Announcing the JALT2023 Conference Chair, Dr. Takaaki Hiratsuka

JALT is proud to announce that the JALT2023 Conference Chair will be Dr. Takaaki Hiratsuka of Ryukoku University.
JALT’s 49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning will be held November 24th-27th, 2023 at Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The theme of JALT2023 is “Growth Mindset in Language Education.” The theme description along with the call for proposals will be coming shortly.
Takaaki Hiratsuka is an Associate Professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, where he teaches a range of applied linguistics courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He currently supervises masters and PhD students in related fields of language teacher education and narrative inquiry. He received his PhD in language teaching and learning from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His recent book publications include Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program (2022, Routledge) and Team teachers in Japan: Beliefs, identities, and emotions (in press, Routledge).
平塚貴晶：龍谷大学准教授。博士（応用言語学）。専門は第二言語教師教育で、特に英語科教授法や質的研究法をテーマに研究教育活動を行っている。大学院研究科にて多くの修士・博士課程学生を指導し、主な著書に『Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program』(Routledge)、『Team teachers in Japan: Beliefs, identities, and emotions』(Routledge)がある。