(http://www.professorjackrichards.com/)
뉴질랜드 Victoria University 석사(영어학)
캐나다 Laval University 박사(응용언어학)
Hawaii University, The City University of Hong Kong 등을 거쳐 현재 Auckland University 명예교수
주요 저서로 ≪Error Analysis≫(Longman, 1974), ≪Curriculum Development in Language Teaching≫(Cambridge University Press, 2001), ≪Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching≫(공저, Cambridge University Press, 2014), ≪Language Learning Beyond the Classroom≫(공저, Routledge 2014), ≪Key Issues in Language Teaching≫(Cambridge University Press, 2015) 등이 있다.