Chhayankdhar Singh Rathore is a lecturer at the Department of English for Global Communication in the Faculty of Global Studies at Konan Women's University. His areas of interest include performance in education, language acquisition, TESOL, CLIL, sociolinguistics, self-access learning, and World Englishes. Within performance in education, he is involved in the use of process drama, role-plays, debate, and presentation in English language classrooms. He is a graduate of St. Stephen's College, the University of Delhi, where he read English Literature and Political Science, and of the M.A. TESOL program at Soka University, Japan.

Shirley M. Ando is a retired associate professor at Otemae University where she was the director of its English language education program. Retirement has given her the time to travel, spend time with family, and learn new skills such as creating websites and playing the ukulele. 

Anthony C. Torbert, Kobe Gakuin University, Faculty of Business Administration

Marian Wang is an associate professor at the Center for Education in General Studies at Konan University in Japan. She has taught at Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University, and the International Trade Institute (Taiwan). She has experience working for international organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam American, Partners for Democratic Change, The World Trade Organization, and UNICEF. She holds an Ed. D. from the University of Liverpool, an M.A. in TESOL from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Certificate in International Studies in Economics and Politics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Her research focuses on fostering global citizens and World Englishes. 
 

Louisa Green is an experienced educator and educational technology specialist with over two decades of teaching experience in Japan. Currently, she serves as a part-time lecturer at Mukogawa Women’s University, Osaka Metropolitan University, Konan Women’s University, and Konan’s School of Business. In addition, she is the Director of Green Space Kitano, a newly established learning community and International Saturday School program. She has also taught in Shoin Women’s University’s self-access English space over the past three years and previously taught full-time at Kwansei Gakuin Junior High School and at SMIS’s Saturday School program. She holds a Master of Educational Technology and a Certificate in Technology-Based Distributed Learning from the University of British Columbia, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University. Her professional interests include technology-enhanced learning, project-based education, communication/presentation coaching, and environmental, gender, and cultural studies.

Deepti Mishiro is a part-time lecturer at Osaka Metropolitan and Mukogawa Women’s Universities. She has taught at Kindai University, Faculty of International Studies, and has six years of experience teaching History at Wilson and V.G. Vaze Colleges in Mumbai (India).  She also taught Japanese as a Second Language to undergraduate students at R.G. Ruparel College in Mumbai. She holds an M.A. in History from the University of Mumbai and an M.A. in TESOL from the University of Birmingham (U.K.). Her areas of interest include Verbal and Non-Verbal communication skills, Language Acquisition, and Teaching instructions. 

Kyle Undem is a former participant of the JET Programme (Yamaguchi Prefecture, 2010-2012) and has lived and taught in Japan for nearly ten years. He completed an MA-TESOL at Hamline University (2021) and currently teaches in the Center for Education in General Studies at Konan University in Kobe, Japan. His interests include L2 identity, L2 motivational systems, systemic functional linguistics, and equal opportunity for all learners of English. He also enjoys photography, running, learning Japanese, and writing songs.

Armando Duarte is currently an instructor of English as a foreign language at Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda campus. He is currently the publication chair and one of the editors of Kobe JALT Journal. He was previously chapter president and program chair.

Brent A. Jones grew up in California, Oregon, and Hawaii before coming to Japan in 1989 as an exchange student. He has master's degrees in language education and instructional design from Indiana University and an educational doctorate from the University of Reading. He is currently the Director of Language Programs at Konan University, Hirao School of Management, and has been an officer of Kobe JALT off and on since 1996 (or thereabouts).