Title of Project: Making Space to “Be Ourselves”: Brazilian Immigrant Children as Two-Way Immersion Program Implementers and Transborder Thinkers Doctoral Institution: Boston College Research Supervisor: Dr. Gabriella Oliveira, Boston College TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Migrants and Refugees: Teaching and Assessing English Final Report: Click here
Christian Fallas Escobar Doctoral Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Policy and Planning & Plurilingualism in Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: Latina/o Bilingual Teacher Candidates’ Negotiation of Raciolinguistic Ideologies
Steven Talmy (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Hawaii TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Lifers and FOBs, Rocks and Resistance: Generation 1.5, Identity, and the Cultural Productions of ESL in a High School
Takaharu Saito (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Arizona TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Nonnative-speaking Teachers Dissertation Title: Exploring Nonnative English-speaking Teachers’ Experiences in Teaching English at a US University
Fei-Yu Chuang (TIRF’s 2004 Ruseell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Warwick, UK TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The Effectiveness of Computer-based Materials as a Means of Teaching the English Article System
Farahnaz Faez Doctoral Institution: University of Toronto TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Preparing Diverse Teachers for Diverse Students: Perceptions of Linguistic Identity, Experiences, and Teaching Responsibilities in a Canadian Teacher Education Program
Cheng-Yi Kelly Chang Doctoral Institution: University of Newcastle, UK TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The Relationships Between Individual Learning Styles and Learning Strategies When Using Electronic Materials for Practicing EFL Listening
Sujung Park Doctoral Institution: Hanyang Cyber University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Grammar Dissertation Title: The Influence of Pretask Instructions and Planning on Incidental Focus on Form
Lucie Moussu Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Nonnative-speaking Teachers Dissertation Title: Native and Nonnative English-speaking English as a Second Language Teachers: Student Attitudes, Teacher Self-perceptions, and Intensive English Program Administrator Beliefs and Practices
Kara McBride Doctoral Institution: University of Arizona TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Listening too Slowly? The Effect of Rate of Speech in Computer-delivered Training Sessions for Listening Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language
