Dr. Patrick Ng is currently a Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the International Studies and Regional Department, University of Niigata Prefecture. His current research focuses on Language Planning Policy, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Chinese Language Studies, English as a Lingua Franca, World Englishes, Language Identity, Intercultural Communication, Teacher Education, Teacher Agency, Teacher Identity, English-Medium Instruction, Narrative Inquiry, Native-Speakerism, Language Death and Maintenance, Language Revitalization, Mother Tongue Education and the Speak Mandarin Campaign. Dr. Ng is also the Book Reviews Editor of Current Issues in Language Planning, an international refereed journal that provides major thematic review studies on Polities & Language Planning. In addition to being a book editor, a panel speaker, workshop presenter, conference moderator and Ph.D. dissertation examiner, he is also an invited manuscript reviewer for leading journals and book series, including SAGE Open, Intercultural Communication Studies Journal, International Journal of Bilingual Studies and Bilingualism, and the Springer Language Policy Series. He is also a member of the Research Professional Council and TESOL International, and a founding member of the English as Lingua Franca research SIG at JACET (the Japan Association of College English Teachers).