#26 John Rucynski

08/04/23 • 60 min

Word Hunters: Left, Right and Off-Center

John Rucynski is an educator, writer, editor, cyclist, hiker and baseball enthusiast, not necessarily in that order. In this episode, John shares some stories about his background, world travels, teaching and writing/editing. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education at Okayama University, and his main research interest is the role of humor in foreign language acquisition and intercultural communication. Show notes for this episode can be found HERE.

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#25 Gary Ross

Gary Ross has been developing, programming, and designing online educational systems for over 15 years. He has taught at KIDI Parsons (the Japan affiliate of Parsons School of Design, NYC), and ran his own web design company. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kanazawa University, where he is developing the online ESL program as well as being the former webmaster for the CALL-SIG of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). His focus is on usability and the integration of mobile into the classroom. Show notes/links can be found HERE.

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#27 Amy Shapiro

In this episode, we spoke to Amy Shapiro, originally from New York, but a long-time expat in Japan. Amy has been teaching in Japan for more than 30 years and is currently promoting Kobe through the Kobe Ambassador Program. She shares some interesting stories from her childhood and talks about her experiences of living and working in Japan. We hope you enjoy it. Show notes can be found HERE.