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John C. Maher is a professor of sociolinguistics. He is currently teaching linguistics at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.

His principal research interests involve the sociology of language, English as an international and international language, English for specific purposes, and teacher education. He also pursues research in sociolinguistics, globalization, metroethnicity, semiotics, languages of Japan, multilingualism, language and teaching, and medical languages.

Before he began his career at the ICU, he was also Lecturer in Japanese and Tutor in English as a Foreign Language in the Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, Lecturer in English at the University of Hiroshima and the Shimane Medical University, Japan, Instructor in English at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan.

He has been a British Council Lecturer at De La Salle University, Manila, a guest lecturer at the University of Leeds, Monterey Institute of International Studies, the University of Manchester Centre for Cosmopolitanism and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Université de Paris VI. He is a founding member of Nihon Gengo Shakai Kagakkai 日本言語社会科学会 (Japan Association of the Sociolinguistics).

== Academic Background ==


 * 1986 University of Edinburgh Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
 * 1982 University of Michigan Master of Arts (M.A.)
 * 1976 University of London, Heythrop College Master of Theology (M.Th.)
 * 1974 University of London Bachelor of Arts (BA. Hons.)

Publications

 * 1) マーハ・ジョン、八代京子編著（1991）『日本のバイリンガリズム』東京、研究社. 1991. Bilingualism in Japan].  with Kyoko Yashiro (Tokyo: Kenkyusha ).
 * 2) マーハ・ジョン、本名信行編著（1994）『新しい日本観世界観に向かって：言語と文化の多様性』東京、国際書院. 　[Towards a New Order: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Japan] with N. Honna. Tokyo; Kokusai Shoin.
 * 3) Diversity in Japanese Culture and Language Maher, J. and Macdonald, G. (Eds). (Kegan International, 1995)
 * 4) Multilingual Japan. Maher, J. and Yashiro, K. (Eds). (Multilingual Matters 1995)
 * 5) Introducing Chomsky. Illustrated by Judy Groves. (Cambridge: Icon Books 1997)
 * 6) Literacy for Dialogue in Multilingual Societies (Co-ed with B. Jelisava, C. Duval) (Linguapax Asia/Sun Process, Tokyo, 2012.)
 * 7) マーハ・ジョン、ジュディ・グローヴス（2004）『チョムスキー入門』東京：明石書店
 * 8) Languages in Danger and Language Networks. T. Katsuragi and J. Maher (Eds). (Tokyo: Sangensha. 2017)
 * 9) Multilingualism: a Very Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2017)

Links
John C. Maher. Website. http://johncmaher.weebly.com/

MAHER, John C. ICU Researchers Information System. https://researchers.icu.ac.jp/icuhp/KgApp?kyoinId=ymkygyooggy&Language=2