Hiroe Kobayashi Author

​Hiroe Kobayashi (Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University), Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, taught advanced English writing and pragmatics in Japan, and ESL in New York and the Philippines. She has published numerous articles in international journals including Language Learning, Journal of Second Language Writing,and Modern Language Journal, co-authored with Carol Rinnert, two of which won awards for best JSLW article of the year.

Carol Rinnert (Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo), Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima City University, taught EFL/ESL, English writing, and linguistics in the US, Yemen (as senior Fulbright lecturer), and Japan. She has published numerous book chapters and articles, co-authored with Hiroe Kobayashi, in international journals including Language Learning, Journal of Second Language Writing, Modern Language Journal, and Journal of Pragmatics.