Prof Steven J. Ross
School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Date of visitorship: 16-23 September 2006

Steven J. Ross (Ph.D. from University of Hawaii in SLA) is a professor at the School of Policy Studies atKwansei Gakuin University in Kobe-Sanda, Japan. He specializes in quantitative research methods, language assessment, and program evaluation. His research on language assessment and SLA has appeared in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, IRAL, Journal of Asian-Pacific Communication, Second Language Research, TESOL Quarterly, System, Language Learning, Applied Linguistics, Prospect, Language Testing, and International Journal of Testing. He has been a member of the editorial boards of JLTA Journal, TESOL Quarterly, Language Testing, and Applied Linguistics.