Chunxue Hu Doctoral Institution: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Content-Based Instruction Dissertation Title: The Effects of Concept-Maps-Based Planning on Linguistic Performance in College English Writing
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts. Dr. Nelson Flores, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sofía Chaparro, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, have been named as
Laura Kennedy Doctoral Institution: Michigan Sate University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: 쌤 [Ssam; teacher] I am: An (Auto)Ethnographic Exploration of Novice EFL Teachers’ Imagined and Enacted Teacher Identities in South Korea
Maria Treadaway Doctoral Institution: The University of Auckland TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Developing and Validating Diagnostic Speaking and Listening Tests for Ab Initio Cadet Pilots
Nora Lang Doctoral Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Migrants and Refugees: Teaching and Assessing English Dissertation Title: “Vamos Juntos en esto”: Peer Interaction and Affordances for Language Development among Adolescent Newcomers in Language and Content Classrooms
Qie Han Doctoral Institution: Teachers College, Columbia University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Investigating the Combined Effects of Rater Expertise, Working Memory Capacity, and Cognitive Functionality on the Scoring of Second Language Speaking Performance
Ruth Rouvier Doctoral Institution: Universiy of California, Berkeley TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Research on Revitalization of Endangered Indigenous Languages Dissertation Title: Yurok Language Revitalization: Affective Stance and Language Learning
Scott Grapin (Russell N. Campbell Award Winner) Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Investigating the Potential of Multimodal Tasks to Promote More Equitable Assessment of English Learners in Science
Wei Yan Doctoral Institution: Queen’s University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: An Argument-Based Approach to the Validity of Interpretation and Use of Chinese High School Students’ Grades across Educational Contexts
Wenjing (Wendy) Li Doctoral Institution: Michigan State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Tracing Chinese Transnational English Learners’ Language Learning across Digital Spaces and First-Year Writing: A Language Socialization Perspective
Yecid Ortega Doctoral Institution: University of Toronto TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Teaching English to Young Learners Dissertation Title: Pedagogies of Be[ing] and Be[coming]: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study to Understanding Youth Experiences of Social Justice and Peacebuilding in English Teaching in Urban Schooling in Colombia
Nga Nguyen Doctoral Institution: Edith Cowan University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: An Evaluation Study of an English for Academic Purposes Program in a Vietnamese University
Amy Kim Doctoral Institution: Georgetown University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Rethinking Post-Entry Language Assessment Policies in U.S. Higher Education: A Socially Responsible Approach
Bingjie Zheng Doctoral Institution: University of Wisconsin – Madison TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: Appropriating and Legitimating Chinese-English Dual Language Education: Multi-sited Ethnographic Study of Language Policy, Repertoires, and Socialization
