Ksan Rubadeau Doctoral Institution: Korea University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: An Exploration of English Language Teacher Educators’ Cognitions and Practices in Relation to the Pedagogical Purposes and Efficacies of 21st Century Digital Technologies
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
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
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
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
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
Jeffrey Gerald Mehring Doctoral Institution: Ohkagakuen University TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study of the Lived Experiences of Japanese Undergraduate EFL Students in the Flipped Classroom
Iftikhar Haider (Russell N. Campbell Awardee) Doctoral Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Assessment Dissertation Title: Re-Envisioning Assessment of Inter-language Pragmatics (ILP) through Computer Mediated Communicative Tasks
Hiromi Takayama Doctoral Institution: University of Iowa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Teacher Education Dissertation Title: Professional Development in Japanese Non-native English Speaking Teachers’ Identity and Efficacy
Espen Stranger-Johannessen Doctoral Institution: University of British Columbia TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Digital Technology in Language Education Dissertation Title: The African Storybook and Teacher Identity
Eloise Caporal Doctoral Institution: Université de Strasbourg TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: Language Policy and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): A Case Study of an English-French Bilingual Crèche in Strasbourg
Bal Krishna Sharma Doctoral Institution: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts Dissertation Title: The Commodification and Representation of Nepal in International Tourism
Aziz Khan Doctoral Institution: University of Auckland, New Zealand TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Language Planning & Policy Dissertation Title: A Narrative Ethnography of Teachers’ Language Perceptions, Preferences, and Practices in a Multilingual Context, and its Implications for Language-in-Education Policy and Planning
Yu-Chi Wang Doctoral Institution: The University of Iowa TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools Dissertation Title: Investigating Identities of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in an Afterschool Book Club
