an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. His current research and teaching interests are in the areas of learner autonomy, sociolinguistics, language learning narratives and language teacher education. He has published widely in journals including Applied Linguistics, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Teaching Research, Studies in Higher Education, System, Teaching and Teacher Education, and TESOL Quarterly. |  Dr. Aya Matsudais an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for TESOL International Association. Her research interests include the use of English as an international language and its pedagogical implications. Her edited volume, Principles and practices of teaching English as an international language (2012), was published by Multilingual Matters. |
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