Pramod is a Ph.D. Candidate and Killam Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has worked as an English language teacher in Nepal, China, the UK, and Canada. As a researcher, he looks at the policies, politics, and pedagogies of English both as a medium of instruction and as a second/foreign language. His work is driven by the core values of social justice indexes, for example, social class, race, and ethnicity, often drawing on Pieer Bourdieu’s critical social theories. His Ph.D. research, a critical ethnography, investigates the broader intersection of language ecology, social class, ethnicity, and EMI in Nepal’s multilingual schools.

Kari Sahan holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Oxford, Department of Education. Her research focuses on English medium instruction (EMI), language education policy, and classroom interaction. She is a researcher in the EMI Oxford Research Group and tutored on the MSc in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching at the University of Oxford. She is also the Assistant Project Lead and Webinar Coordinator for the online global network, ‘Teaching English & Teaching in English in Global Contexts.’

Ali Fuad Selvi is an Assistant Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics and the Chair of the Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program at Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus. His research interests include Global Englishes, (in)equity, professionalism, marginalization and discrimination in TESOL; and second language teacher education.

Anuchaya Montakantiwong works at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University, Thailand. She recently submitted her DPhil in Education at the University of Oxford on the topic of teachers’ cognition and the incorporation of Global Englishes into pedagogical practices. She is co-author of the 2020 book, “Global TESOL for the 21st Century: Teaching English in a Changing World”. Her research interests explore the role of teachers as agents of change in TESOL curricula.

Peter is currently an English for Liberal Arts instructor at International Christian University, Tokyo. He has worked in Japan since 2012 and previously worked in Germany, France, Latvia, Spain, Australia, Ireland, and the UK. He holds a Delta and an MA in TESOL, and has recently embarked upon a PhD under Steve Mann at the University of Warwick. Peter is passionate about teacher creativity, teacher training and development, and Manchester United. In his free time, Peter enjoys exploring lesser-known parts of Tokyo and writing bios in the third person.

Shoko currently teaches at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. After completing her MA in TESOL, she has taught an EAP course in the United States and managed an English discussion course in Tokyo. Her research interests include teacher training and development, teacher creativity, and critical thinking skills. Shoko enjoys playing volleyball and playing the piano.

Tim is a teacher living in Beijing who has previously lived in Shanghai, Nanjing and Seoul. He is the host of ELT WTF, a casual interview based show about English language teaching, the author of Conversation Cookbook, and is currently undertaking online postgraduate study at the University of Oxford. Tim is passionate about finding ways to empower teachers, bridge the teacher-researcher gap and make the perfect cup of coffee.

Heath Rose is an associate professor in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, where he is course director for an online masters aimed at language teachers. He spent the better part of 15 years teaching English in Japan from 1997 to 2012. He is a researcher of Global Englishes, and is particularly interested the teaching of English as an international language. He is co-author (with Nicola Galloway) of Global Englishes for Language Teaching (2019).  

Nicola Galloway is a senior lecturer and Programme Director of the MSc/MEd TESOL at The University of Glasgow. She is the coordinator of an online global network (Teaching English and Teaching IN English in global contexts). She has conducted two British Council projects on EMI and is Editor of a British Council literature review on EMI. Her EMI research features in Higher Education, ELT Journal and the EAP Journal and two forthcoming books. She is author of three books on Global Englishes and has an upcoming book with Heath Rose and Ali Faud Selvi.