トランブリー ジェフリー

Jeffrey Trambley is a professor at the Faculty of International Communication of Musashino Gakuin University in Japan and at the institution’s graduate school program. Originally from Minnesota in the USA, he began his EFL career teaching in the Czech Republic at the secondary school level. In Japan since 1997, he first spent 2 years as an Assistant English Teacher (AET) for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan on the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme in Fukushima Prefecture before moving to Tokyo to complete his Master’s degree in Vocal Music at the Tokyo College of Music.

He has taught at universities in the Tokyo area since 2002. His research interests span a variety of disciplines including EFL reading assessment methods, student motivation, gender bias in testing, and ICT usage. Currently, his research efforts focus on Olympic Education (OE) and the role of higher education in the Olympic Movement as well as how educational institutions can promote inclusion and diversity. He hopes his research will ensure that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will provide lasting educational benefits extending far beyond 2020.

He has presented at academic conferences in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and throughout Asia and has given keynote addresses and presentations at an array of conferences.

Additionally, he writes and edits for official Japanese Ministry of Education approved English language textbooks with Kyoiku Publishing, one of Japan’s major publishers for secondary level English textbooks, and his English phrasebook for Japanese learners was published a fourth time in September of 2018 under the title "Everyday Native Speaker English Conversation: 3100 Real Phrases" (ネイティブ日常英会話 リアルフレーズ3100) with Shinsei Publishing. Besides university teaching, research and writing, he remains active as a professional musician lending his musical skills to concert performances both as a baritone soloist and conductor with community choruses.