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Coordinator. ERNESTO VARGAS GIL. Ernesto is a Lecturer in Academic and Professional Communication at Queen Mary University of London. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick, UK. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. He is also a Cambridge Delta-qualified teacher and, throughout his career, has worked in different EFL/ESP/EAP and SLTE contexts. In the UK, he has taught at various universities, including the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, Aston University, and Imperial College London, where he still collaborates as an Academic Visiting Teaching Lecturer. His main areas of research interest are Research Methodology, particularly concerning in-depth qualitative inquiry approaches in educational settings; Language Teacher Education, with a focus on Continuing Professional Development practices in the Global South, particularly from an epistemological decolonisation perspective; and Language Teacher Research.
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Treasurer - Vacant
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Newsletter Co-editor. ANA GARCÍA-STONE
Ana García Stone is based in Madrid and has worked in ELT for 30 years as a teacher, teacher trainer and teacher educator. Her current interests are mentoring teacher classroom-research and teacher-led forms of CPD. She is on the Trinity College London DipTESOL Panel and works as an external assessor. As well as a PGCE (Secondary), she holds an MSc in Applied Linguistics from Edinburgh University. |
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Newsletter Co-editor. JOSIANNE BLOCK.
Josianne has over 10 years of experience in ELT, including migrant integration programmes, GCSE preparation, and EAP courses. She holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Malta and is particularly interested in teacher research on language dynamics, linguistic diversity, and teacher professional development in multilingual learning environments. Currently, she teaches at the Migrant Learners’ Unit in Malta. |
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Newsletter Co-editor. JESSICA MACKAY. Jessica Mackay (DipTEFLA, MA & PhD in Applied Linguistics) is an EFL teacher and head of teacher training and development at the Escola d'Idiomes Moderns (EIM), of the University of Barcelona. Jessica is Barcelona Area Coordinator for TESOL-Spain. She is coordinator of the ELT Research in Action conference (supported by the IATEFL ReSIG) and is co-editor of the conference publication.
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Newsletter Co-editor (Lead). CHRIS RICHARDS. Chris holds an MEd in Applied Linguistics and is Director of Studies at a private language academy in Madrid. Prior to working in the field of ELT, he pursued an MA in English Studies and gained a PGCE before teaching for five years in UK secondary schools. As a freelance researcher, he’s interested in inclusive pedagogy and materials/curriculum design, teacher experiences, and the use of L1 in the classroom.
Email: [email protected] Publications Officer. CELIA V. ANTONIOU. Celia has been involved in higher education since 2011 and has been working as a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL since 2016. She's currently a Senior Teaching Fellow and dissertation supervisor at UCL, IOE and a Lecturer and Programme leader for the BA in ESL at UWS where she convenes undergraduate and postgraduate modules in TESOL and English language. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics (University of Essex, UK) and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland. Her research interests include academic literacies, practitioner research, online language learning and teaching and teacher training and development, among others.
Email: [email protected] Joint Outreach Co-coordinator. MARISOL GUZMAN COVA. Marisol has worked for 20 years at Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP), a public university in central Mexico as language teacher, self-access facilitator, teacher educator, and ELT programme coordinator. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Southampton, U. K. She also completed an MA in educational technologies and communication at the Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa (ILCE). Her research interests include teacher autonomy, creativity, teacher professional development, action research, educational technologies among others.
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Joint Outreach Co-coordinator. ERIC EKEMBE. Eric holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon and holds a tenure position as lecturer in the above discipline at the Higher Teacher Training College, Yaounde. He has presented papers at international conferences and was the plenary speaker for the ReSIG & GISIG 2019 joint PCE event in Africa TESOL conference in Abuja. He runs the CAMELTA Research Group. He has been Seasonal TEFL trainer for the American Peace Corps in Cameroon and has equally been TESOL International conference proposal reviewer for three years respectively. Eric’s research interest is postcolonial discourse in ELT. He has published research articles in internationally peered-reviewed journals and is co-editor of Interdisciplinarity in the 21st Century Global Dispensation: Research in Language, Literature, & Education in Africa
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Membership and Scholarship Officer. PREM PHYAK. Prem is an applied linguist and a teacher educator, with research interests in language policy, multilingualism, language ideology, critical pedagogy, teacher identity/agency and social justice in language education. He has pursued M.Ed. in English Language Education from Tribhuvan University (Nepal), MA TESOL from the UCL Institute of Education (UK) and PhD in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA). Prem has extensive experiences of working with teachers, policy makers, students, and parents on a wide range of topics such as course development, teacher training, and multilingual education, particularly in under-resourced contexts. Currently, Prem teaches at the Department of English at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
E-mail: [email protected] Web and Digital Manager. LORETO ALIAGA. Loreto is a teacher of English and teacher educator from Chile. She holds a PhD Education (University of Leeds, U.K) where she currently works as a teaching fellow in TESOL at the MA TESOL & TESOL studies programmes. Prior to her PhD studies, she worked as a teacher educator and school teacher in Chile, and she was a TESOL Chile board member from 2009 to 2013. She is a founding member of RICELT, the Network of Chilean researchers in ELT. Her research interests are on language teacher education, language teachers' professional development and curriculum innovation.
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PCE and Events Officer. ASLI SAGLAM. Asli Lidice Gokturk Saglam has been an English teacher in EAP settings for 23 years. She holds a PhD in English language education. Currently, she is a postdoc researcher at the University of Southeastern Norway. Her teacher education experience mainly includes supporting teacher research for professional development. She is the co-founder of ‘Classroom-based Research for Professional Development’ session which delivers online training for teacher researchers within the scope of TESOL’s Electronic Village Online. Her research interests focus on teacher education, integration of educational technology into instructional design, and language assessment.
Email: [email protected] Event and Webinar Coordinator: VANITA CHOPRA. Dr Vanita Chopra has been an English language and Education consultant with the British Council, India, since 2017 and has 17+ years of experience in teacher education. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor in the teacher education department of Delhi
University colleges. She enjoys exploring different CPD activities as a continuous learner. She has authored two books and published research on mentoring TR, language assessment, and teacher development. Her research interests include mentoring teacher research, language pedagogy, assessment, and teacher capacity building. She enjoys travelling, yoga, nature, fitness ventures, reading, and watching biopics for inspiration. Email: [email protected] |
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ReSIG Advisory Board
Richard Smith, Graham Hall, Rama Mathew, Gary Barkhuizen and Emily Edwards