Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL

PhD Alumni

	Luciana Diniz- S 2007 Dissertation Title: Highly frequent words in the light of the idiom principle: The case of "the" Chair: Pat Byrd Present Affiliation: Portland Community College,Portland,OR Email:dinizluciana@gmail.com
	Weimin Zhang- F 2008 Dissertation Title: In search of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' knowledge of vocabulary instruction Chair:John Murphy Present Affiliation:Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Email:weiminzhang66@gmail.com
	Iryna Kozlova- Su 2008 Dissertation Title:The Use of Conversational Joking by International Teaching Assistants in the University Classroom Co-Chairs: Gayle Nelson, Stephanie Lindemann Present Affiliation:Ecole de langues de L'Estrie, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Email:iryna.kozlova@gmail.com
	Guiling Hu- S 2009 Dissertation Title: Cognitive mechanisms underlying second language listening comprehension Chair: Stephanie Lindemann Present Affiliation:University of Maryland, College Park, MD
	Magdi Kandil- Su 2009 Dissertation Title:The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in American , Arab, and British media: Corpus-based critical discourse analysis Co-Chairs:Pat Byrd, Lucy Pickering Present Affiliation:Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR Email:mkandil@astate.edu
	Cheongmin Yook Dissertation Title: Korean Teachers' Beliefs about English Language Education and Their Impacts upon the Ministry of Education-Initiated Reforms Chair: John Murphy Present Affiliation: Email: chmyook@gmail.com
	Yanbin Lu Cognitive Factors Contributing to Chinese EFL Learners' L2 Writing Performance in Timed Essay Writing Chair: Sara Weigle Present Affiliation: Email: jennylyb2004@gmail.com
	Joseph J. Lee Dissertation Title: A Genre Analysis of Second Language Classroom Discourse: Exploring the Rhetorical, Linguistic, and Contextual Dimensions of Language Lessons Chair: John Murphy Present Affiliation: Ohio University Email: josephjlee1@gmail.com
	Amanda Baker Dissertation Title: Pronunciation Pedagogy: Second Language Teacher Cognition and Practice Chair: John Murphy Present Affiliation: University of Wollongong Email: aabaker20@hotmail.com
	Nur Yigitoglu Dissertation Title: Exploring Second Language Writing Teacher Cognition Chair: Diane Belcher Present Affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Turkey Email: nuryigitoglu@gmail.com
	Eliana Hirano
	Lauren Lukkarila
	Liang Guo
	Caroline Payant Dissertation Title: Learner-learner interaction: An exploration of the mediating functions of multilingual learners’ languages in an L3 foreign language classroom Chair: Youjin Kim and Diane Belcher Present Affiliation: University of Idaho – Department of English – MA TESL Email: cpayant@uidaho.edu
	Lijuan Ye