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 specialize 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
Dr Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is a TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA. He is a Senior Research Advisor for RILAE. Hayo 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.
Isra Wongsarnpigoon, Visiting Lecturer
Isra Wongsarnpigoon holds an M.S.Ed. from Temple University, Japan Campus. He has worked in various levels of English education in Japan since 2004 and is a certified language learning advisor and advisor educator. His interests include multilingualism and translanguaging in language learning, learning spaces and environments, and learner autonomy.
Links: ResearchMap.
Ward Peeters, Visiting Professor (part time)
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
Amelia Yarwood, Visiting Lecturer (part time)
Amelia Yarwood has been active in planning, implementing and researching interventions to support the development of learners’ reflective capabilities, identity, motivation and autonomy. She is pursuing her doctoral degree through Kansai University’s Graduate School of Foreign Language Education and Research, Japan
Links: ResearchMap | ResearchGate | Academia.edu
