English for Specific Purposes Project Leader Profiles: The Leadership Communication of 55 ESP Project Leaders by Kevin R. Knight, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.P.I.A.   
Open-access ebook in the​ Leadership in Language Education series
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This volume is a collection of valuable and highly praised stories. These stories were co-constructed by the 55 featured leaders and by Kevin Knight in his role as the author/interviewer who created the two prompts to which the leaders responded. The profiles were created so that ESP (English for Specific Purposes) practitioners and researchers worldwide in the ESP Interest Section (ESPIS) of TESOL International Association (TESOL) could share their professional experiences with each other. The volume has been divided into three parts: 1) introduction to the profiles, 2) the 55 profiles, and 3) analysis of the profiles. In writing the two chapters introducing and analyzing the profiles, the author draws upon his previous publications and presentations as he tells his story of 1) why the profiles were created and 2) what we can learn about leadership and communication from the profiles.

Endorsement

…a uniquely innovative, comprehensive, and insightful account of wide-ranging experiences of 55 ESP Project Leaders stretching a substantial period of history of disciplinary engagement full of valuable insights for those interested in the theory and practice of ESP. It makes an interesting and engaging reading, which will certainly be illuminating for newly initiated professionals in the field. 
 
Vijay K Bhatia
Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Hellenic American University, Athens (Greece)

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Contents

  • Preface by Ann M. Johns
  • Acknowledgements
  • PART I - Introduction to the Profiles by Kevin Knight
  • PART II - The 55 Profiles
  • PART III - Analysis of the Profiles with a Focus on Leadership Communication by Kevin Knight

Publication details

Publication date: (March 21, 2022)
Series: Leadership in Language Education
PDF: Open access [Download]
Epub and Mobi ebook versions: ISBN 9781005579166 Open access [Download at Smashwords]
Kindle ebook. $2.99 [Available from Amazon Kindle store]
Print book (black and white). ISBN 9798404711080, 301 pages, $29.99 [Available from Amazon]
​Print book (color). ISBN 9798750804375 301 pages, $39.99 [Available from Amazon]
DOI: 10.47908/23 

About the author

Kevin Knight

Dr. Kevin Knight (PhD in Linguistics, MBA, MPIA, BA) is Professor in the Department of International Communication (International Business Career major) and has also worked in the Career Education Center of Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. ​He was selected as the 2022 D. Scott Enright TESOL Interest Section Service Award recipient.