Author: Ryan Damerow

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, Last week, I received a video clip from Yolanda Yang, a former colleague whom I hired while serving as the Founding Director of the English Language Center (ELC) at Shantou University. The video, produced in 2006, never went viral, so seeing it after nearly

Nonprofit organizations like TIRF depend on support from the public to meet their mission goals. Two of the most common types of giving are cash donations and time, in the form of volunteering. However, there are other ways you can support TIRF. In this piece, we highlight the various options

Editor’s note: In this story, we share an interview between TIRF Trustee, Dr. Kathi Bailey, who works on TIRF’s collection of reference lists, and Ryan Damerow, TIRF’s Chief Operating Officer. Ryan: Kathi, there are currently 251 reference lists available on TIRF’s website – all of which are Word documents that

The 2025 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts nomination period is currently open! For the 2025 program, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy and/or

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, Last weekend, I had the honor of participating in the Global English Language Education China Assembly held in Zhuhai, People’s Republic of China, on July 25-28. The event was organized by China Daily in collaboration with Shanghai International Studies University, Beijing Normal University, and

The 2025 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts nomination period is currently open! For the 2025 program, a prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy and/or

Editor’s Note: Via our “Grantee Corner” column, we will update our supporters on the activities of our various grantees. News about their publications and presentations, the completion of their final reports/deliverables to TIRF, awards they may receive, and so on will be highlighted from time to time in Grantee Corner.

Our mid-year appeal is just about to wrap up. Before it does, we welcome your support of TIRF’s Russell N. Cambell (RNC) endowment! Contributions toward TIRF’s RNC fund will be used to support the top-ranked Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipient each year. This year’s mid-year appeal helps to ensure that

The 2024 TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMAs) proposal deadline closed on Sunday, June 30th. Here is a quick glance at some of the key application data we collected from the second year of the program. The RMAs, first offered last year, are designed to support new researchers and improve

TESOL International Association’s Research Professional Council (RPC) has two exciting opportunities detailed below, regarding activities at the 2025 TESOL Convention in Long Beach, CA, USA. Submissions for both are due July 20th. Professional Learning and Mentoring to Support TESOL Educator Researchers The TESOL RPC invites proposals to be panelists at

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. As the President of TIRF, I am writing to express my gratitude for your dedication and support of our mission. We have achieved a number of milestones over the last few years,

The 2024 TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (hereafter, the “TIRF Bailey Award”) proposal deadline passed earlier this month, on Thursday, June 20th. Here is a quick glance at some of the key application data we collected from the inaugural offering of the program. The TIRF Bailey Award is meant

Our mid-year appeal kicked off less than a month ago and, thus far, we have received just a few donations (thank you, donors!) in support of TIRF’s Russell N. Cambell (RNC) endowment. The good news is that we still have until the end of July to raise funds for the