Aymen Elsheikh Doctoral Institution: Indiana University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Case Study of Sudanese EFL Student Teachers’ Knowledge and Identity Construction

Ching-Ni Hsieh (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: Michigan State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Rater Effects in ITA Testing: ESL Teachers’ Versus American Undergraduates’ Judgments of Oral Proficiency, Accentedness, and Comprehensibility

Larisa Olesova Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: An Examination of Nonnative-English-speaking Students’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Embedded Audio Feedback Provided by a Nonnative or Native-English-speaking Instructors in Asynchronous Online Discussions

Soodeh Eghtesad Doctoral Institution: Sorbonne Universtity TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Cultural Implications of Assessment Procedures in English, French and Persian as a Foreign or Second Language Classes in the USA, France and Iran

Tomohisa Machida Doctoral Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Teaching English for the First Time: Anxiety Among Japanese Elementary School Teachers

Zhiling Wu Doctoral Institution: Indiana University of Pennsylvania TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Washback Effects of the Reformed CET-4 on College English Teaching and Learning in China: Students’ Perspectives