Asian Association for Language Assessment

AALA Executive Board, 2026–2027

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President:

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Yasuyo Sawaki, Waseda University

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Co-President:

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Jason Fan, University of Melbourne

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First Vice President:

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Yong-Won Lee, Seoul National University

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Second Vice President:

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Mingwei Pan, Shanghai International Studies University

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Immediate Past President:

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Thi Ngoc Quynh Nguyen, VNU University of Languages and International Studies

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Secretary:

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Jing Zhang, Yunnan University

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Treasurer:

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Keita Nakamura, Tohoku University

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Communications Officer:

 

Yasuhiro Imao, The University of Osaka

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Member-at-Large:

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Ying Chen, Ocean University of China​

 

Shangchao Min, Zhejiang University

Limei Zhang, Nanyang Technological University

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Past EB Members

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Senior Advisors

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Hossein Farhady, Yeditepe University

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Rama Mathew, Delhi University

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Randy Thrasher, International Christian University

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Fellows

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Lyle F. Bachman, University of California, Los Angeles

Alister Cumming, University of Toronto

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Barry O’Sullivan, British Council

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David Carless, University of Hong Kong

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Nominating Committee, 2026–2027

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Alan Urmston, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Chair)

Chao Han, National University of Singapore

Emily Di Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Niles Zhao, Nanyang Technological University

 

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Student Committee, 2026

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Co-chairs:
 

Meng-Hsun (Hunter) Lee, University of Toronto

Lugeng Sun, Chulalongkorn University
 

Immediate Past Co-chairs:
 

Sao Bui, The University of Melbourne
 

Chenyang Zhang, The University of Melbourne

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Secretary:
 

Feiya (Sophia) Xiao, University of Macau

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Public Relations Officer:
 

Ryuhei Mizoguchi, Waseda University

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Committee Members:

 

Yuxin Peng, University of Macau

Hetian Yu, Education University of Hong Kong

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Han Lai, University of Toronto

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Minkyung Kim, Seoul National University

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Tram Pham, Lancaster University

Wen Xing, Durham University

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Yichen Jia, Nanyang Technological University

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Past Student Committee Members

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Regional Representatives

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Junifer Abatayo, Sohar University

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Christine Coombe, Dubai Men’s College

Young Shik Lee, Hannam University 

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Rongchan Lin, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

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Keita Nakamura

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Bjorn Norrbom, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education

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Mingwei Pan, Shanghai International Studies University

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Pitambar Paudel, Tribhuvan University, Prithvi Narayan campus

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Anusha Ramanathan, Tata Institute of Social Science

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K. N. Shoba, Anna University

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Limei Zhang, Nanyang Technological University

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