James "Jake" Kimball holds an MSc in Educational Management in TESOL, and his research interests include program evaluation, assessment, and issues related to curriculum development. James, or Jake, was the founder of the Young Learner and Teens Special Interest Group and has worked for many years professionalizing TYL in Korea. In addition to being Publications Committee chair (2017-19), he has held editor-in-chief positions on The English Connection and KOTESOL Proceedings, and is currently reviews editor for the Korea TESOL Journal.
After teaching EFL in Korea for many years in the private sector, he is now an assistant professor of English in the English Department of Semyung University, where he has been teaching for the past ten years.
