Susan Edwards teaches in the English for Liberal Arts program at International Christian University. Much of her work at ICU is concentrated on teaching critical thinking, academic reading, and academic writing to undergraduate students. With Simon Evans, she co-coordinates an ELA course in English for Academic Purposes. Her current research interests are in argumentation, writing assessment and writing centre tutor education. She graduated from Durham University and completed her Masters in Education at Bristol University, where she taught prior to moving to Japan twenty-five years ago. She also holds a Royal Society of Arts teaching diploma.