People

RILAE Staff

Jo Mynard, Professor, RILAE Director
Jo Mynard is a Professor at Kanda University of International Studies and has been the Director of the Self-Access Learning Center since 2008. She has an M.Phil in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland and an Ed.D. in TEFL from the University of Exeter, UK.
Links: ORCID | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Academic.edu | ResearchMap

Satoko Kato, Associate Professor, Senior Education Coordinator
Satoko Kato is an Associate Professor at the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at KUIS. She specializes in learner autonomy and teacher autonomy and holds a Ph.D. degree in Education from Hiroshima University, Japan,  and a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Links: ResearchMap | ResearchGate

Hayo Reinders, Senior Research Advisor
Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is a TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA. He has published in the areas of autonomy, technology, teacher education and out-of-class learning. He edits a book series for Palgrave Macmillan and is editor of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.

Ward Peeters, Visiting Professor
Ward Peeters holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and researches social network impact in language learning and teaching. He has coordinated several research projects in Belgium, Japan and South Africa as part of an extensive study on computer-supported collaborative work and learner autonomy.
Links: ResearchGate | ORCID | Google Scholar

Current and Past Instructors

  • Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa Razafindratsimba
  • Phillip A. Bennett
  • Curtis Edlin
  • Gamze Guven-Yalcin
  • Yuri Imamura
  • Hatice Karaaslan
  • Satoko Kato
  • Yukari Kimura
  • Emily Marzin
  • Jo Mynard
  • Hayo Reinders
  • Sina Takada
  • Kumi Tanaka
  • Haruka Ubukata
  • Isra Wongsarnpigoon
  • Kie Yamamoto
  • Hisako Yamashita
  • Amelia Yarwood

Current RILAE Researchers

  • Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa Razafindratsimba
  • Christopher Arnott
  • Kodiak Atwood
  • Phillip A. Bennett
  • Eduardo Castro
  • Neil Curry
  • Adam Garnica
  • Michelle Jerrems
  • Hao Jingxin
  • Satoko Kato
  • Bethan Kushida
  • Ella Lee
  • Ewen MacDonald
  • Emily Marzin
  • Jo Mynard
  • Christine Pemberton
  • Ward Peeters
  • Hayo Reinders
  • Scott Shelton-Strong
  • Robin Sneath
  • Sina Takada
  • Jamison Taube-Shibata
  • Haruka Ubukata
  • Satoko Watkins
  • Isra Wongsarnpigoon
  • Allen Yin