Soyhan Egitim, EdD, has lived and worked in multicultural societies, including Turkey, where he is originally from, Canada, and Japan. Currently, he serves as an associate professor in the Faculty of Global and Regional Studies at Toyo University, where he teaches English language courses and global competence seminars.

Seiko Harumi, PhD, has lived and worked in Japan and the UK as a second/foreign language teacher of English and Japanese and an academic at secondary and tertiary levels. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Japanese and Applied Linguistics (Education) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where she teaches Japanese language courses.