Dustin CrowtherAssociate Professor | PhD, Michigan State University

Dustin Crowther

Moore Hall 552
dcrowthat symbolhawaii.edu
dustincrowther.weebly.com

Dr. Crowther’s primary research agenda emphasizes the attainment of intelligible speech for additional language speakers, inclusive of both speaker- and listener-based variables. Specifically, he takes into account the linguistic and intercultural considerations that define native-nonnative and nonnative-nonnative interaction. Given the increased global spread of English, much of his current research is informed by scholarship derived from Global Englishes (inclusive of world Englishes, English as an international language, and English as a lingua franca). His research has been published in leading applied linguistics journals, including Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Quarterly. He is also the co-author of Shaping Learners' Pronunciation: Teaching the Connected Speech of North American English (with J.D. Brown) and co-editor of Investigating World Englishes: Research Methodology and Practical Applications (with Peter De Costa and Jeffrey Maloney). From 2019-2024, Dr. Crowther served as the Editor for Research Dissemination for TESOL Quarterly; as of January 1st, 2025, Dr. Crowther will take over as editor for the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation.

Dr. Crowther currently serves as the director of the Center for Academic Spoken English (CASE), an SLS initiative which provides English as an additional language users across UH Mānoa with one-on-one and small group oral communication tutoring (primarily for academic purposes).

As an experienced English language instructor, Dr. Crowther’s long-term scholarly objective is to link research to pedagogy. As an early academic who greatly benefited throughout his graduate studies from the collaborative opportunities afforded to him, he recognizes the value of providing similar hands-on guidance and opportunities to his current and future students.

Areas of Expertise

  • L2 speaking and listening
  • L2 pronunciation instruction
  • Global Englishes (and pedagogical applications)
  • Program development
  • Methodological practices in SLA research

Selected Publications

Crowther, D., Doyama, A., Shin, M., & Gilliland, B. (2024). A comparative case study of GELT implementation in US-based university English language programs. TESOL Quarterly. Published online 15 April 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3322

Isbell, D. R., Crowther, D., & Nishizawa, H. (2024). Speaking performances, stakeholder perceptions, and test scores: Extrapolating from the Duolingo English Test to the university. Language Testing, 41(2), 233-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322231165984

Suzuki, Y., & Crowther, D. (2024). Addressing the role of “linguistic knowledge” in Global Englishes pedagogy. TESOL Quarterly. Published online 14 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3343

Crowther, D., & Isbell, D. R. (2023). Second language speech comprehensibility: A research agenda. Language Teaching. Published online 22 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144482300037X

Crowther, D., Isbell, D. R., & Nishizawa, H. (2023). What characterizes ‘acceptable’ academic English speaking? Examining task and linguistic/temporal influences on university stakeholders’ judgments. Applied Psycholinguistics, 44(5), 858-888. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716423000346 Crowther, D., Holden, D., & Urada, K. (2023). Second language speech comprehensibility. Language Teaching, 55(4), 470-489. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444821000537