Dr. Jo Mynard is a Professor and Director of the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan where she has worked since 2008. She is also the Director of Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) and teaches at the graduate school. She completed her Doctorate in Education (TEFL) at the University of Exeter in 2003 and her M.Phil, in Applied Linguistics at Trinity College, Dublin in 1997. Her interests are learner autonomy, advising, self-access learning, and social and affective aspects of language learning. She also teaches and supervises graduate students the University of Birmingham, and Anaheim University. She edits SiSAL Journal, Relay Journal, the Journal for the PsycDr. Jo Mynard is a Professor and Director of the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan where she has worked since 2008. She is also the Director of Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) and teaches at the graduate school. She completed her Doctorate in Education (TEFL) at the University of Exeter in 2003 and her M.Phil, in Applied Linguistics at Trinity College, Dublin in 1997. Her interests are learner autonomy, advising, self-access learning, and social and affective aspects of language learning. She also teaches and supervises graduate students the University of Birmingham, and Anaheim University. She edits SiSAL Journal, Relay Journal, the Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning. She has co-edited and co-authored several books related to learner autonomy, advising in language learning, and social language learning spaces....more