Background

Affiliation

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics) at University of Auckland, New Zealand.
M.A. (Language Science) at Nanzan University, Japan.

Employment

2019–
Professor, Kansai University, Japan
2017–2019
Associate Professor, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
2014–2017
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2012–2014
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Professional Service

Executive Board Member

International Association for Task-Based Language Teaching (IATBLT) (2015–2019)

Journal Editorship

Editor of Research Issues for Journal of Asia TEFL (2017–2022)
Japanese Associate Editor for JALT Journal (2018–2020)

Editorial Advisory Board Member

  • TESOL Quarterly (2013–2016, 2022–)
  • ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (2017–)
  • System (2020-)
  • TASK – Journal on Task-based Language Teaching and Learning (2021-)
  • Journal of Second Language Writing (2017–2019)

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