Bedrettin Yazan Doctoral Institution: University of Maryland, College Park TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: How ESOL Teacher Candidates Construct their Teacher Identities: A Case Study of an MATESOL Program
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
Jaehan Park Doctoral Institution: Indiana University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Korean University Professors’ Knowledge Base and Professional Development Needs for English-medium Instruction
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
Katie Bernstein Doctoral Institution: University of California at Berkeley TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Learning English as an L2 in PreK: A Practice Perspective on Identity and Acquisition
Kimberly Woo (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Oral Social Language in the English Language Proficiency Assessment of Young ELLs
Nick Zhiwei Bi Doctoral Institution: University of Sydney TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Structural Equation Models of the Impact of Cognitive and Metacognitive Lexico-grammatical Strategic Processing on EFL Students’ Lexico-grammatical Test Performances Over Time: A Multitrait-multimethod Approach
Briana Ronan Doctoral Institution: Teachers College, Columbia University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: Making Meaning across Modes: English Language Learners and their Academic Writing within a Digital Space
Jia Ma Doctoral Institution: Queen’s University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Chinese Students’ Journey to Success on Highstakes English Language Tests: Nature, Effects and Values of Their Test Preparation
Jin Kyoung Hwang Doctoral Institution: University of California, Irvine TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Adolescent Language Minority Students’ Vocabulary Growth: Exploring Heterogeneity with Multilevel Analysis
Jing Wei Doctoral Institution: New York University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Assessing Speakers of World Englishes: The Roles of Rater Language Background, Language Attitude and Training
Justin Cubilo Doctoral Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Video-Mediated Listening Passages and Typed Notetaking: Investigating Their Impact on Comprehension, Test Structure, and Item Performance
Katherine O’Donnell Christoffersen Doctoral Institution: University of Arizona TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Language Choice and Code-switching among Sequential and Simultaneous Bilingual children: An Analysis of Grammatical, Functional and Identity-related Patterns
Virak Chan Doctoral Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Medium-of-Instruction Policies in Higher Education in Cambodia
