Anna Dina L. Joaquin is Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics at California State University, Northridge. Her research interests include the neurobiological underpinnings of motivation and socialization of first and second language acquisition.
John H. Schumann is a professor of applied linguistics and former chair of the Department of Applied Linguistics at UCLA. His research includes the study of language acquisition, language evolution, the neurobiology of language, and the neurobiology of learning.