Contributors to the inaugural edition of PacCALL Journal

Alistair Campbell


Alistair Campbell is an associate professor at Tokyo University of Technology and is in charge of the graduation project, “CALL: Theory, Evaluation and Development.”


Renata Chylinski

Renata Chylinski is the Flexible Learning/CALL program director at Monash University ELC ( Melbourne , Australia ). Her work and research focuses on application of ICT to teaching languages, and on teacher autonomy and professional development in CALL. Her expertise also lies in the area of curriculum design and eLearning product development. 


Carole A. Chapelle

Carol A. Chapelle, Professor of TESL/applied linguistics, is Second Vice-President of the American Association of Applied Linguistics. Her research explores issues at the intersection of computer technology and applied linguistics. She is former editor of TESOL Quarterly (1999-2004), and her papers have appeared in journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Language Learning, Language Testing, and Language Learning & Technology. She teaches courses in applied linguistics at Iowa State University and has taught in Arizona , Hawai'i , Michigan , Spain , and Canada .


Martha Clark Cummings & Renée Jourdenais

Martha Clark Cummings is Associate Professor at the University of Aizu and Invited Professor in the MA TESOL Program at Teachers College, Columbia University , Japan .

Renée Jourdenais is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey , California , where she also serves as Program Head of the MATESOL/MATFL Program. Her research interests include second language acquisition, language assessment, classroom research, and teacher education. 


Rebecca Fanany

Rebecca Fanany is a lecturer in Indonesian language at Deakin University in Melbourne , Australia . In addition to teaching at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, she manages the online components of the Indonesian program as well as off campus offerings. She is the author of many articles and papers on various aspects of language teaching and learning. 


Gordon Gamlin

Gordon Gamlin is the Director of the Language Center at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles , California .  He is a member of the PacCALL executive and the PacCALL Journal Editorial Board.


Don Hinkelman & Timothy Grose

Don Hinkelman and Tim Grose teach EFL and intercultural communication at Sapporo Gakuin University .  Don is also conducting research at the University of Melbourne on blended language learning environments, interoperable standards for CMS, and project-based learning modules for Moodle. Tim develops EFL teaching materials on global issues using the Internet.


In-Seok Kim

In-Seok Kim is a Professor of ESL and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Language at Dongduk Women’s University in Seoul , Korea .  He earned an MA degree in TESL at Southern Illinois University in 1982, and received a doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1988.  He has held appointments at MIT, and Harvard, and briefly taught at Brown University .  His major research interests have been in second language acquisition, multimedia-assisted language learning/teaching, and design and developments of multimedia English content.


Kenji Kitao

Kenji Kitao teaches English at Doshisha University . His interests include intercultural communication and using the Internet for language teaching and research. He has published Internet Resources: ELT, Linguistics, and Communication (Eichosha), English Teaching: Theory, Research and Practice (Eichosha), Essentials of English Language Testing (Eichosha), and more than 50 textbooks.


Barry Natusch

Barry Natusch is originally from New Zealand . He has worked in Asian and Middle East universities, and is now a professor at Nihon University in Japan . His particular interests in linguistics include human conversation analysis and IT in education.


Mark Peterson

Mark Peterson is a faculty member in the Department of Languages and Information Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. His current research focuses on non-native speaker communication strategies in synchronous virtual worlds.


Brian Baskerville & Thomas Robb

Brian Baskerville started studying languages at the University of California and began teaching English to refugees in San Francisco .  He also taught ESL in Hawaii and now teaches EFL and CALL classes in Japan . His interests in computers and EFL came together when he began teaching at Kyoto Sangyo University .

Thomas Robb teaches at Kyoto Sangyo University and is Vice President of PacCALL.


Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas is Associate Professor in English at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan . Previously he taught at the University of Heidelberg in Germany . He holds a BA and Ph.D. in English, an M.Ed. in Educational Technology and ELT and an MBA. He is the author of a forthcoming book by Palgrave Macmillan entitled, The Reception of Deconstruction.