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
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
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
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
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
Sara Smith Doctoral Institution: Oxford University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment | Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: The Nature of Multi-word Vocabulary among Children with English as a First or Additional Language and its Relationship with Reading Comprehension
Liang Guo Doctoral Institution: Georgia State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Product and Process in TOEFL iBT Independent and Integrated Writing Tasks: A Validation Study
Larry Davis Doctoral Institution: University of Hawai’i TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Rater Expertise in a Second Language Speaking Assessment: The Influence of Training and Experience
Kristen Lindahl Doctoral Institution: University of Utah TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Exploring an Invisible Medium: Teacher Language Awareness among Preservice K12 Educators of English Language Learners
Beth Clark-Gareca (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Assessing English Language Learners’ Content Knowledge in the Mainstream Classroom
Ali Fuad Selvi Doctoral Institution: University of Maryland TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: A Quest to Prepare English Language Teachers in Diverse Teaching Settings
WeiWei Yang Doctoral Institution: Georgia State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Mapping the Relationships among the Cognitive Complexity of Independent Writing Tasks, L2 Writing Quality, and the Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency of L2 Writing
Tasha Darbes Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: “Hard to Place”: Multilingual Immigrant-Origin Students in Community Colleges
Pasty Egan (Vinogradov) (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Minnesota TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Little Desks, Big Ideas: The Unlikely Meeting of Adult Educators in Kindergarten to Explore Early Literacy Instruction
