Cutrone Pino is excited for the opportunity to interact with you in our KEY program. As someone who was born and raised in (such a multi-cultural nation as) Canada, to Italian immigrant parents, having been educated in the UK, and now living in Japan, he has been truly blessed to have lived an international life, where he could meet many new and interesting people, as well as experience a wide array of diverse experiences that have benefited him both personally and professionally.

David Cupchak is currently an Assistant Professor at the Center for Language Studies at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki, Japan. He holds a M.A. TESOL from Hawai’i Pacific University, and he is a member of the KEY program which is an intensive English program that focuses on teaching academic English skills. His research draws on storytelling as a means for comprehensible input that facilitates language acquisition. David is also conducting research on collaborative notetaking and the effects it may have on improving listening. Prior to working in Japan, David was an English Language Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, where he gave teacher-training workshops extensively throughout Vietnam and Cambodia.

May Kyaw Oo is a Myanmar national who is currently working as an assistant professor at the Center for Language Studies at Nagasaki University. She completed her first M.A. in English literature from Assumption University in Thailand and her second M.A. in TESOL from the University of Exeter, UK. Her research interests include second language (L2) writing, L2 reading, equity, diversity and social justice issues, especially within the TESOL field. She is also a member of the KEY Program in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Brien Datzman is currently an assistant professor at the Center for Language Studies at Nagasaki University. He is also a member of the KEY program in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Born and raised in New Jersey in the United States, he has spent most of his adulthood living in Nagasaki. Brien has taught at all educational levels in Japan, from pre-k to university, but has mainly taught at the university level. He holds a M.A. in TESOL from the University of Birmingham, England and is currently working on an Ed.D. at Anaheim University in TESOL. His research interests include materials development, learner engagement, study abroad, and intercultural competence.

William Collins is an Associate Professor in the Center for Foreign Language Studies. He completed his MATESOL from University of Birmingham. He joined Nagasaki University in 2002 and has taught English Communication, American Culture, Reading and Writing I and II, Reading and Discussion I and II, Academic Writing I and II and Presentation. His research interests include Stylistics, Corpus Stylistics, 19th and 20th century Fiction, and developing an online World Literature Corpus. Prior to joining Nagasaki University, he taught English at an elementary school in Fukuoka and a junior-high school in Fukuoka.