Ashley Ford is a language lecturer at Nagoya City University in Nagoya, Japan. Her areas of interest include Creative Project-Based Learning and Performance in Education, especially through filmmaking and music performance activities. Her current activities also explore the method and process of filmmaking to collect, analyze, and present data in qualitative research. She organizes an annual film festival for English language learners with the JALT Performance in Education SIG, and hopes you will encourage your students to make films to enter next year!

Anika double-majored in English and Speech Communication, has a MA in Communication studies, and a TESOL certificate. In the U.S., she taught public speaking at the university level and adult language learners at a local community college. Her research interests include public speaking, rhetoric, intercultural communication, and media studies, which she believes is the best excuse to watch whatever is considered binge-worthy by the pop culture zeitgeist . She has been in South Korea since 2016 where she currently teaches at the University of Ulsan and is the Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter President and Co-Chair of REEL to REAL: 2021 KoTESOL Filmmaking Festival and National Conference.