Lixia Cheng Doctoral Institution: Purdue University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Effects of Pragmatic Task Features, English Proficiency, and Learning Setting on Chinese ESL/EFL Learners’ Spoken Performance of Requests
Joyce Kling Doctoral Institution: University of Copenhagen TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: Teacher Identity in English-Medium Instruction: Teacher Cognitions from a Danish Tertiary Education Context
HyoJung Lim Doctoral Institution: Michigan State University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Exploring the Validity of Evidence of the TOEFL IBT Reading Test from a Cognitive Perspective
Derya Kulavuz-Onal Doctoral Institution: University of South Florida TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: English Language Teachers’ Learning to Teach with Technology through Participation in an Online Community of Practice: A Netnography of Webheads in Action
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
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
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
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
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
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
Alannah Fitzgerald Doctoral Institution: Concordia University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: A New Paradigm for Open Data-driven Language Learning Systems Design in Higher Education
Sarah Braden Doctoral Institution: University of Utah TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Scientific Inquiry as Social and Linguistic Practice: Language Socialization Pathways in a 9th Grade Physics Class
Nicholas Subtirelu Doctoral Institution: Georgetown University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Linguistic Diversity and the Politics of International Inclusion in Higher Education: A Critical Sociolinguistic Study of International Teaching Assistants
Muhammad Asif Qureshi Doctoral Institution: Northern Arizona University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Age and Knowledge of Morphosyntax in English as an Additional Language: Grammatical Judgment and Error Correction
