Arifa Rahman is a Professor from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh with extensive experience in teacher education, research, supervising research and assessment. She has presented widely in international conferences and has published numerous research articles and chapters in journals and books. As an educational consultant, she has worked with international partners on language learning projects. She is involved in facilitating communities of teaching and learning among marginalized language teachers in her country. Dr. Rahman is an active proponent of South Asian regional networking and the sharing of best practices in educational development. She is an affiliate and associate leader at TESOL, USA, and IATEFL, UK, and the country representative of Asia TEFL. Her current research interest is context and culture in language education and the prevalent inequity in language education policy and implementation. She has a Ph.D. in language in education from the Institute of Education, University of London.