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Jo Mynard, Director<\/strong>
\nJo 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<\/a> | Google Scholar<\/a> | ResearchGate<\/a> | Academic.edu<\/a> | ResearchMap<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satoko Kato, Associate Professor, Senior Education Coordinator<\/strong>
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\u2019s degree in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University.<\/span>
Links: ResearchMap<\/a> | ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Mideros, Visiting Researcher<\/strong><\/strong>
Diego Mideros is originally from Colombia, but he has lived, studied, and worked in Trinidad and Tobago for nearly 20 years, where he teaches Spanish at the University of the West Indies. He is a specialist in language learner autonomy, qualitative research, and sociocultural theory. He will be based at KUIS until June 2026. Links: UWI Website<\/a> | Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayo Reinders, Senior Research Advisor<\/strong>
Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org<\/a>) 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<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward Peeters, Visiting Professor<\/strong>
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<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current and Past Instructors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n