Honoring Your Impact
This section recognizes the individuals and organizations whose generosity fuels TIRF’s mission. Explore the impact of our donors, learn how their support advances research and educator development, and see how you can join this global community of change-makers.
Featured Donor
Wendy Li
Dr. Wendy Li is an Assistant Professor of English Language at the Language and Culture Center, Duke Kunshan University, China. She obtained her PhD from the Second Language Studies program at Michigan State University, USA. Her research areas include identity, emotions, and ideology in language learning and teaching. Her recent work focuses on how multilingual students navigate language socialization in transnational higher education settings. Her publications appear in leading international journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
TIRF Donors by Level
We would like to recognize the generosity of all our supporters. The list below is intended to publicly thank each organization and individual listed for the support they have provided to the Foundation.
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| Betty Azar | His Highness Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak al Nahayan | Raymond Ung |
| Charles Hung | Joan Morley | Mark Jiapeng Wang |
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| Duoweimingju | Kathleen M. Bailey | La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation |
| David Nunan | Donna Christian | Lorraine Elizabeth de Matos |
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| Adrian Shuford Palmer (In honor of MaryAnn Christison) | Jun Liu | Paula Simon |
| Andy Curtis and Liying Cheng (In Memory of Manboadh Sookdeo) | Lorena Llosa | Reece Duca |
| Barbara Schwarte | Lynn Savage (In Memory of Kent Sutherland) | Richard Boyum |
| Denise Murray | MaryAnn Christison | Robert & Adelaide Parsons |
| G. Richard Tucker | Omie Kerr | Russell Campbell |
| In Memory of Bob Cullen | Patricia A. Richard-Amato | |
| James E. and Penelope Alatis | Patricia Duff | |
| Jodi Crandall | Patsy Lightbown |
| Abdel Latif | Giang Hoang | Michael McCarthy |
| Abdulsamad Humaidan | Gordon & Elizabeth Borkowski | Michelle Waterman |
| Adam Damerow | Grace Low | Mieko Kobayashi |
| Adam Eberling | Graham Crookes | Mihran Agbabian |
| Adrian Palmer | Guanfang Zhao | Mikyung Wolf |
| Aileen Gum | Gwendollyn Schwabe | Mimi Met |
| Alan & Kathryn Paul | H. Douglas & Mary Brown | Minglei Yang |
| Ali Al-Sharhan | Hanan Khalifa | Mitch Legutke |
| Ali Fuad Selvi | Heidi Dittrich | Mohammed Dahbi |
| Alice & Norman Gary | Heidi Liu Banerjee | Mona E Scheraga |
| Alison Mackey | Helyn Cannan | Muhammad Muhammad Mahmoud |
| Allene Grognet | Hirohide Mori | Muhammad Muhammad Mahmoud Abdel Latif |
| Alta Book Center Publishers | Hiromi Kinjo | Naeema Begum Hann |
| Amy Kim | Hiromi Takayama | Nan Panita |
| Amy Schlessman | Hyung-Jo Yoon | Nancy Hornberger |
| Amy Schlessman-Frost | Ian McMaster | Nancy Rhodes |
| Andrew D. Cohen | In Honor of David E. Eskey | Naoki Ikeda |
| Andrew Tweed | Instruments for Research Into Second Language Learning (IRIS) | Neil J. Anderson |
| Andy Curtis | Isabella Anikst | Neil Ward |
| Angelica Arroyo | Izaak D Kramer | Nicholas Mastorides |
| Ann Kerr | Jaala Thibault & Christopher Ball | Nicole Pettitt |
| Ann Snow | Jack Halpern | Nina Yoshida |
| Anna Kramer | Jaehan Park | Noriko Akatsuka |
| Anna Krulatz | James & Lydia Stack | Numa Markee |
| Anna Uhl Chamot | James D. Brown | Olga Kagan |
| Annabelle Royer | James E Purpura | Ozgur Sahan |
| Anne Akamatsu | James Stack | Paige Ware |
| Anne Boynton-Trigg | Jan Frodesen | Panjanit Chaipuapae |
| Anne Burns | Jane Hoelker (In Honor of Jun Liu) | Patricia Duff (In Honor of Dr. Yehia El-Ezabi & in Memory of His Beloved Wife, Amira) |
| Anne Delaney | Janet Eyring | Patricia Richard-Amato |
| Anne Ediger | Janet Orr | Patrick Deegan |
| Anthony Acevedo | Jayakaran Mukundan | Paul Angelis |
| Anthony Alatis | Jean Glasser | Paul Edward Grogan |
| Anthony Al-Jamie | Jean Turner | Paul Meighan |
| Anthony Loren Acevedo | Jean Wong | Paula Winke |
| Antonieta Celani | Jeffrey Finlay | Peggy Bair |
| April J Ginther | Jeffrey VanDalson | Peter I De Costa |
| Ashley Montin | Jenna Altherr Flores | Phil Hubbard |
| Aviva Smith Ueno | Jennifer Dowrie | Philip Levine |
| Aviva Ueno | Jennifer Uhler | Philip Standlee |
| Aymen Elsheikh | Jenny Jimenez | Polina Vinogradova |
| Barbara Hawkins | Jessie Curtis | Randi Freeman |
| Barbara Kroll | Jia Ma | Randi Reppen |
| Barry O'Sullivan | Jill Van Houten | Rashelle & Dave Wynegar |
| Bedrettin Yazan | Jin Bi | Renee Jourdenais |
| Belinda Braunstein | Jin Kyeong Jung | Richard Aviles |
| Benjamin Carignan | Jin Kyoung Hwang | Richard Donato |
| Beth Clark-Gareca | Joan Jamieson | Richard Duran |
| Bill Bliss | Joan Kang Shin | Richard Laylin |
| Bingjie Zheng | Joan Samara | Rita Wong |
| Bob O'Prandy | Joan Shin | Robert Dickey |
| Bonny Norton | Joanne Dresner & Jerry Linsner | Robert Hagler |
| Brandon Ryan | Joe Bookbinder | Robert J. Dickey |
| Brian Lynch | Joe Lo Bianco | Robert McMillan |
| Camilla Vasquez | Joel Gomez | Robert Ochsner |
| Carmen DeNeve | John & Beth Schumann | Robert Ranieri |
| Carol Numrich | John Bair | Rod Ellis |
| Carol Severino | John Hedgcock | Rosa Needleman |
| Carol Taylor | John Read | Rosemary Orlando |
| Carolin Fuchs | John Swales | Ruth Larimer |
| Catherine Walter | John Thorpe | Ryan Damerow |
| Center for Applied Linguistics | Joy E Peyton | Sabrina Peck |
| ChameleonJohn Coupons | Joy Peyton (In Honor of Donna Christian) | Sandra Briggs |
| Chaoran Wang | Joy Reid | Sandra Rogers |
| Charles Amorosino, Jr. | Joyce Kling | Sara Cushing |
| Charles Goodwin | Juan Carlos Gallego & Elizabeth Borkowski | Sara Kangas |
| Charles Stansfield | Judith Moses | Sara Smith |
| Charmion McMillan | Judy Gough | Sara Weigle |
| Cheng Yang | Julie Choi | Sarah Briggs |
| Cherry Campbell | Julie Vorholt | Sarah Young Knowles |
| Cheryl Andersen O'Colmain | Junko Hondo | Scott Grapin |
| Chin Kim | Kara McBride | Shannon Brook Olson |
| China Daily | Katherine Mortimer | Shelley Wong-Pitts |
| Ching-Ni Hsieh | Kathleen Ford | Sherry Preiss (In Memory of Sam Lee) |
| Chris Golston & Cheryl Chan | Kathryn Accurso | Shondel Nero |
| Christina Paulston | Kathryn Leary | Sky Lantz-Wagner |
| Christina Schoonmaker | Kathy Escamilla | Sol Dresner |
| Christine Coombe | Kathy Kim | Spiros Papageorgiou |
| Christopher Benbrock | Kati Missman | Stephen Hall |
| Christopher VanBooven | Kees de Bot | Stephen J Hall |
| Claire Kramsch | Keith Folse | Steven & Judith Molinsky |
| Courtney Pahl | Kelly Donovan | Steven Molinsky |
| Craig & Mihwa Merrill | Kendall King | Steven Talmy |
| Cynthia & Mark Damerow | Kendi Ho | Stuart Landers |
| Daisuke Kimura | Kenji Hakuta | Sujung Park |
| Dan Diamont | Kensaku Yoshida | Susan Jeanne Spano |
| Dan Douglas | Kevin Jepson & Rebecca Kersnar | Susan Lamski |
| Daniel McCarthy | Kholoud Abdullah Al-Thubaiti | Susan Part & Jonathan Kavesh |
| David & Ann Johns | KimMarie Cole | Susan Stern |
| David Chiesa | Kris Krishnan | Suzanne M. Overstreet |
| Dayle Hartnett | Kristen Lindahl | Suzanne Panferov Reese |
| Deborah Healey | Kristin Hiller | Tabitha Kidwell |
| Deborah Short | Kylie Hsu | Takaharu Saito |
| Deborah Tannen | Laila Rumsey | Tania Azores |
| Deena Boraie | Lara Ravitch | Terence Toney |
| Dennis Hogan | Larisa Olesova | Terry Langendoen |
| Derek Ying Liu | Larry Davis | Thi Lan Anh Tran |
| Desma Johnson | Larry Lawson | Thomas Cobb |
| Diane Childs | Lawrence Corwin | Thor Sawin |
| Diane Larsen-Freeman | Lawrence Lawson & Karen Hamilton | Tim Cauller |
| Dilin Liu | Le Duc Manh | Tim Marquette |
| Dolores Parker | Lei Jiang | Ting Hou |
| Donald Freeman & Kathleen Graves | Leo Mercado | Tommi Grover - Multilingual Matters |
| Donald Weasonforth | Leslie Barratt | Tomohisa Machida |
| Donna Brinton | Lilith Haynes | Tomoyo Okuda |
| Doug Brown | Linda Harklau | Val Vandervort |
| Dr. Elahe Mir-Djalali Omidyar (Chair & President, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute) | Linda Jensen Darling | Venkatachala Krishnan |
| Dudley Reynolds | Lindsay Herron | Victoria Kimbrough |
| Edward & Ann Anthony | Lixia Cheng | Virak Chan |
| Eivind Nessa Torgersen | Lizabeth England | Virginia Christopher |
| Eldin Milak | Lorraine Kumpf | Walt Wolfram |
| Eleanor Eskey | Lucie Moussu | Walter & Dayle Hartnett |
| Eliz Tchakarian | Lucy Pickering | Wendy Li |
| Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Thompson | Lyle Bachman | Will Radecki |
| Elizabeth Schumann | Lyn Repath-Martos | William Bliss |
| Ellii | Lynn Goldstein | William Gaskill |
| Elliot Freeman | Mansoor Al-Surmi | William Grabe |
| Emil Ysona | Margaret van Naerssen | World Learning |
| Enas Abdullah Rajab Hammad | Marge Campbell | Wyatt Boykin |
| Erik Gundersen | Marguerite Ann Snow | Xiang Li |
| Esther & Elsa Sunde | Marianne Celce-Murcia | Xiaoqing Qin |
| Evelyn Hatch | Marie-Lise Bouscaren | Xiaoxin Chen |
| Evon Ryan | Marjorie Campbell | Xiaoxin Damerow |
| Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala | Mark Algren | Yasuyo Tomita |
| Family of Edward Mason Anthony, Jr. | Martha Bigelow | Yating Zhang |
| Fatima Esseili | Martha Grace Low | Yehia El-Ezabi (In Memory of Amira) |
| Federica Barbieri | Mary & William Bliss | Yi Cao |
| Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland | Mary Lou McCloskey | Yi Mei |
| Frances & Bill Cahill | Mary McGroarty | Ying Liu |
| Frances Ann Butler | Maryruth & David Farnsworth | Yingxia Jiang |
| Frances Butler (In Memory of Dr. Penny McKay) | Maxine & Russell Schuh | Younghee Sheen |
| Frances E. Cahill | Melanie van den Hoven | Yueting Xu |
| Fred Davidson | Melinda Erickson & Neil Joeck | Yuran |
| Frederick Jenks | Michael Gyori | Zhaohong Han |
| Fredricka Stoller | Zhiling Wu | |
| Freek Olaf de Groot | Michael K Legutke | Zhiwei Bi |
| Georgios Vlasios Kormpas | Michael Lessard-Clouston | Zhuo Li |
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| Zuzana Tomas |
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Russell N. Campbell Donors
Each year during our Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition, the highest rated DDG proposal is awarded in the name of the late Dr. Russell N. Campbell, who was the founding Chair of the TIRF Board of Trustees. For many years, he was the head of the TESL MA program and Applied Linguistics PhD program at UCLA. People who knew him remember Russ as a consummate administrator, visionary thinker, passionate teacher, and inspiring mentor.
Starting in 2023, TIRF began raising funds to establish an endowment to ensure its Russell N. Campbell DDG would be offered in perpetuity. To learn more about this fundraising campaign, please click here. If you would like to donate to the Russell N. Campbell fund, please click here.
There are two lists of donors shared below. One is for individuals who have donated to TIRF’s Russell N. Campbell DDG fund prior to our endowment campaign. The other shows donors who have supported the endowment we are raising in Russ’ name.
Russell N. Campbell Endowment Campaign Donors
Russell N. Campbell DDG Supporters (2000-2022)
In-kind Donors
An in-kind donor is an individual or organization that supports TIRF by contributing goods, services, or professional expertise instead of, or in addition to, financial gifts. These contributions can take many forms – such as providing pro bono research or consulting, offering translation or design services, donating equipment or software, or granting access to meeting space and technology. In-kind donations help TIRF reduce operating costs and expand its capacity to invest directly in advancing high-quality English language education worldwide. By sharing their resources and talents, in-kind donors play a vital role in strengthening TIRF’s mission and amplifying its impact.