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PhD student Hitoshi Nishizawa recently published an article in Language Testing with SLS faculty member Dr. Daniel Isbell and current visiting scholar Dr. Yuichi Suzuki. Hitoshi et. al’s article titled “Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test” reviews a commonly used…

Yuka Matsutani, one of our PhD candidates, received a dissertation grant from the International Writing Center Association. Only one recipient is awarded per academic year. Congratulations to Yuka for receiving this highly competitive award! For more details on this award,…

Professor Christina Higgins co-edited a new book “Diversifying Family Language Policy” with Dr. Lyn Wright (University of Memphis), which was released at the end of last year. Also, one of our PhD alumna, Dr. Hakyoon Lee, authored a chapter in…

SLS PhD student Fred Zenker has been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award for his dissertation project titled “Resumptive Relative Clause Dependencies in the Processing of Second Language English.” To learn more about his dissertation project and award,…

Professors Nicole Ziegler and Marta González-Lloret co-edited a new book “The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology”, which was just released this month. Recent PhD graduate Kristin Rock co-authored a chapter titled “Tasks in Technology-Mediated Contexts” with Professor…

Congratulations to PhD students In Ji Sera Chun and Jieun Kim, who were both shortlisted for “The New Directions East Asia Best Student Research Idea 2021” award, sponsored by British Council. In support of their proposal, both Sera and Jieun…

PhD student Susanne DeVore received an ETS Small Grant for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment. The working title of her dissertation is “Syntactic Complexity in Mandarin and its Development.” Congratulations, Susanne!

We just wanted to share this picture from our graduation cooler last month where faculty, students, and staff gathered over Zoom to celebrate the end of the semester and the Fall 2021 graduates. A couple of our MA graduates and…

Earlier this month, PhD student Ha Nguyen received the CALL Uehiro Dissertation Fellowship. Her dissertation research is on the engagement of international students with Hawaiian language and culture specifically how international students experience the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a campus striving…