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06. Membership Liaison
Yuying Kang Jeonju University Get in touch if you have questions about the benefits of taking out membership with Jeonju North Jeolla KOTESOL : jnj.kotesol@gmail.com https://koreatesol.org/user/registerBio's Jeonju-North Jeolla November 9, 2016
05. Speaker Coordinator
Lisa Kim Jeonju University If you'd like to share an idea for a workshop, or have any other questions or comments, please get in touch with us at jnj.presenters@gmail.comBio's Jeonju-North Jeolla November 9, 2016
01. President
Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has been on the International Conference Committee since 2012, serving as Registration Chair for the 2013-2015 conferences. She has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014 and is...Bio's December 13, 2016
01. National President
Dr. David E. Shaffer is an early member of Korea TESOL and a long-term resident of Gwangju, where his career has been as a professor on the English Department faculty at Chosun University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (theoretical) but has done much of his more recent research...Bio's December 13, 2016
08. Immediate Past President
Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has served as president for two years (2015-17). She has also been on the International Conference Committee since 2012, serving as Registration Chair for the 2013-2015 conferences. She has...Bio's December 13, 2016
03. Second Vice-President
Ingrid Zwaal is currently a member of the faculty at Jeonju University. Before that, she spent sixteen years at Jeonju National University of Education. Ingrid has an MS in education (secondary English) from Canisus College (USA). She has been a member of KOTESOL since 1998, a...Bio's December 13, 2016
04. Treasurer
Phil Schrank has been a member of KOTESOL since 2013. He has served on the International Conference Registration team (2013) and as the Associate Editor of TEC (2013-2014). He is currently the facilitator of the Content-Based Instruction SIG. Phil came to Korea in 2009 and has...Bio's December 13, 2016
05. Secretary
Christopher Miller has been involved in ELT for nearly a decade. He began his career in Peace Corps Moldova in 2007 and holds an MSEd in TESOL from Shenandoah University. He has been active in KOTESOL for the last five years at both the chapter and national levels. His research...Bio's December 14, 2016
06. Past President
Peadar Callaghan completed his two-year term as KOTESOL president in 2015. Prior to that, he was 1st Vice-President and Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter President. He graduated from the University of Limerick with an MA in ELT. Presently, Peadar is teaching at King Fahd University of...Bio's December 14, 2016
10. International Conference Committee Chair
Sean O'Connor has been a member of KOTESOL for many years. He has served on the KOTESOL International Conference Committee (ICC) since 2001. For most of those years, he served as director of the Technical Team. His ICC service earned him an Outstanding Service Award from the ICC...Bio's December 16, 2016
11. International Conference Committee Co-chair
Kathleen Kelley has been teaching in Korea since 2011. She is presently on the faculty at Andong National University. Before that she taught in a public middle school and elementary school in Busan. Kathleen has been a KOTESOL member since 2013. She has a master’s degree in...Bio's December 16, 2016
12. Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
Mike Peacock is an instructor at Woosong Culinary College in Daejeon. He received his MA in TESOL-MALL from Woosong University. Mike received his BEd (Elementary Education & Teaching) and BA (Psychology) from Crandall University. He loves to promote professional development...Bio's December 16, 2016
13. Publications Committee Chair
Dr. David Shaffer is an early member of Korea TESOL and a long-term resident of Gwangju, where his career has been as a professor on the English Department Faculty at Chosun University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (theoretical) but has done much of his recent research in...Bio's December 16, 2016
14. Membership Committee Chair
Lindsay Herron has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014. She arrived in Korea in 2005 and has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Lindsay is also KOTESOL National President and Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter treasurer. She has master’s...Bio's December 16, 2016
15. International Outreach Committee Chair
Allison Bill started her own second language learning at age five. She completed her BEd in elementary French education at the University of Ottawa and her MA TESL/TEFL at St. Michael’s College in Vermont (USA). She is currently studying for her EdD at Anaheim University....Bio's December 16, 2016
16. Technologies Committee Chair
John Phillips is a long-time member of KOTESOL and a long-time chair of the Technologies Committee. He is presently an independent computer and network specialist and has spent many years working for Fulbright Korea. John has also served on the Technical Team of many KOTESOL...Bio's December 18, 2016
17. Publicity Committee Chair
Kathleen Kelley has been teaching in Korea since 2011. She is presently on the faculty at Andong National University. Before that she taught in a public middle school and elementary school in Busan. Kathleen has been a KOTESOL member since 2013. She has a master’s degree in...Bio's December 18, 2016
18. Research Committee Chair
Christopher Miller has been involved in ELT since 2007. He has an MSEd (TESOL) from Shenandoah University and teaches at Daeil Foreign Language High School in Seoul. In addition to being Research Committee chair, Chris is treasurer of the Seoul Chapter and National Secretary. He...Bio's December 18, 2016
19. Financial Affairs Committee Chair
Stafford Lumsden is the coordinator of the Online TESOL program at Sookmyung Women's University, where he also teaches Curriculum Design and Lesson Planning in the YL-TESOL program. In the past, he has served as the president of the Seoul Chapter of KOTESOL (2012-2014), chair of...Bio's December 18, 2016
30. Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter President
Ian Adkins is an English teacher for the Gimhae public middle schools. He has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Valparaiso University, and he has a Master of TESOL and Assessment degree from Missouri Western State University. His main topics of interest are foreign...Bio's December 18, 2016
32. Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter President
Mike Peacock is an instructor at Woosong Culinary College in Daejeon. He received his MA in TESOL-MALL from Woosong University. Mike received his BEd (Elementary Education & Teaching) and BA (Psychology) from Crandall University. He loves to promote professional development...Bio's December 18, 2016
33. Gangwon Chapter President
Michael Free is from Canada (Toronto and Montréal). He holds two master's degrees: in TEFL (University of Birmingham) and Arts (McMaster University). Michael has worked in Korea for more than ten years, primarily within the public school system, and always in the beautiful,...Bio's December 18, 2016
31. Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter President
Jeroen "Chop" Root is currently a visiting professor at Kyungpook National University in Daegu. He completed his MA in TESOL at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2012. His professional interests include second-language reading and writing, project-based learning,...Bio's December 18, 2016
34. Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter President
Bill Mulligan has worked in Korea as a teacher for over a decade. He has been a proud member of KOTESOL since 2009. In that time, he has served as National Membership Committee chair, and editor-in-chief of The English Connection (TEC). After serving on the National Council for...Bio's December 18, 2016
37. Seoul Chapter President
Dr. Ian Done D. Ramos is a professor in the Department of English and Literature at the University of Suwon. He completed his doctorate in English language teaching (EdD ELT) and also has a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL), a Special...Bio's December 19, 2016