Dr. Keiko Samimy has received her Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been working as a faculty member in the Ohio State University since 1988. Her research interests include issues related to L2 learners' affective variables, syllabus design for L2 teaching and learning, communicative language teaching (CLT) in ESL/EFL settings, issues of non-native speakers (NNS), L2 learner's willingness to communicate (WTC), and World Englishes.