PhD Student Sera Chun has won the 2025 Professor Jack Bilmes Endowed Award for her work on her dissertation titled “Second language teachers’ cognition and practices for pronunciation-focused instruction.”
The Professor Jack Bilmes Endowed Award provides support to dissertation-level doctoral students pursuing studies focused on ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, or occasioned semantics within the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL).
Dr. Jack Bilmes was a prolific cultural anthropologist whose work explored the development of human societies and cultures. A dedicated scholar and author of Discourse and Behavior and The Structure of Meaning in Talk, he was known for his keen analytical mind and contributions to category analysis. Beyond academia, Dr. Bilmes embraced life fully—pursuing passions such as tennis, golf, and African drumming.
Congratulations, Sera!