I am an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Cultures at UQ (since 2017), having formerly been an assistant professor at the Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), University of Hong Kong (since 2014). I hold an MA TESOL from the University of London and an M.Phil/Ph.D in applied linguistics from the University of Cambridge.
My areas of research and supervisory expertise include corpus linguistics and the use of corpora for language learning (known as 'data-driven learning'), as well as English for General and Specific Academic Purposes. I have published 60+ papers in leading journals including Language Learning, Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, and Computer-Assisted Language Learning, ReCALL, System, Journal of Second Language Writing, IRAL and the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research. I have featured in Stanford's Top 2% Scientists lists for 2023 and 2024.
I am currently Editor in Chief of the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, have served as Associate Editor for the Q1 Journal of English for Academic Purposes, sit on the editorial boards of JSLW, IRAL, System, Applied Corpus Linguistics, Research Syntheses in Applied Linguistics, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, and the book series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
Dr Kayoko Hashimoto is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is a leading scholar in language policy, Japanese and English language teaching in Asia, specialising in the construction of national and individual identities within fluid multicultural and multilingual contexts. Her work bridges the gap between political and cultural ideology and language teaching practice. As an author/editor, she has published five books including Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), Beyond Native-Speakerism (Routledge, 2018), and Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). Her most recent research, featured in Ideologies of Communication in Japan (2025), critically examines the tension between monolingual approaches and multilingual learners.Kayoko maintains a significant international profile, with research and teaching collaborations across Australia, Japan, Vietnam, the UK, and Poland, including a Visiting Fellowship at Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo (2024–2025), and appointment as an Erasmus+ Mobility Program scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University (2025–2027). A thematic editor (language & education) of Asian Studies Review, she is also the founder of the annual “Empowering Asian Language Speakers Symposium” at The University of Queensland, with “language and history” as the 2026 theme.
