Stephanie Ann Houghton PhD is an Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication at Saga University in Japan. She has published multiple academic books and articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She is co-editor of the book series Intercultural Communication and Language Education (Springer) with Melina Porto. Centring on the development of intercultural communicative competence, her main research areas include intercultural dialogue, native-speakerism and citizenship education. Her publications include (forthcoming) Beyond Native-Speakerism: Current Explorations and Future Visions, co-authored with D.J. Rivers and Kayoko Hashimoto (Routledge).

Kayoko Hashimoto is a Lecturer at the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland in Australia. Her main research areas are language policies and Japan's educational policies. Her publications include (forthcoming) Beyond Native-Speakerism: Current Explorations and Future Visions,co-authored with S.A. Houghton and D.J. Rivers, Routledge; and "The Japanisation of English language education: promotion of the national language within foreign language policy" in Language polices in education: Critical issues, Second edition edited by J. W. Tollefson (2013). She has been the Language and Education Thematic & Review editor for Asian Studies Review since 2013.