We are a few core collaborators and a ton of cool people we’ve been lucky to work with at MASH events since 2007:
MASH JALT ‘07
- Phil Brown, Paul Moritoshi, Phil Bennet, Steven HerderOSAKA MASH ‘08
- Mark de Boer, Vick L. Ssali, Steven Herder, Joe Siegel, Dale Brown, Mike Post, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Matthew Walsh, Michael FlynnTOKYO MASH ‘08
- John Adamson & Theron Muller, Kishiko Nashimoto, Geoff Sinha, Colin Skeates, Chris Wharton, Jason Peppard, Mark de BoerOSAKA MASH ‘08
- Mark de Boer, Vick L. Ssali, Steven Herder, Joe Siegel, Dale Brown, Mike Post, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Matthew Walsh, Michael FlynnOSAKA MASH ‘08
- Mark de Boer, Vick L. Ssali, Steven Herder, Joe Siegel, Dale Brown, Mike Post, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Matthew Walsh, Michael FlynnJALT/JACET MASH ‘08
- Colin Skeates, Joe Siegel, Phil Brown, Mark de Boer, Steven HerderMASH JALT ‘08
- Joe Siegel, Phil Brown, Mark de Boer, Steven Herder, Paul Moritoshi, Theron Muller, Chris Wharton, Jason Peppard, Michi Saki, Jeannette Littlemore, Kishiko NashimotoKYOTO MASH ‘09
- Joe Siegel, David Svoboda, Jean-Paul Duquette, Kim Bradford-Watts, Vick L. Ssali, Himiko Osayama, Wakana Takai-MacLean, Iain Dandy, William Baber, Julian Pigott, Misato Azuma, Michael Iwane-Salovaara, Jennifer SpiegelKYOTO.KELLY.MASH ‘09
- Curtis Kelly, Marcos Benevides, Steven Herder, Greg Rouault, Catherine Kinoshita, Fergus O’Dwyer, Steven NishidaNAKASENDO ‘09
- Fraser Gould, Joshua Sargent, Kishiko Nashimoto, Mark de Boer, Ryan HagglundIWATE MASH ‘09
- Joanne Sato, Sara Khan, Mark de Boer, Harumi OgawaNAKASENDO ‘09
- Fraser Gould, Joshua Sargent, Kishiko Nashimoto, Mark de Boer, Ryan HagglundMASH JALT ‘09
- A huge MASH BASH with over 75 people and a 120-beer restaurant.NAKASENDO ‘09
- Fraser Gould, Joshua Sargent, Kishiko Nashimoto, Mark de Boer, Ryan HagglundIWATE MASH ‘09
- Joanne Sato, Sara Khan, Mark de Boer, Harumi OgawaNAKASENDO ‘10
- Phil Brown, Robert S. Murphy, Devon ThagardClick on any link above to see the event poster.
Through these events we’ve brought together hundreds of people interested in professional development through collaboration.
Some MASH Collaboration Core Members
Steven Herder
Steven arrived in Japan in 1989 for a one-year adventure. He has progressively evolved into becoming a professional EFL English teacher. A combination of sensitivity in the classroom, 20 years of experience and the MA TEFL has brought him to this exciting point in his career. He believes that being a teacher means a commitment to learning. “We have to first connect with our students, and then expect them to grow in some way; the rest we just work out day by day.” He is very interested in extensive writing, extensive reading and exploring Nation’s four strands approach in the classroom.
Philip Shigeo Brown
Phil loves teaching and learning, reflecting and growing with others. Exploring the learning process from many perspectives, he enjoys connecting meaningfully with a wide range of people. Since 2001, he has taught EFL in various contexts in Japan, from kindergarten, junior and senior high school, and university, to ‘juku’ (cram school), private corporations, and government ministries, as well as volunteered on Peace Boat. He is currently a lecturer and learning advisor at Konan Women’s University, a tutor on the University of Birmingham Distance MA TEFL/TESL program, and founding member of MASH Collaboration.
His main pedagogical and research interests include learner and teacher autonomy and development (especially vocabulary learning strategies, self-access and negotiated learning), as well as critical and creative thinking, global issues, content-based learning and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Together with Theron Muller, Steven Herder and John Adamson, Phil is coeditor of Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and currently working with the same team on Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia.Theron Muller
Theron Muller is a teacher and researcher based in Japan. His publications include exploration of TBL and academic publishing, and currently his research interests include investigating journal systems and early career scholars’ experiences of pursuing publication. He is active with JALT Publications and the Asian ESP Journal. He is also part of the University of Birmingham CELS Open Distance Learning team. Visit his personal website for more information.
Gregory Sholdt
Greg is a Limited-Term Associate Professor at Kobe University. His research interests include action research methodology, extensive reading, and English for academic purposes. Selected publications;include:Exploring Issues Surrounding the Use of Post-Reading Activities, Monitoring, and Grades in an Extensive Reading Approach. The Journal of the Teacher Education Program, Himeji Dokkyo University. (2006)
Using Records from Weekly Reading Reports as Indicators of Participation in Extensive Reading; Proceedings from Temple University Japan Applied Linguistics Colloquium. (2006)
Asking Questions in the Interactive Television Classroom- How Easy Is It? University of Hawaii. (1995)
Andy Boon
Andy is an Associate Professor at Toyo Gakuen University and has been teaching in Japan for about 13 years. His research interests include teacher development, action research, motivation and more. He has published and presented on his work extensively both in and outside of Japan. He has also helped (is helping) to organize many TESOL-related conferences. His PhD study focuses on how interacting in non-judgmental environments can facilitate the development of the teacher-researcher via reflection, increased awareness, and discovery of possible next steps forward. Motto - The only real limitation is how far we allow our imagination to take us!