Alumni in alphabetical order; year of graduation in parentheses

Dr. Karolina Achirri  (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Divine Word College
Dissertation title: Transformative internationalization through kindness: The experiences of Chinese undergraduate students and their instructor at a U.S. higher education institution
Dissertation committee: Senta Goertler and Dustin DeFelice (Co-Chairs), Shawn Loewen, Lynn Fendler (College of Education)
Email: kachirri@dwci.edu
Last updated: 8/28/20

Dr. Seongmee Ahn (2013)
Dissertation title: L2 pragmatic development through conversational interaction: Heritage language background and explicitness of feedback 
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Ok-Sook Park, Charlene Polio, and Paula Winke
Email: ahnseongmee@gmail.com
Last updated: 5/6/13

Dr. Jieun Ahn (2019)
Current position: Invited researcher at the Institute of Foreign Language Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Dissertation title: The Effect of Prior L1 Knowledge on the Implicit and Explicit Learning of L2 Syntax from Reading a Novel
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass, Patti Spinner, Shawn Loewen, Zoltan Dienes, and Patrick Rebuschat
Email: anji9946@gmail.com 
Web: https://www.sites.google.com/view/jieunahn
Last updated: 3/17/2021

Dr. Magdalyne Oguti Akiding (2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Swahili at the University of Michigan
Dissertation title: An investigation of motivational strategy use by FL Swahili and Zulu instructors in the United States
Dissertation Committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Patti Spinner, Emily Uebel
Email: makiding@umich.edu
Last updated: 1/31/23

Dr. Mashael Algana (2021)
Current position: Assistant professor, King Khalid University 
Dissertation title: L2 English Learners’ Listening Comprehension: An Examination of the Effects of Visual Cues and Nonnative Accented Speech. 
Dissertation Committee: Debra Hardison (Chair),   Shawn Loewen, Patti Spinner, Paula Winke 
Email: msalmashael@gmail.com 
Last updated: 8/17/21

Dr. Grace (Eunhee Lee) Amuzie (2012)
Current position: Assistant Teaching Professor of Applied Linguistics and Coordinator of Academic Integration Courses, Penn State Abington
Dissertation title: Transfer at the lexical level in Korean learners’ L2 indefinite article use in English
Dissertation committee: Patti Spinner (Chair), Debra Friedman, Susan Gass, and Paula Winke
Email: exl457@psu.edu
Last updated: 03/22/20

Dr. Laura Ballard (2017)
Current position: Senior Research Project Manager in English Language Learning and Assessment, Educational Testing Service
Dissertation title: The effects of primacy on rater cognition: An eye-tracking study 
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, and Dorry Kenyon (Center for Applied Linguistics)
Email: LBallard@ets.org
Last updated: 11/1/2018

Dr. Jennifer Behney (2011)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Youngstown State University
Dissertation title: L2 gender facilitation and inhibition in spoken word recognition 
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Patti Spinner, Rebecca Foote (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Joseph Francese
Email: jbehney@ysu.edu
Web: https://ysu.edu/content/behney-jennifer
Phone: (330) 941-3462
Last updated: 8/30/18

Dr. J. Dylan Burton (2023)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation title: The role of nonverbal behavior and affect on ratings of second language proficiency
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), India Plough, Koen Van Gorp, Aline Godfroid, Ryan Bowles
Email: burtonjd@illinois.edu
Last updated: 8/22/23

Dr. Hiep Chau (2014)
Current position: Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, School of EducationCantho University, Vietnam
Dissertation title: The effects of planning with writing on the fluency, complexity, and accuracy of L2 oral narratives 
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Debra Hardison, Susan Gass, and Aline Godfroid
Email: chiep@ctu.edu.vn
Last updated: 3/5/15

Dr. Wen-Hsin (Kelly) Chen (2016)
Current position: Project Assistant Professor, Media Center, Office of Academic Affairs at the National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Dissertation title: Second language perception and production of English regular past tense: L1 influence in phonology and morphosyntax
Dissertation committee: Patti Spinner (Chair), Susan Gass, Debra Hardison, and Bill VanPatten
Email: wchen33@ntut.edu.tw
Last updated: 10/10/16

Dr. Xiaoqing (Andy) Chen (2013)
Current position: Visiting International Professional (VIPP) Coordinator, China Programs, Michigan State University VIPP
Dissertation title: Chinese EFL learners’ noticing of recasts: Its relation to target structures, uptake, and working memory capacity
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Charlene Polio (Co-chair), Xiaoshi Li, and Paula Winke
Email: chenxia6@msu.edu
Web: http://vipp.isp.msu.edu/people/
Phone: (517) 884-3487
Last updated: 12/1/14
Dr. Yingzhao Chen (2023)
Current position: Lecturer, Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore Dissertation title: Unpacking the Comparison of L1 and L2 Glosses in Vocabulary Learning from Reading
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Meagan Driver, Sandra Deshors
Email: cyz@nus.edu.sg
Last updated: 6/29/23

Dr. Roman Chepyshko (2018)
Dissertation title: Adult ESL learners’ patterns on acceptance/non-acceptance of alternating and non-alternating verb phrases 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, and Paula Winke
Email: chepyshk@msu.edu
Last updated: 8/16/18

Dr. Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu (2011)
Current position: Assistant Professor in the English Dept. and Writing Center Director, California Lutheran University
Dissertation title: Negotiating linguistic certainty for ESL writers at the Writing Center
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Debra Friedman, Trixie Smith, David Sheridan, and John Hale (Cornell University)
Email: chchiu@callutheran.edu
Web: https://www.callutheran.edu/faculty/profile.php?id=chchiu
Phone: (805) 493-3785
Last updated: 8/1/14

Dr. Ina Choi (2019)
Current position: Lecturer, Korean Language Program at University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation title: Learning Words Under Incidental and Intentional Learning Conditions: An Eye-Tracking Study
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass, Shawn Loewen, and Paula Winke
Email: inachoi@berkeley.edu
Web: https://choiina.weebly.com
Last updated: 2/13/20

Dr. Jin Soo Choi (2022)
Current position: Coming soon. Dissertation title: Investigating test delivery modes within video-conferenced English speaking proficiency assessment
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Dan Reed, India Plough, Koen Van Gorp
Email: choiji24@msu.edu
Web: Coming soon
Last updated: 8/16/2022
Dr. Dustin Crowther (2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Dissertation title: Linguistic measures of second language speech: Moving from monologic to interactive speech 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Susan Gass, Peter De Costa, and Paula Winke Email: dcrowth@hawaii.edu
Web: dustincrowther.weebly.com
Last updated: 6/15/20

Dr. Yaqiong Cui (2019)
Dissertation title: Investment and Identity Construction in Learning Chinese and English: A Case of Female Uyghur Students in a Chinese University
Dissertation committee: Xiaoshi Li, Charlene Polio, and Patti Spinner
Email: cuiyaqio@msu.edu
Last updated: 2/13/20

Dr. Virginia David (2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Dissertation title: Impromptu timed-writing and process-based timed-writing exams: Comparing students’ performance and investigating students’ and raters’ perceptions
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, Peter De Costa
Email: virginia.david@wmich.edu
Phone: (269) 387-5935
Last updated: 8/20/15

Dr. Fei Fei (2015)
Current position: ‎Lecturer at ‎Northeastern University -Seattle
Dissertation title: Formulaic language use in L2 Chinese: The role of pre-writing planning
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Xiaoshi Li (Co-chair), Aline Godfroid, Patti Spinner
Email: f.fei@northeastern.edu
Last updated: 8/26/15

Dr. Jessica Fox (2017)
Current position: Professional Lead Tutor at the Learning Commons at Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI. 
Dissertation title: The Bridge: Linking mood induction, self-report, and psychophysiology to vocabulary learning on a paired-associates learning task 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Jason Moser (Psychology), Susan Gass, Paula Winke
Email: Coming soon
Last updated: 10/18/2017

Dr. Curtis Green-Eneix (2023)
Current position: Research Assistant Professor, Education University of Hong KongIntersectional identities and performed language ideologies: Stories of becoming a US K-12 content teacher 
Dissertation committee: Peter De Costa (Chair), Charlene Polio, Shawn Loewen, and Koen Van Gorp
Email: greeneneix@eduhk.hk
Web: https://www.eduhk.hk/ele/people/curtis-green-eneix/Qualifications
Last updated: 9/01/23

Dr. Talip Gonulal (2016)
Current position: Associate Professor at Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Dissertation title: Statistical literacy among second language acquisition graduate students 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Susan Gass, Paula Winke
Email: gonulalt@msu.edu
Web 1: http://aves.erzincan.edu.tr/talip.gonulal/
Web 2: http://talipgonulal.wordpress.com/ 
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Xuehong (Stella) He  (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan Dissertation title: Working Memory, Presentation Formats, and Attention: An Eye-tracking Study on Learning L2 Chinese Characters in a Computer-Assisted Self-Study Environment
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Susan Gass, Xiaoshi Li Email: xuehong_he@nucba.ac.jp
Last updated: 12/10/20

Dr. Yeon Heo (2016)
Current position: English teacher, Pusan National University High School.
Dissertation title: The effects of grammar instruction with three noticing levels on ESL learners’ grammar tests 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Ok-Sook Park, Paula Winke
Email: heoyeon@pnu.ac.kr
Phone: +82-51-515-1345
Last updated: 10/02/16

Dr. Lee Her (2023)
Current position: Postdoc, College of Education, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Dissertation title: An Ecological Approach: Investigating Family Language Policy for two Hmong American Families
Dissertation committee: Peter De Costa (Chair), Charlene Polio, Koen van Gorp, Jungmin Kwon
Email: hlibh@outlook.com
Web: https://sites.google.com/view/leeher/
Last updated: 8/1/23

Dr. Sara Hillman (2011)
Current position: Assistant Professor of ESL, Liberal Arts ProgramTexas A&M University at Qatar
Dissertation title: “Ma sha Allah!” Creating community through humor practices in a diverse Arabic language Flagship classroom 
Dissertation committee: Debra Friedman (Chair), Brahim Chakrani, Susan Gass, Paula Winke
Email: sara.hillman@qatar.tamu.edu
Web: http://liberalarts.qatar.tamu.edu/FacultyStaff/Pages/English/Dr–Sara-Hillman.aspx
Phone: (974) 7095-7759
Last updated: 8/26/15

Dr. Ching-Ni Hsieh (2011)
Current position: Research Scientist, Center for English Language Learning and Assessment, Research and Development Division, Educational Testing Service
Dissertation title: Rater effects in ITA testing: ESL teachers’ versus American undergraduates’ judgments of accentedness, comprehensibility, and oral proficiency
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Debra Hardison, Debra Friedman, and Daniel Reed
Email: chsieh@ets.org
Phone: (609) 734-5946
Last updated: 4/9/19

Dr. Bronson Hui  (2021) 
Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland 
Dissertation title: A Construct Validation Study Of Implicit And Time Sensitive Vocabulary Measures 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Paula Winke, Patti Spinner, Irina Elgort (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Hope Akaeze (University Outreach and Engagement, MSU) 
Email: bhui@umd.edu 
Web: https://sllc.umd.edu/directory/bronson-hui
Last updated: 1/31/23

Dr. Elizabeth Huntley (2023)
Current position: Instructor of Arabic and Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages, University of Colorado Denver
Dissertation title: Ab Initio L2 Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Vocabulary and Grammar: A Psycholinguistic Approach 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Paula Winke, Ayman Mohamed, Kimberly Geeslin (Indiana University)
Email: elizabeth.huntley@ucdenver.edu
Web: https://sites.google.com/view/lizzhuntley
Last updated: 8/11/23

Dr. Solène Inceoglu (2014)
Current position: Lecturer in French Studies, School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, The Australian National University
Dissertation title: Effect of multimodal training on the perception and production of French nasal vowels by American English learners of French 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Shawn Loewen, Anne Violin-Wigent
Email: Solene.Inceoglu@anu.edu.au
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/soleneinceoglu
Web2: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/inceoglu-sc?term=solene
Phone: +61 2 6125 3532
Last updated: 9/23/16

Dr. Daniel R. Isbell (2019)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dissertation title: Diagnosing Second Language Pronunciation
Dissertation committee: Winke, Paula; Lee, Junkyu; Loewen, Shawn; Hardison, Debra
Email: disbell@hawaii.edu
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/isbelldaniel
Last updated: 2/01/2021

Dr. Suzanne Johnston (2017)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, & Cultures, University of Central Arkansas 
Dissertation title: Verbal morphology in L2 Spanish: Morphological deficits and processing strategies 
Dissertation committee: Bill VanPatten (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Patti Spinner, Paula Winke
Email: sjohnston4@uca.edu
Last updated: 10/19/2017

Dr. Sehoon Jung (2017) 
Dissertation title: Second language processing of long distance filler-gap dependencies in English: The effects of age and working memory 
Dissertation committee: Patti Spinner (Chair), Susan Gass, Aline Godfroid, Paula Winke
Email: Coming soon
Last updated: 8/14/2017

Dr. Jimin Kahng (2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures, Northern Iowa University
Dissertation title: Exploring the production and perception of second language fluency: Utterance, cognitive, and perceived fluency 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Susan Gass, Patti Spinner, Paula Winke
Email: Email: J-Kahng@neiu.edu
Last updated: 8/28/2018

Professor Nobuhiro Kamiya (2012)
Current position: Professor, The Department of International Communication, English Communication Course, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University, Gunma, Japan 
Dissertation title: The relationship between stated beliefs, classroom practices, and reading research studies of oral corrective feedback in four ESL teachers 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Debra Friedman (Co-Chair), Susan Gass, and Senta Goertler
Email: kamiya@fic.gpwu.ac.jp
Web: https://www.gpwu.ac.jp 
Web2: https://sites.google.com/site/kamiyanobuhiro/home 
Phone: 81-270-65-8511
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Matt Kessler (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of South Florida
Dissertation title: Teaching and Learning in a Content-Based Classroom: Understanding Pedagogy and the Development of L2 Writers’ Metacognitive Genre Awareness 
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio and Peter De Costa (Co-Chairs), Jeremy Francis, Shawn Loewen
Email: kesslerm@usf.edu
Web: https://mattkessler.weebly.com/
Last updated: 8/20/20

Dr. Susie Kim (2020)
Current position: Lecturer in Korean Language. Princeton University
Dissertation title: Assessing Grammatical Features in Second Language Writing: A Corpus-based Analysis of CEFR Features across Score Levels
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio & Daniel Reed (Co-Chairs), Sandra Deshors, Paula Winke
Email: susiek@princeton.edu
Web: https://susie-kim.github.io/
Last updated: 3/17/2021

Dr. Kathy MinHye Kim (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Language Education at Boston University
Dissertation title: Exploring the Interface of Explicit and Implicit Second-Language Knowledge: A Longitudinal Perspective 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Paula Winke, Shawn Loewen, Susan Gass, Nick Ellis (University of Michigan), Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa University)
Email: mhkim13@bu.edu 
Web: https://kathyminhye.weebly.com/
Last updated: 8/20/20

Dr. Soo Hyon Kim (2013)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of English/TESOL, University of New Hampshire 
Dissertation title: Metacognitive knowledge in second language writing 
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Paula Winke, Shawn Loewen, Susan Gass
Email: soohyon.kim@unh.edu 
Web: http://cola.unh.edu/faculty-member/soo-hyon-kim
Phone: 603-862-5290 
Last updated: 3/14/16

Dr. Natalya Koval (2020)
Dissertation title: Testing the reminding account of the lag effect in l2 vocabulary acquisition from overt retrieval practice within a paired associate learning format
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair),
Email: kovalnat@msu.edu
Last updated: 3/17/2021

Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Lavolette (2014)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of English, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan 
Dissertation title: Effects of feedback timing and type on learning ESL grammar rules
Dissertation committee: Senta Goertler (Co-Chair), Charlene Polio (Co-Chair), Susan Gass, and Paula Winke
Email: betsy@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
Web: http://betsylavolette.com/ 
Phone: 81-(75)-705-1622
Last updated: 8/28/18

Dr. Jongbong Lee (2019)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Republic of Korea
Dissertation title: The Effects of time constraints, genre, and proficiency on L2 writing fluency behaviors and linguistic outcomes
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Paula Winke, and Patti Spinner
Email: leejongb@cufs.ac.kr
Web: http://leejongb.msu.domains
Last updated: 4/25/22

Professor Junkyu Lee (2009)
Current position: Professor and Chair, Department of TESOL, Graduate School of Education (English Education), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea
Dissertation title: The second language acquisition of complex nominals: The architecture of the L2 lexicon, individual difference, and L2 development
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Eve Zyzik, Rebecca Foote, Shawn Loewen
Email: junkyu@hufs.ac.kr 
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Shinhye Lee (2018)
Current position: Associate Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service
Dissertation title: Effective planning in real-time speaking tasks
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Daniel Reed, and Koen Van Gorp
Web: https://shinhyelee.webnode.com/ 
Email: slee004@ets.org
Last updated: 2/06/22

Professor Shaofeng Li (2010)
Current position: Professor, College of EducationForeign and Second Language Education (FSLE) Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Dissertation title: Corrective feedback in perspective: The interface between feedback type, proficiency, the choice of target structure, and learners’ individual differences in working memory and language analytic ability
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Xiaoshi Li, Shawn Loewen, Patti Spinner, Paula Winke
Email: sli9@fsu.edu
Web: https://education.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/dr-shaofeng-li
Last updated: 09/06/23

Dr. Wendy Li (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Language and Culture Center, Duke Kunshan University in China
Dissertation title: Tracing Chinese international students’ language and literacy socialization trajectories within and outside the First-year writing context in a U.S. university
Dissertation committee: Peter De Costa (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Patti Spinner, Debra Hardison 
Email: wendy.li@dukekunshan.edu.cn
Last updated: 5/10/21

Dr. Hyojung Lim (2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Linguistics Graduate School of EducationKwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea
Dissertation title: Exploring the validity evidence of the TOEFL iBT reading test from a cognitive perspective
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Daniel Reed, Patricia Spinner, and Aline Godfroid
Email: lim@kw.ac.kr
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/hyojunglimsls/home
Last updated: 8/28/18

Dr. Jungmin Lim (2020)
Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts at Dankook University, Yongin, Korea
Dissertation title: Language in multimodal writing processes and performance: Developing multimodal writing tasks for L2 learners
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Paula Winke, Peter De Costa, Koen Van Gorp
Email: jungminlim@dankook.ac.kr
Web: https://jungminlim.weebly.com/
Last updated: 9/2/20

Dr. Jie Liu (2019)
Dissertation title: The L2 Acquisition of Chinese Classifiers: Comprehension and Production 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid, Xiaoshi Li, and Charlene Polio
Email: liujie3@msu.edu
Last updated: 2/13/20

Dr. Wenyue Ma (2023)
Current position: Linguistic Data Analytics Manager, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation title: Testing the three stage model of second language skill acquisition Dissertation Title: An investigation into a Chinese placement test’s score interpretations and uses
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Dan Reed, Koen van Gorp, Ryan Bowles

Email: wenyuem2@illinois.edu
Last updated: 8/1/23
Dr. Ryo Maie (2022)
Current position: Project Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo 
Dissertation title: Testing the three stage model of second language skill acquisition
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Koen Van Gorp, Paula Winke, and Phillip Hamrick (Kent State University)
Web: https://maieryo.github.io/
Email: maie@cce.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Last updated: 1/31/2023

Dr. Jeffrey Maloney (2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Education & Social Work at Brigham Young University – Hawaii, Laie, Hawai’i 
Dissertation title: Fulbright FLTA knowledge development and enactment: The role of context 
Dissertation committee: Senta Goertler (Co-Chair), Shawn Loewen (Co-Chair), Peter De Costa, and Paula Winke
Web: https://jeffreysmaloney.wordpress.com/
Email: maloney@byuh.edu
Last updated: 8/26/2021

Dr. Zachary Miller (2017)
Current position: United States Military Academy West Point, Department of Foreign Languages, West Point, NY
Dissertation title: The interplay of incidental instruction, affect, and individual differences in L2 acquisition 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Shawn Loewen, Jason Moser (Psychology), Paula Winke
Phone: 845-938-8731
Email: zachary.miller@westpoint.edu
Last updated: 1/31/2023

Dr. Ayman Mohamed (2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Arabic Studies, Michigan State University
Dissertation title: The roles of context and repetition in incidental vocabulary acquisition from second langauge reading: An eye movement study 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, Paula Winke
Email: mohame44@msu.edu
Web: http://linglang.msu.edu/languages/arabic/arabic-faculty/
Phone: (517) 993-3793
Last updated: 8/21/15

Dr. Kimi Nakatsukasa (2013)
In Memoriam, October, 2019.
Position held: Associate Professor,
Classical and Modern Languages and LiteraturesTexas Tech University 
Dissertation title: Efficacy of gestures and recasts on the acquisition of L2 grammar 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Susan Gass, Paula Winke, Debra Hardison
Web: http://www.kiminakatsukasa.com
Last updated: 5/26/2021

Dr. Tomoko Okuno (2013)
Current position: Lecturer and Director of Japanese Program, Residential College, the University of Michigan
Dissertation title: Acquisition of L2 vowel duration in Japanese by native English speakers 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Co-Chair), Mutsuko Endo Hudson (Co-Chair), Susan Gass, Yen-Hwei Lin
Web: https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/okuno.html
Email: okuno@umich.edu
Web: coming soon
Phone: (734) 647-4388
Last updated: 8/27/15

Dr. Mostafa Papi (2016)
Current position: Associate Professor, College of EducationForeign and Second Language Education (FSLE) Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Dissertation title: Motivation and learning interface: How regulatory fit affects incidental vocabulary learning and task experience
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, and Joesph Cesario (Department of Psychology)
Email: mpapi@fsu.edu
Web: http://education.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/dr-mostafa-papihttps://mostafapapi.com 
Last updated: 8/1/23

Dr. Ji-Hyun Park (2016)
Dissertation title:  Syntactic complexity as a predictor of second language writing proficiency and quality
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Susan Gass, Paula Winke, Patti Spinner, and Aline Godfroid
Email: jihyunpark21@gmail.com
Last Updated: 1/29/17

Dr. Dmitrii Pastushenkov (2022)
Current position: Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Boston, MA
Dissertation title: Second language learners’ individual differences as a dynamic system: Evidence from a Russian Immersion Program
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Jason Merrill (Co-Chair), Aline Godfroid, Paula Winke, Masatoshi Sato (Universidad Andrés Bello)
Email: dpastushenkov@fas.harvard.edu
Website: https://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/people/dmitrii-pastushenkov,BR> Last updated 8/16/2022

Professor Luke Plonsky (2011)
Current position: Professor, Applied Linguistics, English, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Dissertation title: Study quality in SLA: A cumulative and developmental assessment of designs, analyses, reporting practices, and outcomes in quantitative L2 research 
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Co-Chair), Shawn Loewen (Co-Chair), Paula Winke, Spyros Konstantopoulos, Frederick L. Oswald (Rice University)
Email: lukeplonsky@gmail.com
Web: https://lukeplonsky.wordpress.com/
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Robert Randez (2023)
Current position: Assistant Professor, TESOL, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Dissertation title: Expectation vs. Perceived Readiness: Using Social Systems Theory to Understand Curriculum Alignment in ESL Education
Dissertation committee: Peter De Costa (Chair), Paula Winke, Dustin De Felice, and Patti Spinner
Email: robert.randez@wmich.edu
Web: https://robertrandez.academia.edu/
Last updated: 09/01/23

Dr. Hima Rawal (2023)
Current position: Postdoctoral Assistant, Michigan State University Graduate School
Dissertation title: A Pedagogy of Care, Emotions, and Advocacy: An Intersectional Analysis of High School Teacher and ESL Student Perspective  Dissertation committee: Peter De Costa (Chair), Susan Gass, Koen Van Gorp, and Paula Winke
Email: rawalhim@msu.edu
Last updated: 8/11/23
Dr. Jens Schmidtke (2015)
Current position: German lecturer, German-Jordanian University in Amman, Jordan,
Dissertation title: Speech perception in bilingual and monolingual speakers under normal and adverse listening conditions 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Chair), Laura Dilley (Communicative Sciences and Disorders), Debra Hardison, Paula Winke
Email: schmi474@msu.edu
Last updated: 9/23/16

Dr. Mark Shea (2011)
Current position: Coordinator of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Senior Lecturer in English, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 
Dissertation title: Cohesion in second language writing 
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Debra Friedman, Shawn Loewen, Paula Winke
Email: markshea@mtholyoke.edu
Phone: (413) 538-3541
Last updated: 8/28/18

Dr. Megan Clare Smith (2016)
Current position: Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
Dissertation title: Testing the Shallow Surface Hypothesis in L2 Japanese.
Dissertation committee: Bill VanPatten (Chair), Charlene Polio, Patti Spinner, and Aline Godfroid
Email: megan.smith@msstate.edu
Web: https://www.english.msstate.edu/faculty/graduate-faculty/megan-smith/
Last updated: 09/06/23

Dr. Myeongeun Son (2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor, International Studies Department, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan
Dissertation title: L2 language development in oral and written modality
Dissertation committee: Patti Spinner (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Charlene Polio, Susan Gass
Email: myeongeun_son@nucba.ac.kr
Last updated: 2/06/2022

Dr. Le Anne Spino-Seijas (2017)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Spanish, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Dissertation title: Grammatical gender agreement in L2 Spanish: The role of syntactic context Dissertation committee: Bill VanPatten (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Patti Spinner, Paula Winke
Email: spino@uri.edu
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Scott Sterling (2015)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 
Dissertation title: Informed Consent Forms in ESL Research: Form Difficulty and Comprehension 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Peter De Costa, Susan Gass, Paula Winke
Email: scott.sterling@indstate.edu
Web: https://www.indstate.edu/faculty-staff/scott-sterling  Phone: (812) 237-2366
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Sarut Supasiraprapa (2017)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute of Development Admisitration
Dissertation title: Frequency Effects on ESL Compositional Multi-Word Sequence Processing 
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio (Chair), Susan Gass, Shawn Loewen, Aline Godfroid
Email: sarut.sup@nida.ac.th
Last updated: 8/14/2017

Dr. Tetyana Sydorenko (2011)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University
Dissertation title: Exploring the potential of rehearsal via automatized structured tasks versus face-to-face pair work to facilitate pragmatic and oral development 
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Senta Goertler, Shawn Loewen, Paula Winke
Email: tsydorenko@pdx.edu
Web: https://www.pdx.edu/profile/tetyana-tanya-sydorenko
Last updated: 4/14/22

Dr. Jamie A. Thomas (2013)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Santa Monica College 
Dissertation title: Becoming Swahili in Mexico City and Dar es Salaam: Identity in the learning of a globalized language through an African studies program
Dissertation committee: Debra Friedman (Chair), Carol Myers-Scotton, Susan Gass, Deo Ngonyani
Email: jamieisjames@gmail.com
Last updated: 9/12/18

Professor Amy S. Thompson (2009)
Current position: Professor of Applied Linguistics and Department Chair, Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics; Director of International Relations and Strategic Planning, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University
Dissertation title: The multilingual/bilingual dichotomy: An exploration of individual differences
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (Chair), Susan Gass, Debra Hardison, Debra Friedman, Cristina Sanz (Georgetown University)
Email: amy.thompson@mail.wvu.edu
Web: https://worldlanguages.wvu.edu/faculty-staff/administration/amy-thompson
Phone: (304) 293-5121
Last updated: 09/06/2023

Dr. Magda Tigchelaar (2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor, French Studies, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada
Dissertation title: Assessing the validity of ACTFL Can-do statements for spoken proficiency
Dissertation committee: Charlene Polio and Paula Winke (co-chairs), Susan Gass, and Ryan Bowles
Email: magda.tigchelaar@utoronto.ca
Web: https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/language-studies/people/magda-tigchelaar
Last updated: 1/31/23

Dr. Emma Trentman (2012)
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of New Mexico
Dissertation title: Study abroad in Egypt: Identity, access, and Arabic language learning
Dissertation committee: Debra Friedman (chair), Brahim Chakrani, Susan Gass, Senta Goertler, Xiaoshi Li
Email: etrentman@unm.edu 
Web: https://lcl.unm.edu/people/faculty/emma-trentman.html
Phone: (813) 974-3658
Last updated: 09/06/23

Dr. Ayşen Tuzcu (2023)
Current position: info coming soon
Dissertation title: Unimodal and Bimodal Input in Incidental Vocabulary Learning: Cognitive Processes and the Development of Different Knowledge Types 
Dissertation committee: Shawn Loewen (Chair), Aline Godfroid, Paula Winke, Meagan Driver 
Email: aysentzc@gmail.com
Last updated: 7/1/23
Dr. Maren Schierloh Uggen (2011)
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of German, Kalamazoo College
Dissertation title: Attention to irregular verbs by beginning learners of German: An eye-movement study 
Dissertation committee: Aline Godfroid (Co-Chair), Paula Winke (Co-Chair), Debra Hardison, Susan Gass
Email: maren.uggen@kzoo.edu Web: http://web.me.com/cuggen/m.uggen.phd Phone: (269) 337-7051
Last updated: 8/9/12

Dr. Baburhan Uzum (2013)
Current position: Associate Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, Sam Houston State University
Dissertation title: Foreign language teacher socialization: A multiple case study of foreign language teachers in an American higher education institution 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Paula Winke, Patti Spinner, Colleen Tremonte (James Madison College, Michigan State University)
Email: uzum@shsu.edu
Web: http://www.shsu.edu/faculty/uzum
Last updated: 4/9/19

Dr. Lorena Valmori (2016)
Dissertation title: Anxiety in interaction-driven L2 learning
Dissertation committee: Susan Gass (Chair), Peter De Costa, Debra Hardison, Paula Winke
Email: valmoril@msu.edu
Web: Coming soon 
Last updated: 5/10/16

Dr. Benjamin White (2010)
Current position: Associate Professor and MATESOL Director, Department of Applied Linguistics, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
Dissertation title: In Search of Systematicity: A Conceptual Framework for the English Article System 
Dissertation committee: Debra Hardison (Chair), Susan Gass, Charlene Polio, Xiaoshi Li, Diane Larsen-Freeman (University of Michigan)
Email: bwhite3@smcvt.edu
Phone: (802) 654-2605
Last updated: 09/06/23

Dr. Dominik Wolff (2015)
Current position: Associate Professor of Languages, Department of Languages and Cultures, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 
Dissertation title: All in the same boat? – Native and non-native English speaking teachers’ emerging selves in a U.S. MATESOL program 
Dissertation committee: Paula Winke (chair), Peter De Costa, Susan Gass, Shawn Loewen 
Email: dwolff@wcupa.edu
Web: https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/languagesCultures/dWolff.aspx
Last updated: 1/31/23

Dr. Irina Zaykovskaya (2019)
Current position:  Lecturer in Russian, Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch, University of Minnesota
Dissertation title: Remarkable U.S. English LIKE on a University Campus: Non-Native Usage, Judgments, and Attitudes Dissertation Committee: Suzanne Wagner (Co-Chair), Susan Gass (Co-Chair), Peter De Costa, Patti Spinner Email: irzaykov@umn.edu
Website: https://irinazaykovskaya.wordpress.com/
Last updated: 1/31/2023

Dr. Xiaowan Zhang (2021)
Current position: Test development Manager at MetaMetrics Inc. 
Dissertation title: Time to proficiency in young English learners and factors that affect the time
Dissertation Committee: Paula Winke (chair), Shawn Loewen, Koen Van Gorp, Katharine Strunk
Email: xzhang@lexile.com
Last updated: 1/06/22