Organizing Committee
Kasumi Yamazaki, Ph.D. Gaby Semaan, Ph.D.
Dr. Gaby Semaan
Dr. Kasumi Yamazaki
Director of Japanese Program & Associate Professor
Kasumi Yamazaki is Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, where she teaches advanced level courses of Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL)
and culture. Dr. Yamazaki’s research focuses on a wide range of contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) pedagogy and integration, namely, the use of 3D simulation games and virtual realities
(VRs), the development of intelligent CALL (ICALL) systems, and the effectiveness
of technology-enhanced language learning curricula. Dr. Yamazaki currently serves
as Editor-in-Chief of Technology in Language Teaching & Learning by Castledown Publishers; Dr. Yamazaki's research also garnered attention through
her series of publications at international and regional conferences.
Charlene Gary - secrétaire extraordinaire
Charlene has a BA in Business Administration from Columbia College. In this lifetime, she has worked for a major national airline, was office manager at a dance studio, is a housesitter, was the senior executive assistant to the County Administrator for Orange County, Florida, is a TNR volunteer, and a Fashion Designer. Her creativity and marketing skills have led to a doubling in social media followers; and visits with our office emotional support dog have enhanced academic life for all students on campus. In the next chapter of her life, she wants to house sit in every country around the world.
IAICS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Sarah Corona Berkin, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
- Margaret U. D’Silva, University of Alabama, USA
- Salma Ghanem, DePaul University, USA
- Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Joanna Radwanska-Williams, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China
- Masahide Kasahara, Sugiyama Jogakuen [Women’s] University (SJU) at Nagoya, Japan
- Doreen Wu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
- Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso, USA