We are happy to share that Kristen Urada, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, was featured in an article, 鈥淔luent in Purpose: When a fellowship lets passion lead,鈥� published…
PhD Student Ayano Kawasaki Published in TESOL Quarterly
We are excited to share that Ayano Kawasaki, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, has published her article, 鈥淕ELT vs. ELT: Competing Paradigms in L1-Flavored-English Translanguaging in an ESL…
SLS PhD Students Receive Elizabeth Spann Award for Research on L2 English Overpassivization
Congratulations to Ayoung Chung (PhD student, group leader) and Joonhee Kim (PhD student) for receiving the Elizabeth Spann Award in the amount of $2,000 from the College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) Dean鈥檚 Office! Their research project, titled 鈥淚nvestigating…
PhD student Sera Chun Publishes in Language Teaching Research
Congratulations to the PhD student In Ji (Sera) Chun whose article entitled “Exploring teacher mediation and learner responsiveness in small-group online dynamic assessment for L2 academic writing development鈥� is now published in聽Language Teaching Research (https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251368635)! Abstract: Research on groupdynamic assessment…
PhD Student Yu-Tzu Chang earns TOP Dissertation Grant
PhD student Yu-Tzu Chang has earned a Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers (TOP) Grant for her dissertation research valued at 30,000 USD! The mission of the TOP Grant program is聽to nurture research talent overseas in the humanities and social sciences, the NSTC…
PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker lands Post-Doctoral position at TU Braunschweig
PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker (2024) has been accepted for a three-year postdoc with Prof. Holger Hopp in the Department of English Linguistics at TU Braunschweig. He is excited for this new chapter is his career, which officially started on October…
SLS is looking for a tenure-track professor!
The Department of Second Language Studies in the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa invites applicants for a 9-month, tenure-track, full-time assistant professor, with specialization in second language corpus linguistics to begin Fall…
Remembering Rickey Larkin, Jr.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of PhD Candidate Rickey Larkin, Jr. The text below, taken from his obituary in his native Ohio, also includes a guestbook if you would like to leave any memories for…
Angel Sanchez featured in the UH News for her UROP Study!
Congratulations to our SLS Teaching Minor student Angel Sanchez for her accomplishment of her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) study in Venice, Italy in summer 2024 and being featured on UH News! Her project was about comparing European and international…
New Resource Website for Global Englishes-focused Teaching Materials
A new website for Global Englishes-focused teaching materials is now available! https://sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/ge-focused-teaching-materials/ This website was designed by Kenton “Kenny” Harsch, retired English Language Institute Director and Undergraduate Coordinator and Advisor, and Michelle Kunkel, PhD candidate. The website includes an explanation…