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NAU PhDs in Applied Linguistics

Dissertations, committee members, and professional positions

2022 Accordion Closed

  • Daniel Dixon: THE LANGUAGE IN DIGITAL GAMES: REGISTER VARIATION IN VIRTUAL AND REAL-WORLD CONTEXT
    • Chair: Jesse Egbert: Members: Doug Biber, Bill Crawford, Randi Reppen, Jonathan Reinhardt (University of Arizona)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
  • Tülay Dixon: RULES OF ACADEMIC WRITING: A SYNCHRONIC AND DIACHRONIC CORPUS ANALYSIS ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
    • Co-chairs: Doug Biber & Bill Crawford; Members: Jesse Egbert, Jay Jordon, Randi Reppen
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Lecturer, Emory University
  • Larissa Goulart: COMMUNICATIVE TEXT TYPES IN UNIVERSITY WRITING
    • Co-chairs: Doug Biber, Randi Reppen; Members: Jesse Egbert and Bethany Gray (Iowa State University)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Montclair State University
  • Katherine Yaw: Impact of Accent Familiarity Training on Listener Processing of Second-Language Accented Speech
    • Chair: Okim Kang; Members: Vedran Dronjic, Luke Plonsky, Stephanie Lindeman (Georgia State University)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
  • Ekaterina Sudina: Study and Scale Quality in Second-language Survey Research: The case of anxiety and Willingness to Communicate
    • Chair: Luke Plonsky; Members: Vedran Dronjic, Naoko Taguchi, Shaofeng Li (Florida State University)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
  • Reza Dalman: Online-based Intelligibility Instruction for Second Language (L2) Learners
    • Chair: Okim Kang; Members: Luke Plonsky, Jesse Egbert, Lucy Pickering (Texas Z&M University, Commerce)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

2021 Accordion Closed

  • Daniel Keller: Register Representation and Processing
    • Co-Chairs: Vedran Dronjic and Jesse Egbert; Members: Doug Biber, Nick Ellis (University of Michigan)
    • First position after graduation: Lecturer, Northern Arizona University
  • Ethan Lynn: The Linguistic Nature of ESL/EFL Reading Books
    • Co-Chairs: Jesse Egbert Randi Reppen; Members: Doug Biber, Vedran Dronjic, Yuly Asención-Delaney (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Education Specialist, Reading Horizons
  • Shi Chen: Development and Validation of a Web-Based L2 Pragmatic Speaking Test in the University Context
    • Co-chairs: Soo Jung Youn and Luke Plonsky; Members: Jesse Egbert, Veronika Timpe-Laughlin (ETS)
    • First position after graduation: Assesssment Specialist, University of California, Santa Cruz

2020 Accordion Closed

  • Jihye Shin: The interplay between working memory and topic familiarity in l2 reading comprehension
    • Co-chairs: Fredricka Stoller and Vedran Dronjic; Members: Bill Grabe, Soo Jung Youn (Daegu National University of Education, South Korea), Yuly Asención-Delaney (Department of Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
  • Scott Stockton: A corpus-based analysis of junior and senior high school English textbooks in Japan
    • Co-Chairs: Jesse Egbert Randi Reppen; Members: Doug Biber, Yuly Asención Delaney (Spanish).
  • Brett Hashimoto: Describing the language experience of university students.
    • Chairs: Jesse Egbert and Doug Biber; Members: Randi Reppen, Dan Dewey (BYU).
  • Mark McAndrews: Prosody instruction for ESL listening comprehension
    • Chair: Okim Kang; Members: Vedran Dronjic, Luke Plonsky, Ron Thomson (Brock Univ. Canada)
  • Garrett Larson: Paired-speaking tasks: Planning conditions and task performance
    • Co-chairs: William Crawford and Okim Kang; Members: Jesse Egbert and Yuly Asención-Delaney (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)

2019 Accordion Closed

  • Panjanit Chaipuapae:Workplace Listening Comprehension of Thai Undergraduates in an Asian English as a Lingua Franca Context
    • Chairs: Joan Jamieson;Members:Okim Kang, Soo Jung Youn, and John McClure (Educational Psychology, NAU)
  • David GasbarroTasker: Situational andLinguisticVariation inUndergraduateEnglish-DepartmentStudentWriting
    • Co-Chairs: Randi Reppen, Douglas Biber; Members: Jesse Egbert, Vedran Dronjic, and Bethany Gray (Iowa State University)

2018 Accordion Closed

  • Valeriia Bogorevich: Native and non-native raters of L2 speaking performance: Accent Familiarity and cognitive processes
    • Co-chairs: Soo Jung Youn, Okim Kang; Members: Vedran Dronjic, Luke Plonsky; Sara Abercrombie (College of Education, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Instructor, Program in Intensive English, Northern Arizona University
  • Nicole Brun-Mercer: United Nations through discourse: A corpus analysis of UN General Assembly addresses
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen; Members: William Crawford, Stephen Wright
  • Meishan Chen: A comparison of the situational and linguistic features of high-profile criminal trials and TV series courtroom trials
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen; Members: William Crawford; Edward Finegan (University of Southern California)
    • First position after graduation: Corpus researcher, Northern Arizona University
  • Alyssa Kermad: Speaker and listener variability in the perception of non-native speech
    • Chair: Okim Kang; Members: Vedran Dronjic, Soo Jung Youn; Naoko Taguchi (Carnegie Mellon University)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Appalachian State University
  • Elnaz Kia: Directive use in university classroom discourse
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen; Members: Jesse Egbert; Yuly Asención-Delaney (Department of Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Instructor, Program in Intensive English, Northern Arizona University
  • Roman Lesnov: The role of content-rich visuals in the L2 academic listening assessment construct
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson; Members: Soo Jung Youn, Jesse Egbert; Ruslan Suvorov (University of Hawaii)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ball State University
  • Meixiu Zhang: Investigating native and target language use in collaborative L2 writing
    • Chair: William Crawford; Members: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen; Lisa Persinger (College of Education, NAU)

2017 Accordion Closed

  • María Nelly Gutiérrez Arvizu:TeachingStory Grammar toDevelopRetell and Speaking Skills in an EFL Context.
    • Chair:Joan Jamieson;Members: Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty; Trina Spencer (Institute for Human Development, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Ƶ Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Universidadde Sonora, Mexico
  • Daniel Brown:The interaction between grammatical knowledge and explicitness in L2 written corrective feedback
    • Chair: William Crawford;Members: Luke Plonsky, Soo Jung Youn; Yuly Asencion (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of English,Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
  • Romy Ghanem:Nonnative Speakers’ Use of Linguistic Features with Different Interlocutors
    • Chair: Okim Kang;Members:Doug Biber, Randi Reppen; Lucy Pickering (Texas A&M University-Commerce)
    • First position after graduation:Visiting Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
  • Anna Gates-Tapia:Definitions in university-level business management textbooks
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Fredricka Stoller;Yuly Ascencion-Delaney(Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Dean, English as a Second Language, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
  • Erin Schnur:Structural and functional characteristics of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and authentic lectures
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Bill Crawford, Jesse Egbert; Shelley Staples (University of Arizona
    • First position after graduation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Second Language Teaching and Research Center, University of Utah
  • Deirdre J. Derrick:Assessing reading to learn in non-native English speaking undergraduate students
    • Chair:Joan Jamieson;Members:William Grabe, Soo Jung Youn; Yuly Asencion-Delaney (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)

2016 Accordion Closed

  • Tingting Kang:Effectiveness of Strategy Instruction using Podcasts in Second Language Listening and Speaking
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members: Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty, Chih-Hsiung Tu (Educational Technology Program, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Multi-Language Learner Support Specialist, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
  • Qiandi Liu:Effective of coded corrective feedback in the developmentof linguistic accuracy in L2 writing: Impact of error types and leanerattitudes
    • Co-Chairs: William Crawford, Luke Plonsky;Members: Fredricka Stoller;Yuly Asencion (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, LinguisticsProgram, Columbia, South Carolina
  • Meghan Moran:Arizona teachers’ speech: Phonological features and listener perceptions
    • Co-Chairs: Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty;Members: Joan Jamieson, Trina Spencer (Institute for Human Development & Educational Psychology, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Research Coordinator, Institute for Human Development, NAU
  • Heidi Wright:Linguistic and structural analyses of stand-alone literature reviews: Seventy five years of change
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Fredricka Stoller;Members: Randi Reppen, Yuly Asencion (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)

2015 Accordion Closed

  • Adnan Ajsic:Language ideologies, public discourses, and ethnonationalism in the Balkans: A corpus-based study
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, Mary McGroarty;Members: Randi Reppen, Jim Wilce (Anthropology, NAU)
  • Geoffrey LaFlair:Testing, teaching, and transfer: Helping first-year ESL business majors make the transition
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members: Fredricka Stoller, Mary McGroarty, John McClure (Education, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Lecturer, Intensive English Program, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
  • Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov:An evaluation of collocation tools for second language writers
    • Co-chairs: Joan Jamieson, William Grabe;Members: Fredricka Stoller, Randall Sadler (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    • First position after graduation: Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Seonmin Park:Methodology for a reliable academic vocabulary list
    • Chair: Douglas Biber;Members: William Grabe, Luke Plonsky, Randi Reppen; Brent Burch (Statistics)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
  • M. Asif Qureshi:Age and knowledge of morphosyntax in English as an additional language: Grammatical judgment and error correction
    • Co-chairs: Mary McGroarty, Luke Plonsky;Members: Fredricka Stoller, Norbert Francis (College of Education, NAU)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Zayed University.
  • Namhee Suk:Impact of extensive reading in a Korean EFL university setting: A mixed methods study
    • Co-chairs: William Grabe, Fredricka Stoller;Members: Joan Jamieson, Yuly Asencion (Global Languages and Cultures, NAU)
  • Linxiao Wang:Assessing interactional competence in second language paired speaking tasks
    • Co-chairs: Joan Jamieson, Okim Kang;Members: Mary McGroarty, YouJin Kim (Georgia State University)
    • First position after graduation: Assessment Manager, Vericant (Testing Company), Beijing.
  • Yuan Zhuang:Evaluating the effectiveness of teaching intonation to learners in an intensive English program.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members:Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty, Jim Wilce (Anthropology, NAU)

2014 Accordion Closed

  • Jesse Egbert:Reader perceptions of linguistic variationin published academic writing
    • Chair: Douglas Biber;Members:Randi Reppen, William Grabe, and Mark Davies (Brigham Young University)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University
  • Shelley Staples:Linguistics characteristics ofinternational and U.S. nurse discourse
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Okim Kang, Jay Shen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Indiana

2013 Accordion Closed

  • Dongmei Cheng:Student-instructor apologies: How are they produced and perceived?
    • Co-chairs: Mary McGroarty, Randi Reppen;Members: Okim Kang, Jim Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after graduation: Instructor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • Sawako Matsugu:Effects of rater characteristics and scoring methods on speaking assessment.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members: Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty; John McClure (Education)
    • First position after graduation: Instructor, English Department, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  • Elena Poltavtchenko:Engineering design reports in upper-division undergraduate engineering courses and in the workplace
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber,Fredricka Stoller;Members: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty,Debra Larson (California Polytechnic State University)

2012 Accordion Closed

  • Mansoor Al-Surmi:Authentic ESL spoken materials: Soap opera and sitcom versus natural conversation
    • Chair: Randi Reppen;Members: Douglas Biber, Bill Crawford, Karina Collentine (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO.
  • Donald Miller:Lexical variability in required undergraduate reading
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Bill Grabe, Fredricka Stoller, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.
  • Cui Zhang:An instructional study of ESL synthesis writing
    • Chair: Bill Grabe;Members: Bill Crawford, Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Department of English and Theatre, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
  • Jonathan Smart:Innovative approaches to ESL grammar instruction
    • Co-Chairs: Bill Crawford, Randi Reppen;Members: Doug Biber, Joe Collentine (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Visiting Professor, English Department, Northern Arizona University

2011 Accordion Closed

  • Anthony Becker:Building evidence for the evaluation of English learners’ writing scores
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson; Members: William Grabe, William Crawford, John McClure (Educational Psychology)
    • First position after graduation: Senior researcher, Second Language Testing, Inc.
    • Present position: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO).
  • Stephen Doolan:A comparison of Generation 1.5, L1 and L2 tertiary student writing
    • Chair: Bill Grabe; Members: Doug Biber, Fredricka Stoller, Greg Glau, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX.
  • Shannon Fitzsimmons-Doolan:Identifying and describing language ideologies related to Arizona educational language policy
    • Co-chairs: Doug Biber, Mary McGroarty;Members: Fredricka Stoller, Rich Fernandez (Sociology)
    • First position after graduation: Consultant, Center for Applied Linguistics; Instructor, English Department, Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX.
  • Bethany Gray:Exploring academic writing through corpus linguistics: When discipline tellsonly part of the story
    • Chair: Douglas Biber;Members: Bill Grabe, Randi Reppen and Viviana Cortes (Georgia State University), Susan Conrad (Portland State University)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
  • Mark Johnson:Planning in second language writing
    • Chair: Bill Grabe; Members: Greg Glau, Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
  • Tatiana Nekrasova:EFL learners’ production of questions over time: Linguistic, usage-based, and developmental features
    • Co-chairs: Joan Jamieson and Kim McDonough;Members: Douglas Biber, Robert Horn (Educational Psychology)
    • First position after graduation: Researcher, Second Language Testing, Inc.; Instructor, English Department, Colorado State University.

2010 Accordion Closed

Chomraj Patansorn:Effects of procedural content and task repetition on accuracy and fluency in an EFL context
Chair: Kim McDonough;Members: Okim Kang, Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, Joseph Collentine (Modern Languages)
First position after graduation:Lecturer, English section, Khon Kaen University, Nong Khai Campus, Nong Kahi, Thailand.

2009 Accordion Closed

  • Jack Grieve:A Corpus-Based Regional Dialect Survey of Grammatical Variation in Standard Written American English
    • Chair: Doug Biber;Members: Bill Crawford, Randi Reppen, Ruihong Huang (Geography).
    • First position after graduation:Post-doctoral researcher, Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics Research Unit, Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
  • Bradley Horn:Developing a computer-assisted writing assessment tool for discipline-specific writing
    • Chairs: Bill Grabe, Doug Biber;Members: Fredricka Stoller, Marin Robinson (Chemistry)
    • First position after graduation:Regional English Language Officer, U.S. Department of State.
  • Gina Iberri-Shea:University student public speech: Language variation in classroom contexts.
    • Chair: Doug Biber;Members: Mary McGroarty; Randi Reppen, Laura Umphrey (Communication).
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of English and Fine Arts, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
  • Eun Hee Jeon:Effects of repeated reading on L2 reading fluency and comprehension
    • Chair: Bill Grabe;Members: Mary McGroarty, Randi Reppen, Fredricka Stoller, Heidi Wayment (Psychology)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor of English and Theater (tenure-track), Department of English and Theater, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC.
  • Erkan Karabacak:Unplanned terminology development: A synchronic and diachronic study on economic terms in Turkish newspapers
    • Co-Chairs: Doug Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Mary McGroarty, Dan Li (Computer Science)
    • First position after graduation: Instructor, English Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
    • Current position: Director of Composition and Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • YouJin Kim:The role of task complexity and pair grouping on the occurrence of learning opportunities and L2 development
    • Co-Chairs: Joan Jamieson, Kim McDonough;Members: Mary McGroarty; Joe Collentine (Modern Languages).
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
  • Reiko Komiyama:Second language reading motivation of adult English-for-academic-purposes students
    • Co-Chairs: Bill Grabe, Fredricka Stoller;Members: Mary McGroarty, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor, English Department, California State University, Sacramento
  • Kornwipa Poonpon:Expanding a Second Language Speaking Rating Scale for Instructional and Assessment Purposes.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members: Doug Biber (English), Fredricka Stoller (English), Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages).
    • First position after graduation: Lecturer, Department of English, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
  • Jingjing Qin:The analysis of Toulmin elements and use of sources in Chinese university EFL argumentative writing
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: Bill Grabe, Sibylle Gruber, Fredricka Stoller, Yuly Asención Delaney (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
    • Current position: Assistant professor, English Language Teaching Department, Yeditepe University, Turkey
  • Angkana Tongpoon:The effects of concordancing on second language vocabulary learning
    • Chair: Randi Reppen;Members: Douglas Biber, Bill Grabe, Linda Shadiow (Educational leadership).
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanity and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

2008 Accordion Closed

  • Federica Barbieri:Involvement in university classroom discourse.
    • Chair: Doug Biber;Members: Mary McGroarty, Randi Reppen; James Wilce (Anthropology).
    • First position after graduation: Lecturer, Sociolinguistics and TESOL, English Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
    • Present position: Lecturer (tenure-track), Linguistics Department, University of Swansea, Swansea, Wales.
  • Ericson Friginal:The language of outsourced call centers: A corpus-based study of cross-cultural communication.
    • Co-chairs: Doug Biber, Randi Reppen;Members: Mary McGroarty, James Pinto (Business).
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Applied Linguistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
  • Nicole Tracy-Ventura:Development readiness and tense/aspect: An instructional study of L2 preterit and imperfect acquisition in Spanish.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: Doug Biber, Kim McDonough, Randi Reppen; Joe Collentine (Modern Languages).
    • First position after graduation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Spanish Linguistics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
  • Heidi Vellenga:Instructional effectiveness and interlanguage pragmatics.
    • Chair: Randi Reppen;Members: Susan Fitzmaurice (Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK), Mary McGroarty, Lourdes Ortega (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa).
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Director, Intensive English Program, Department of Second Language Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
    • Current position: Assistant Director, Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA)

2007 Accordion Closed

  • Xiangying Jiang:The impact of graphic organizer instruction on English-as-a-Foreign-Language college students’ reading comprehension
    • Chair: Bill Grabe.Members: Joan Jamieson, Fredricka Stoller, Mary McGroarty, Joseph Collentine (Modern Languages)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Foreign Languages, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
  • Casey Keck:The use of paraphrase in summary writing: A comparison of L1 and L2 writers.
    • Co-chairs: Doug Biber, Mary McGroarty;Members: Bill Grabe, Lourdes Ortega, Linda Shadiow (Education)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure track), English Department, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

2006 Accordion Closed

  • Tadayoshi Kaya:The Effectiveness of Adaptive Computer Use for Learning Vocabulary.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson.Members: Mary McGroarty, Doug Biber, Joe Collentine (Modern Languages).
    • First position after graduation: Senior Language Teaching Consultant, Foreign Language Institute of Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
    • Current position:CALL Researcher, Open Research Lab, Sophia University, Tokyo; Adjunct Lecturer, English Department, Rikkyo Universtiy, Tokyo

2005 Accordion Closed

  • Mohammed Al Bakry:Style in American Newspaper Language:Use and Usage.
    • Chair: Doug Biber;Members: Susan Fitzmaurice, Mary McGroarty, William Crawford, Joel Olson (Communication)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure track), English Dept., Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
  • Camilla Vasquez:Teacher positioning in post-observation discourse.
    • Chair: Susan Fitzmaurice.Members: Mary McGroarty, Mary Juzwik, Linda Shadiow (Education)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure track), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
  • Nancy Drescher:A Corpus-Based Investigation of Sex-Linked Pragmatic and Linguistic Features.
    • Chair: Susan Fitzmaurice.Members: Doug Biber, Mary McGroarty, Kristen Precht (Kent State)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure track), English Department, Minnesota State University. Mankato, MN.

2004 Accordion Closed

  • Paulo Marques Quaglio:The language of NBC’s Friends: A comparison with face-to-face conversation.
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen.Members: Susan Fitzmaurice, Alfredo Urzúa (Old Dominion University)
    • First position after graduation: Adjunct Professor, Central Florida State.
    • Current position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) SUNY Cortland, NY.
  • Paula Garcia:Meaning in academic contexts: A corpus-based study of pragmatic utterances.
    • Chair: Susan Fitzmaurice.Members: Douglas Biber, Mary McGroarty, Roberto Carrasco (Education)
    • First position after graduation: Assessment specialist, Electronic Learning Initiative, Northern Arizona University.
    • Current position: Director, Institutional Review Board for the Use of Human Subjects in Research, Office of Vice Provost for Research, Northern Arizona University
  • Yuly Asención:Validation of reading-to-write assessment tasks performed by second language learners.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson.Members: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty, Thomas G. Fetsco (Educational Psychology)
    • First position after graduation: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Department of Modern Languages, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

2003 Accordion Closed

  • Alexander Jeff Popko:Professionalization for graduate students in teaching English as a second language: Pathways and processes.
    • Chair: William Grabe.Members: Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, Jean Zukowski/Faust, Frances Riemer (Education)
    • First position after degree: Clinical instructor, College of Education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
    • Current position: Assistant Professor (tenure track) Department of Foreign Language and Bilingual Studies, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  • Chandrika Rogers:Register variation in Indian English.
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, Susan Fitzmaurice.Members: Mary McGroarty, James Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after degree: Ƶ professor of ESOL, Palm Beach Community College, Boca Raton, FL.
    • Current position: (As of August, 2004): Assistant professor (tenure-track), Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  • Mary Katherine MacKinnon:Technologies, teacher, and texts: Negotiating English-as-a-foreign-language writing in two Taiwanese classrooms.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: Sibylle Gruber, Lourdes Ortega, Randi Reppen, Frances Riemer (Education)
    • First position after degree: LEAD Writing Instructor, Butte Community College, Oroville, CA
  • Naoko Taguchi:Pragmatic performance in comprehension and production of English as a second language.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty.Members: Susan Fitzmaurice, Joan Jamieson, Michelle Miller (Psychology)
      • NOTE: in September, 2004, this dissertation was named 2004 winner of the ACTFL-MLJ-Emma M. Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education. sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages andThe Modern Language Journal.
    • First position after degree: Ƶ professor, Akita International University, Akita, Japan.
    • Current position(as of February, 2005): Assistant professor of Japanese and Second Language Acquisition (tenure-track), Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Accordion Closed

  • Viviana Cortés:Lexical bundles in academic writing in history and biology.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber.Members: Mary McGroarty, Randi Reppen, English; Linda Shadiow, (College of Education)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
    • Current position: Ƶ professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
  • Eniko Csomay:Episodes in university classroom discourse.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber.Members: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty, English: Henry Clark, Education.
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2001 Accordion Closed

  • Susan Carkin:Pedagogic discourse in introductory classes: A multi-dimensional analysis of textbooks and lectures in biology and macroeconomics.
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, William Grabe;Members: Mary McGroarty; John Lackstrom (Utah State University)
    • First position after degree: Ƶ professor and Director, Intensive English Program, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
    • Current position(as of summer, 2004): Chair, Division of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech, Lane Community College, Portland, OR
  • Alfredo Urzúa:Perceptual and linguistic approaches to the study of reflectiveness in journal writing.
    • Chair: Susan Fitzmaurice.Members: Doug Biber; Dean Mellow (Simon Fraser University), Joseph Collentine (Modern Languages)
    • First position after degree: Professor (Titular A), Departments of Modern Languages and Psychology, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Current position: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Texas at El Paso, TX

2000 Accordion Closed

  • Latricia Trites:Beyond basic comprehension: Reading to learn and reading to integrate for native and nonnative speakers.
    • Co-chairs: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty;Members: Joan Jamieson, Elizabeth Willis (Education)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Murray State University, Murray, KY
  • Erika Konrad:Directives in socialization.
    • Chair: William Grabe, English.Members: Douglas Biber, Mary McGroarty, Susan Foster-Cohen (University of London/Paris Institute), James Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after degree: Ƶ Director, Northern Arizona Literacy Enterprises, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
    • Current position: Lecturer, English Department, Northern Arizona University
  • Kristen Precht:Patterns of stance in English.
    • Co-chairs: Douglas Biber, William Grabe.Members: Mary McGroarty, James Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1999 Accordion Closed

  • Arshad AbdSamad:Second language instruction and the use of semantic and syntactic input cues.
    • Co-chairs: Joan Jamieson, Dean Mellow;Members: Susan Fitzmaurice, Bernd Conrad (Modern Languages)
    • First position after degree: Lecturer (tenure-track), Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Angela Beck:Expertise and composition: Cognitive apprenticeship and the use of planning strategies by freshman writers.
    • Chair: William Grabe;Members: John Ackerman, Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, Ann Johns (San Diego State University)
    • First position after degree: Adjunct instructor, English Department, for Statewide Academic Programs, Northern Arizona University.
    • Current position: Assistant professor of humanities (tenure-track), General Education Program Coordinator, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ
  • Joy Janzen:Developing third grade Navajo students as strategic readers.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: William Grabe, Fredricka Stoller, Jean Zukowski/Faust, English; Jon Reyhner (Center for Excellence in Education)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN.
  • Dee Gardner:Learning vocabulary through reading: Assessing the lexical composition of theme-based text collections in upper-elementary education.
    • Chair: William Grabe;Members: Mary McGroarty, Fredricka Stoller, English; William Eggington (Education, Brigham Young University)
    • First position after degree: Visiting instructor, College of Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
    • Current position:Assistant professor (tenure-track), Linguistics Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

1998 Accordion Closed

  • Sarah Rilling:The language of composition classrooms: Teaching diverse students in traditional and computerized classes.
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Mary McGroarty:Members: Sibylle Gruber; Cathy Gunn, Jerry Petersen (Education)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
    • Current position: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH
  • Suzanne Scott:Patterns of language use in adult face-to-face disagreements.
    • Co-Chairs: Douglas Biber, Mary McGroarty:Members: John Monsma (Communications), James Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Department of Communication Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
    • Current position: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

1997 Accordion Closed

  • Marie Helt:Discourse marker and stance adverbial variation in spoken American English: A corpus-based analysis.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber:Members: William Grabe, Susan Fitzmaurice, James Wilce (Anthropology)
    • First position after degree: Summer School Instructor, English 504, Northern Arizona University
    • Current position: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, California State University, Sacramento, CA.

1996 Accordion Closed

  • Susan M. Conrad:Academic discourse in two disciplines: Professional writing and student development in biology and history.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber;Members: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty, English; Stephen Jackson (Biology), George Lubick (History)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
    • Current position: Ƶ professor (tenure-track), Applied Linguistics Department, Portland State University
  • David Basena:Child codeswitching between typologically different languages, Lusoga and English: A case study.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: Susan Foster-Cohen, Jean Zukowski/Faust; Dickson Mungazi (Education); Matthew Rispoli (Speech Pathology, Arizona State University)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure track), Department of English and Modern Languages, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
  • Ruizhong Wang:The effects of native language influence and target language overgeneralization in second language acquisition.
    • Chair: William Grabe; Members: Douglas Biber, Fredricka Stoller, English; Karen Schairer (Modern Languages)
    • First position after degree: Senior Project Analyst, Carnegie Group, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Current position: Analyst, Federated Investment Services, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Jená Burges:Hierarchical influences on language use in memos.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber, English;Members: Mary McGroarty, Roger Bacon, English; Eugene Moan (Educational Psychology)
    • First position after degree: Interim Director of Composition, English Department, Northern Arizona University
    • Current position: Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Undergraduate Studies, California State University Humboldt

1995 Accordion Closed

  • Ellen Jacobs:Kidtalk: A nonbiased language screening test for children who are Anglo or Hispanic.
    • Chair: Joan Jamieson;Members: Douglas Biber, Matthew Rispoli, English; Richard Carroll, Institute for Human Development.
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), Speech Pathology Program, College of Education, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
    • Current position: Director, Speech and Language Clinic, Bend, OR
  • Shinian Wu:Transfer in Chinese students’ academic English writing.
    • Co-Chairs: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty;Members: Douglas Biber, English; Richard Helt, (Modern Languages)
    • First position after degree: Visiting Lecturer, English Department, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
    • Current position: Ƶ professor (tenured) English Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

1994 Accordion Closed

  • Leslie Norfleet Grant:The reliability and validity of the Arizona Classroom Teacher Spanish Proficiency Exam.
    • Co-chairs: Joan Jamieson, Mary McGroarty;Members: Manuel Rodriguez, Virginia Vigil (Modern Languages)
    • First position after degree: Postdoctoral Fellow, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
    • Current position: University of Denver
  • Wei Zhu:Effects of training for peer revision in college freshman composition classes.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty:Members: Geoffrey Chase, William Grabe, Joan Jamieson; Linda Shadiow (Education)
    • First position after degree: Assistant professor (tenure-track), English Department, University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg, TX
    • Current position: Ƶ professor (tenured), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  • Randi Reppen:Variation in elementary student language: A multidimensional perspective.
    • Chair: William Grabe;Members: Susan Foster-Cohen, Sharon Crowley, English; Linda Shadiow (Education)
    • First position after degree: Director of Special Language Programs, Office of International Studies, NAU
    • Current position: Professor (tenured), English Department, Northern Arizona University
  • Margie White:Language in job interviews: Differences related to success and socioeconomic variables.
    • Chair: Douglas Biber;Members: William Grabe, Mary McGroarty, English; Robert Schacht, Institute for Human Development.
    • First position after degree: Field Coordinator, Elderhostel, Northern Arizona University
    • Current position: Research specialist, Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University; Adjunct instructor, Northern Arizona University
  • Ann Beck:Development of the Alchini Bizaad Comprehension Test of Navajo and English for young children.
    • Chair: Mary McGroarty;Members: William Grabe, Matthew Rispoli; Thomas G. Fetsco (Educational Psychology)
    • First position after degree: Coordinator for Navajo/Hopi Region and Statewide Academic Planning, Statewide Academic Programs, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
    • Current position: Director, Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County, Flagstaff, AZ
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