Bachrudin Musthafa earned Master of Arts (MA) in English Rhetoric & Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP, Pennsylvania, USA) in 1992, and PhD. in Literacy Studies from the Ohio State University (OSU, Columbus, Ohio, USA) in 1997. His research interests include Early Literacy,  Adolescent Literacy, and Teacher Development. Bachrudin Musthafa teaches literacy courses and research methods at both under graduate and post graduate programs at the Department of English Education of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) in Bandung, Indonesia. He can be reached at dinmusthafa@upi.edu   

Anita Lie is a professor at Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia. She teaches at the Faculty of Teacher Training and the Graduate School. Her areas of research are teacher professional development, English education, heritage language learning. She has also been consulting projects on school improvement in remote regions of Indonesia.

She was granted SEAMEO-Jasper Fellowship Award in 2000 for her research on English curriculum in Indonesia. In 2011, she was a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2016, she got a research grant from the American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) Luce Fellowship for her research on heritage language learning among the second generation of Indonesian-Americans in California. In 2018, she got a Dedicated Scholar Award from Kompas, a leading national newspaper in Indonesia.

She has published books and articles in scholarly journals as well as newspapers.

Dr. Jo Mynard is a Professor, Director of the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC), and Director of the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. She has an M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland and an Ed.D. in TEFL from the University of Exeter, UK. At KUIS, she advises language learners and oversees research and the general direction of the SALC. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Learner Autonomy, Effective Language Learning, and Individual Differences (the psychology of language learning). She has co-edited and co-authored several books on learner autonomy and advising and has published over 100 scholarly works. She is particularly interested in research related to advising, self-directed language learning, language learning beyond the classroom / self-access language learning, and the social and affective dimensions of language learning. https://kandaeli.academia.edu/JoMynard

Assistant Professor Fei Victor LIM researches and teaches on multiliteracies, multimodal discourse analyses and digital learning at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Lim is passionate about education and its value in improving both personal and societal well-being. He believes that literacy education must be future-oriented and progress with the evolving contemporary communication landscape.

Dr Lim has developed ideas on embodied semiosis in teaching and the pedagogisation of multimodal studies. He has published more than thirty journal articles, book chapters, and professional articles. His work has appeared and has been cited in many international publications. Dr. Lim has experience as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator of research grants totaling over half a million USD. He has also been invited to present on his work all around the world.

Bachrudin Musthafa earned Master of Arts (MA) in English Rhetoric & Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP, Pennsylvania, USA) in 1992, and PhD. in Literacy Studies from the Ohio State University (OSU, Columbus, Ohio, USA) in 1997. His research interests include Early Literacy,  Adolescent Literacy, and Teacher Development. Bachrudin Musthafa teaches literacy courses and research methods at both under graduate and post graduate programs at the Department of English Education of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) in Bandung, Indonesia. He can be reached at dinmusthafa@upi.edu   

Anita Lie is a professor at Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia. She teaches at the Faculty of Teacher Training and the Graduate School. Her areas of research are teacher professional development, English education, heritage language learning. She has also been consulting projects on school improvement in remote regions of Indonesia.

She was granted SEAMEO-Jasper Fellowship Award in 2000 for her research on English curriculum in Indonesia. In 2011, she was a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2016, she got a research grant from the American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) Luce Fellowship for her research on heritage language learning among the second generation of Indonesian-Americans in California. In 2018, she got a Dedicated Scholar Award from Kompas, a leading national newspaper in Indonesia.

She has published books and articles in scholarly journals as well as newspapers.

Dr. Jo Mynard is a Professor, Director of the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC), and Director of the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. She has an M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland and an Ed.D. in TEFL from the University of Exeter, UK. At KUIS, she advises language learners and oversees research and the general direction of the SALC. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Learner Autonomy, Effective Language Learning, and Individual Differences (the psychology of language learning). She has co-edited and co-authored several books on learner autonomy and advising and has published over 100 scholarly works. She is particularly interested in research related to advising, self-directed language learning, language learning beyond the classroom / self-access language learning, and the social and affective dimensions of language learning. https://kandaeli.academia.edu/JoMynard

Assistant Professor Fei Victor LIM researches and teaches on multiliteracies, multimodal discourse analyses and digital learning at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Lim is passionate about education and its value in improving both personal and societal well-being. He believes that literacy education must be future-oriented and progress with the evolving contemporary communication landscape.

Dr Lim has developed ideas on embodied semiosis in teaching and the pedagogisation of multimodal studies. He has published more than thirty journal articles, book chapters, and professional articles. His work has appeared and has been cited in many international publications. Dr. Lim has experience as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator of research grants totaling over half a million USD. He has also been invited to present on his work all around the world.