Soyhan Egitim, EdD, has lived and worked in multi-cultural societies including Turkey, where he is originally from, Canada, and Japan. Since 2006, he has worked as an English langu...view moreSoyhan Egitim, EdD, has lived and worked in multi-cultural societies including Turkey, where he is originally from, Canada, and Japan. Since 2006, he has worked as an English language teacher in a range of educational settings in the Greater Tokyo Area. Upon completing his MA in TESOL at the University of Chichester in 2011, he pursued an academic career in Japan. In 2020, he was awarded a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University in Boston, where he concentrated on collaborative leadership in the Japanese higher education contexts. Currently, he serves as an assistant professor at Toyo University where he teaches English and intercultural communication courses. As a multilingual expert in intercultural communication, language education, and inclusive leadership practices, Dr. Soyhan Egitim has strived to promote open, participatory, and equitable language education through academic lectures, publications, presentations, and training workshops. His publication, “Collaborative leadership in English language classrooms: Engaging learners in leaderful classroom practices” (Egitim, 2021a), laid the foundation for the main ideas discussed in this book.view less