Shifting Voices Episode Six Featuring Joey Brown Shifting Voices

Joey Brown and I met in August of 2021 in Osaka, Japan. We were fellow teachers in an intensive English language program at a university in Osaka. Joey also acted as an assistant academic director during this time, assisting teachers and learners as necessary. We would often stay late into the evenings, reflecting on lessons and brainstorming ideas for future lessons. It was during these brainstorming sessions that Joey and I really got to know each other. Joey is an excellent mentor and I learned so much about putting theory into practice in the language learning classroom from him. Joey completed his undergraduate work in Iowa at Grinnell, majoring in anthropology and minoring in education. Joey later returned to the Bay area (where he grew up) and completed his masters in education at the University of San Francisco before coming to Japan, where he has lived and taught English for 3 years. Joey is also a musician and has been writing songs since he was in middle school. His recording career has been established since coming to Japan.

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