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President: Bob Sanderson

Treasurer: Trevor Sitler

Co-Treasurer: Mehrasa Alizadeh

Program Co-chairs: Donna Fujimoto, Robert Sheridan, and Trevor Sitler

Publicity Co-chairs: Andrew Blaker (webmaster) and Mark Pileggi

Membership Chair: Naomi Chiba

Publications Chair: Robert Swier

Officers at Large:

Zoe Barber, Rebecca Calman, Paul Mathieson, Claire Murray, Philip Riccobono, Chris Ruddenklau, and Bertlinde Voegel.

Officer profiles:

Bob Sanderson is from Rochester, Minnesota (USA) and has lived and taught in Osaka since 1991. With a BA in History from the University of Colorado and an MA in TESOL from the School for International Training in Vermont, he teaches at Kindai, Osaka Jogakuin, and Hannan Universities.

Trevor Sitler is from the Nashville area of Tennessee (USA) and currently teaches for Aeon language schools in Kyoto and Shiga. He's working on his master's degree in teaching from Birmingham University.
 

Mehrasa Alizadeh is an assistant professor at the International Professional University of Technology in Osaka where she teaches EFL courses. She holds a PhD from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, with a focus on technology enhanced language learning.

Donna Fujimoto has an MA from the University of Hawaii, and an EdD from Temple University Japan. She teaches at Osaka Jogakuin, and is Chair of SIETAR Kansai and Coordinator of JALT's Pragmatics SIG. Her main interests are intercultural education, conversation analysis, and pragmatics.

Robert Sheridan (M.S.Ed. in TESOL) is an associate professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Kindai University in Nara. His research interests include vocabulary acquisition, CLIL, extensive reading, student-centred learning, and the SDGs in language education.

Andrew Blaker is from Auckland, New Zealand, and holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham.

Mark Pileggi is from Massachussetts and has been teaching in Japan since starting as a JET in 1997. He has a B.A. in computer graphics and an M.S. in Education specialization in Curriculum, Instruction and Technology. Currently working full-time at Kobe City College of Technology, he loves technology in the classroom. 

Naomi Chiba is a graduate of Kansai Gaidai University, has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Sydney, and teaches at Kwansei Gakuin University, Konan Women's University, and Osaka Jogakuin University.

Robert Swier is a permanent member of the Faculty of Literature, Arts, and Cultural Studies at Kindai University. He holds graduate degrees in computer science from the University of Rochester and the University of Toronto. He recently completed his doctorate at Kyoto University.

Officers at Large:

Zoe Barber is from Australia, and currently teaches at Konan University CUBE. Her research focus has been on supporting student participation and engagement, with a particular focus on students with additional/special educational needs.

Rebecca Calman is originally from Los Angeles. She currently teaches at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. Her research interests include content area instruction and critical thinking skills.

Paul Mathieson is from Auckland, New Zealand, and has lived in Osaka since 2006. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester (UK), and is currently a PhD candidate at Kyoto University. Paul is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical English at Nara Medical University, where he teaches medical students and nursing students. 

Claire Murray is originally from Canada, and holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham. She has taught EFL to a wide range of students in New Zealand and Japan.

Philip Riccobono (Ph.D.) hails from the U.S. and has lived on both coasts, and now claims Nevada as his home state. He has taught English for more than 20 years in the U.S., Thailand, S. Korea, and Japan. He currently teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His research interests include Corpus-based Technical Vocabulary, vocabulary acquisition, and ESP.

Chris Ruddenklau is from New Zealand and has spent more than half his life in Thailand, Laos, and Japan. He has supported over 200 visits to Laos by teachers in Japan through JALT's Teachers Helping Teachers SIG in support of Lao TESOL.

Bertlinde Voegel is from Austria and a visiting lecturer at Osaka University. She teaches German to beginners and is interested in improving fluency and pronunciation of learners. Recent developments in the field of brain research with all the implications for learning are on her list of interests, too.