SIG Officers

To view a list of the main SIG officers, click on the SIG name.

» To contact chapters or SIGs: For queries or matters relating to chapter or SIGs, go to the chapter and SIGs section, and use the contact forms available on each group information page to contact the chapter or SIG directly.

Bilingualism SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Nobuoka, Mary
  • Membership Chair: Luyckx, Bernadette
  • Program Chair: Murphy, Ron
  • Publications Chair: Greer, Tim
  • Treasurer: Spijkerbosch, Paul

Business English SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Birchley, Sarah
  • Membership Chair: Duff, Brian
  • Program Chair: Reilly, John
  • Publications Chair: Stuart, James
  • Treasurer: Gondree, Eric

College and University Educators SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Da Silva, Dexter
  • Membership Chair: Taylor, Graham
  • Program Chair: Miller, Richard
  • Publications Chair: Hill, Glen
  • Treasurer: Richardson, Ryan

Computer Assisted Language Learning SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Forsythe, Edo
  • Membership Chair: Jarrell, Douglas
  • Program Chair: Gorham, Tom
  • Publications Chair: Lewis, Paul
  • Treasurer: Chartrand, Robert

Critical Thinking SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Sybing, Roehl
  • Membership Chair: Scally, Elizabeth
  • Program Chair: Gann, David
  • Publications Chair: Bufton, Nick
  • Treasurer: Scally, Elizabeth

Extensive Reading SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Fuisting, Bjorn
  • Membership Chair: Bieri, Thomas
  • Program Chair: Lemmer, Richard
  • Publications Chair: Hourdequin, Peter
  • Treasurer: Murrell, Hudson

Framework and Language Portfolio SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: O'Dwyer, Fergus
  • Membership Chair: Schmidt, Maria Gabriela
  • Program Chair: Imig, Alexander
  • Publications Chair: Naganuma, Naoyuki
  • Treasurer: Schmidt, Maria Gabriela

Gender Awareness in Language Education SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Nagatomo, Diane
  • Membership Chair: Teeter, Jennifer
  • Program Chair: Saki, Michi
  • Publications Chair: Hicks, Salem
  • Treasurer: Lee, Nancy

Global Issues in Language Education SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Cates, Kip
  • Membership Chair: Grose, Tim
  • Program Chair: Harada, Naoko
  • Publications Chair: Nakagawa, Jane
  • Treasurer: Bradley, Chris

Japanese as a Second Language SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Kawate-Mierzejewska, Megumi
  • Membership Chair: Bankester, Larry
  • Program Chair: Yamashita, Sayoko
  • Publications Chair: Newfields, Timothy
  • Treasurer: Kanda, Minami

Junior and Senior High School SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Arnold, Jake
  • Membership Chair: Tebbe, Chris
  • Program Chair: Nanton, Paul
  • Publications Chair: Morel, Robert
  • Treasurer: Ogawa, Sonoko

Learner Development SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Barfield, Andy
  • Membership Chair: Jorgenson, Rachelle
  • Program Chair: Mboutsiadis, Bill
  • Publications Chair: Stewart, Alison
  • Treasurer: Furusawa, Hiromi

Lifelong Learning SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Ishida, Tadashi
  • Membership Chair: Wakui, Yoko
  • Program Chair: Dias, Joseph
  • Publications Chair: Harper-Tanaka, Julia
  • Treasurer: Fujio, Junko

Literature in Teaching EFL SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Bibby, Simon
  • Membership Chair: Nakajima, Akiko
  • Program Chair: Herke, Michael
  • Publications Chair: Kohda, Misa
  • Treasurer: Hartje, Kurt

Materials Writers SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Romney, Cameron
  • Membership Chair: Goodmacher, Greg
  • Program Chair: Smiley, Jim
  • Publications Chair: Smiley, Jim
  • Treasurer: Petersen, Scott

Other Language Educators SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Reinelt, Rudolf
  • Membership Chair: Kasjan, Andreas
  • Program Chair: Fortin, Eric
  • Treasurer: Schmidt, Gabriela

Pragmatics SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Tatsuki, Donna
  • Membership Chair: Greer, Tim
  • Program Chair: Fujimoto, Donna
  • Publications Chair: Tatsuki, Donna
  • Treasurer: Ishihara, Noriko

Professionalism, Administration and Leadership in Education SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Goetz, Thomas
  • Membership Chair: Aspinall, Robert
  • Program Chair: Terhune, Randy
  • Publications Chair: Goetz, Thomas
  • Treasurer: Figoni, Bill

Speech, Drama, & Debate SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Kluge, David
  • Membership Chair: Kobayashi, Dawn
  • Program Chair: Kawakami, Aya
  • Publications Chair: Venema, James
  • Treasurer: White, Jason

Study Abroad SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Atkins, Andrew
  • Membership Chair: Hubert, Russell
  • Program Chair: Thorpe, Todd
  • Publications Chair: Newfields, Timothy
  • Treasurer: O'Sullivan, Mary

Task Based Learning SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Harris, Justin
  • Membership Chair: Atkins, Andrew
  • Program Chair: Leeming, Paul
  • Publications Chair: Pigott, Julian
  • Treasurer: Donnellan, Mark

Teacher Education and Development SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Verity, Deryn
  • Membership Chair: Visscher, Jan
  • Program Chair: Hourdequin, Peter
  • Publications Chair: Lees, Simon
  • Treasurer: Knowles, Tim

Teachers Helping Teachers SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Tomei, Joseph
  • Membership Chair: Palmer, Roger
  • Program Chair: Ruddenklau, Chris
  • Publications Chair: Jones, Brent
  • Treasurer: Torbert, Anthony

Teaching Children SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Takizawa, Jane
  • Membership Chair: Littlehale-Oki, Catherine
  • Program Chair: Horne, Kim
  • Publications Chair: Meadows, Martin
  • Treasurer: Krause, Aleda

Testing and Evaluation SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Sick, James
  • Membership Chair: Holster, Trevor
  • Program Chair: Schaefer, Edward
  • Publications Chair: Batty, Aaron
  • Treasurer: Hubbell, Jeff

Vocabulary SIG


  • SIG Coordinator: Anderson, Charles Jefferson
  • Membership Chair: Howarth, Mark
  • Program Chair: Fryer, Luke
  • Publications Chair: Stewart, Jeffrey
  • Treasurer: Oga-Baldwin, Quint

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