Dr. Barry Grossman

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Barry has spent his professional life in rural, northern Japan. He received his Master's Degree in Linguistics and TESL from the University of Colorado, USA, and his Ph.D. in English and Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published papers in areas such as Computer Assisted Language Learning, Multiple Intelligences in English Langauge Teaching (ELT), Mindfulness in ELT, Metaphor and the Reflexive Construction, Metaphors of Self-Awareness, etc. He has presented at conferences all over the world. His love of yoga inspires his research, current research projects include the corpus analysis of yogic and Buddhist texts and the analysis of metaphors of the Self in Yoga and Buddhism. He is currently a professor of English at Hachinohe Gakuin University.