Professor Christina Higgins co-edited a new book 鈥淒iversifying Family Language Policy鈥� with Dr. Lyn Wright (University of Memphis), which was released at the end of last year. Also, one of our PhD alumna, Dr. Hakyoon Lee, authored a chapter in…
PhD Student Fred Zenker awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award
SLS PhD student Fred Zenker has been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award for his dissertation project titled “Resumptive Relative Clause Dependencies in the Processing of Second Language English.” To learn more about his dissertation project and award,…
New Book: The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and TechnologyEdited by Nicole Ziegler and Marta Gonz谩lez-Lloret
Professors Nicole Ziegler and Marta Gonz谩lez-Lloret co-edited a new book “The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology”, which was just released this month. Recent PhD graduate Kristin Rock co-authored a chapter titled “Tasks in Technology-Mediated Contexts” with Professor…
Upcoming conference presentations
Please see list below for upcoming conference presentations: Hawaii TESOL (February 19) Chang, Choe, Holden, & Isbell – Practical Concerns with a Local Intensive English Program’s Rubric Revision (paper presentation) Gilliland & Munoz Galleguillos – Reflection on Teaching and Assessing…
Sera Chun and Jieun Kim shortlisted for British Council student assessment award
Congratulations to PhD students In Ji Sera Chun and Jieun Kim, who were both shortlisted for 鈥淭he New Directions East Asia Best Student Research Idea 2021鈥� award, sponsored by British Council. In support of their proposal, both Sera and Jieun…
Susanne DeVore awarded an ETS Small Grant for Doctoral Research
PhD student Susanne DeVore received an ETS Small Grant for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment. The working title of her dissertation is “Syntactic Complexity in Mandarin and its Development.” Congratulations, Susanne!
Fall 2021 Graduation
We just wanted to share this picture from our graduation cooler last month where faculty, students, and staff gathered over Zoom to celebrate the end of the semester and the Fall 2021 graduates. A couple of our MA graduates and…
Ha Nguyen receives CALL Uehiro Dissertation 2021 Fellowship
Earlier this month,聽PhD student Ha Nguyen received the CALL Uehiro Dissertation Fellowship. Her dissertation research is on the engagement of international students with Hawaiian language and culture specifically how聽international students experience the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa as a campus聽striving…
Kristin Rock joining Georgetown University as an Assistant Teaching Professor
Kristin Rock, one of our recent Fall 2021 PhD graduates, will be joining Georgetown University as an Assistant Teaching Professor. She will be teaching three classes next spring on “How languages are learned”, “Communication, culture, & study abroad”, and “Statistics…
Huy Phung receives the Rachel Wade Award for Service and Outreach
Huy Phung, one of our PhD candidates, received the Graduate Student Organization’s Rachel Wade Award for Service and Outreach for his work on the Multi驶o虅lelo Initiative. Huy studies how conversational interaction facilitates language acquisition and development. Working as a language…