Paul Nation is a member of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies department at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is well known for his research into the methodology of language teaching and vocabulary learning.Nation is employed at Victoria University of Wellington where he currently holds the position of an Emeritus Professor. Previously in his career, Nation instructed courses on "pedagogical grammar, curriculum design, and teaching and learning vocabulary".He has experience with teaching and developing teaching pedagogy around the world in places such as Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Finland, and Japan.