Bailey Awardee

TIRF DDG recipients

Recipients and Findings

The Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) was held online this year from June 14 to 17, and as has been the custom for several years, TIRF was represented there. At the awards ceremony, plaques were given to seven TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipients – five 2019 TIRF DDG recipients and two 2020 awardees. (Since last year’s LTRC event was cancelled due to the pandemic, recognizing the 2019 grantees was not possible.)

Worasiri Boonsue

Worasiri Boonsue is an English lecturer at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Thailand. She holds a DA in English from Srinakharinwirot University and an MEd in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Chiang Mai University. Her areas of expertise include academic writing and research skills instruction. Her research interests include

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Taghreed El Masry

Taghreed El Masry, PhD, is an English language educator, researcher, and education program manager with over 28 years of experience in teaching, supervision, and educational program implementation. She currently serves as an English Language Supervisor with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and as an Education Program Manager at Senabil Association.

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Phuong Le Hoang Ngo & Thao Thi Thanh Tran

Phuong Le Hoang Ngo holds an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Southampton, UK, and is currently a lecturer and researcher at the University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hue University, Vietnam. Her research interests include English-medium instruction, language teaching, teacher agency, and teacher

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Atem Arabella Etagha Takang

Atem Arabella Etagha Takang is a Cameroonian English language educator, teacher-researcher, and inclusive education advocate. Her work focuses on English language teaching, digital learning, assistive technology, and support for learners with disabilities. She develops practical approaches that improve access, participation, and communication for diverse English language learners.

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Paula Mullins, Caroline Walters, & Fíodhna Gardiner-Hyland

Paula Mullins is a post-primary teacher based in Limerick City with over 20 years of experience. She holds an Honours BA and a Postgraduate Certificate in Autism Studies from Mary Immaculate College, and a Higher Diploma in Education from Maynooth University. Since 2018, Paula has specialized in teaching English as

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Dinesh Kumar Thapa & Kalpana Belbase

Dinesh Kumar Thapa is a Secondary English Teacher in Kitini Secondary School in Lalitpur, Nepal. He teaches English to secondary and post- secondary level learners. He has a MPhil in ELE and has been in the field of English language teaching as a teacher, a materials designer, and an educator

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Emmaculate Mbula Mutuku

Emmaculate Mbula Mutuku has eight years of experience teaching English and Literature at the secondary school level. She has a keen interest in the acquisition of the English language by young learners, particularly at the lower primary school level. She holds a BA in Education and is currently pursuing an

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Grace Davis

Grace Davis is a Transition Navigator at ADVANCE, providing holistic case management and personalized pathways for immigrants and refugees in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. Additionally, she teaches English language learners online through EnGen and English With Grace. Grace holds degrees in TESOL and International Education Management from the Middlebury

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Yingzhao Chen

Yingzhao Chen received her PhD in Second Language Studies from Michigan State University. She is currently a Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communication at National University of Singapore. Her research interests include technology-enhanced language learning, vocabulary learning, and lexical processing. Her research has appeared in journals such as

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Syafaruddin Marpaung

Syafaruddin Marpaung, SPd, MHum, is an English teacher and Head of the English Department at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungbalai, Indonesia. Currently a doctoral candidate in English Studies at Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, his research focuses on integrating digital tools and educational games in English language teaching. He is passionate about

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Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes & Qiusi Zhang

Dr. Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes is an Assistant Professor at Universidad del Norte, Colombia. He specializes in EFL teaching, teacher training, assessment, technology-enhanced pedagogy, and the symbolic power of English in the Global South. He has taught at K-12 and higher education levels in Colombia and trained instructors internationally. Qiusi Zhang

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Junghee Byun

Junghee Byun is a visiting researcher at Iowa State University and a high school English teacher in South Korea with 25 years of teaching experience. She earned her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Seoul National University and an MA in TESOL from New York University. Her research focuses on technology-enhanced

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Mary Hillis, Jane Holelker, Monica Baker, & Anastasia Khawaja

Mary Hillis is an English language instructor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. She also has experience coordinating university writing centers. She currently serves as Chair of TESOL’s Membership Professional Council and the Japan Association for Language Teaching’s Awards and Recognition Committee. Her research interests are teacher professional development and

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