Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency

Hayriye Kayi-Aydar is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Arizona, USA.

Xuesong (Andy) Gao is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. His current research interests are in the areas of learner autonomy, language learning narratives, language education policy, and language teacher education. He is co-editor of System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics.

Elizabeth R. Miller (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she is Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Programs. Her current research focuses on language teacher identity, agency and emotions and has been published in journals such as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, System, and the Modern Language Journal, among others. She has published a monograph and three co-edited volumes with Multilingual Matters and one co-edited volume with Bloomsbury Publishers.

Manka Varghese is a Professor in the College of Education, University of Washington, USA.

Gergana Vitanova is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Central Florida, USA.