Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Department of Applied Linquistics

Haiyang Ai

Email: hua126@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks
Personal Website

Education:
B.A., English, Shaanxi Normal University, China
M.A., Linguistics, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing

Haiyang’s research interests include corpus linguistics, intelligent computer-assisted language learning, sociocultural theory, L2 pragmatics, and second language acquisition. He is currently working on a project that explores the interdisciplinary synergy between sociocultural theory and intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) by developing an ICALL system for Mandarin Chinese. Haiyang has taught English for three years at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

Katya Arshavskaya

L2 teacher education; Corpus linguistics; L2 writing; SCT

Tracy Beckett

Personal Website

Bilingualism/multilingualism & Code Switching; Language , Identity, Culture & Aging; Discourse & Narrative Studies; Qualitative methodology; African Gerontology & Applied Linguistics; African Diaspora Studies; Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (formal & sociolinguistic approaches); Language policy & Planning; Germanic languages, Language Attrition & Communicative Language Disorders

Larysa Bobrova

Email: lxb44@psu.edu
Office:  312 Sparks Building

Education: 
Kandydat Nauk (Candidate of Sciences) in Philology,  The Donetsk National University, Ukraine, 2000
Diploma of Higher Education, English and German,  The Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute for Foreign Languages, Ukraine, 1991

Larysa Bobrova is a Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University. She holds a doctorate degree in Philology from the Donetsk National University, Ukraine. Her research interests lies within two areas. She is interested in the exploration of multimodal conceptual metaphor construed in American, Russian, and Ukrainian promotional discourse of alcoholic products, specifically beer and vodka. The second area of her research lies within the exploration of the linguistic manifestations of conceptual metaphor in Russian and their use for informing SLA in the area of teaching metaphorical competence of Russian language learners.

Brody Bluemel

Foreign Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, Foreign Language Identities, Asian Studies and Asian Languages. Multilingualism

Kimberly Buescher

Sociocultural Theory, SLA, L2 pedagogy, French, Literacy, Dynamic assessment

Abby Marie Mueller Dobs

Email: amm599@psu.edu

Education:
B.A., English, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
M.A., English with an Applied Linguistics Concentration, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Abby’s research interests include teacher/student interaction and (critical) classroom discourse analysis, (im)politeness theory, and language and identity construction.

Julieta Fernandez

Email: julieta@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks

Personal Website:
http://psu-us.academia.edu/JulietaFernandez

Education:
B. A., Technical, Scientific and Literary Translation, IES en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández,” Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. A., Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Julieta’s research interests are: second language pragmatics; corpus-based research; study abroad; second language acquisition; computer assisted language learning (CALL); usage-based approaches to language learning; Spanish as a second/foreign language; translation.

Edie Furniss

Email: eaf202@psu.edu
Personal Website

Education:
B.A., Russian, Beloit College, 2007
M.A., Teaching a Foreign Language - Russian with a Certificate in Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2010

Edie's research interests include pragmatics and lexicon, materials development, corpus linguistics, and Russian language and culture.

Jeremy Gevara

Email: jrg351@psu.edu

Education:
B.A., Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Jeremy Gevara is interested in Second Language Assessment, Second Language Program Evaluation, Generalizability Theory, Item Response Theory, Dynamic Assessment, and Curriculum & Materials Design.

Alissa Hartig

Second language writing, meaning-based approaches to instruction, conceptual metaphor and blending, English for Specific Purposes.

Matthew Jadlocki

Email: jadlocki@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks
Personal Website

Education:
B.A., French, The University of Georgia
B.S., Ed, Foreign Language Education, The University of Georgia

Matt taught high school level French for 3 years prior to teaching English in Japan as part of the JET program for 2 years. He joined the Department of Applied Linguistics at Penn State in 2010. His research interests include foreign and second language classroom discourse, language instruction, and language teacher education. Other interests are ultimate frisbee, soccer, running, and gardening.

Madhav Kafle

Second language writing; World Englishes; Critical pedagogies; Postmodernism; Post-colonial and Subaltern Studies

Jiyun Kim

Sociocultural Theory; Second and foreign language learning and teaching; Teaching figurative language and thought in L2; Concept-based instruction; Cognitive linguistics; Pragmatics in L2

Lindsey Kurtz

Email: lmk299@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks

Education:  
B.A., English Literature, Creative Writing, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, 2008
M.A., TESL/Applied Linguistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2012

Lindsey’s research interests include sociocultural theory, computer-assisted language learning, mobile-assisted language learning, writing instruction, and academic writing.

Eunjeong Lee

Email: eul144@psu.edu
Office 312 Sparks

Education: 
M.A., English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2010
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2012

Eunjeon Lee is interested in second language classroom discourse and interaction, ITA education, writing instruction, and academic writing. 

Mathurin (Mint) Leelasetakul

I'm interested in Second Language Acquisition and teaching & learning English as a foreign language.

Patria Lopez de Victoria

Personal Website

My thesis research looks into the preservation of self in life narratives of older bilingual Latinos in the USA diagnosed with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type. My interests are: Alzheimer's disease and Language; Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Language and Culture; Sociolinguistics; SLA; Self, Identity, and Memory; Narrative; Aging; Gerontology; and End of Life Issues and Language in Latinos.

Mary Kathryn Malone

My dissertation is a narrative-based study exploring French sociopragmatic competencies and identity in advanced learners of French. I am broadly interested in L2 sociolinguistics; Language and identity; Advanced L2 competencies; Socio-cultural theory; SLA; Narrative studies; Gesture; L2 pedagogy; Cognitive linguistics; and Discourse analysis.

Yumi Matsumoto

Email: yzm5037@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks

Education:
B.A., Elementary Education, University of Okayama, Japan
M.A., Second Language Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Yumi Matsumoto is a Ph.D. candidate of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University. She has taught English at secondary schools in Japan for five years and has been teaching ESL writing and ITA courses and World Englishes at both undergraduate and graduate levels at Penns State. Her academic interests include English as a lingua franca, World Englishes and English as an international language, gesture analysis,  conversation analysis, multilingual identities, teacher education, and second language writing.

Gretchen Nauman

Teacher Development, Second Language Literacy, Teaching of English in China, Research Methods in Second Language Teaching and Learning.

Priscilla Ortiz

Interpreter-mediated communication in health care settings; Interactional sociolinguistics; Discourse analysis; Nonverbal communication; Intercultural communication; Clinician-patient interaction; Community interpreting pedagogy; Language ideology; Interpreter role and identity

Kaushalya Perera

Email: kaushi@psu.edu
Personal Website

Education:
B.A., English Literature and Language, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
M.A., Linguistics, Graduate Center, CUNY

Kaushalya’s research interests are in language and ideology, separately and in conjunction. In particular, she is interested in language and education policies, language ideologies, as well as how language is used to negotiate power in society. She also uses critical theory to inform her work on language. A secondary research interest is gender/sexuality.

Brooke Ricker

Email: bmr220@psu.edu
Office: 312 Sparks

Education: 
M.A., English Language and Linguistics, University of New Hampshire, 2010
B.A., Sociology, Stanford University, 2003

Brooke Ricker is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics interested in issues of second language writing and global English, including digital translingual writing and English as a Foreign Language writing pedagogy.  She is a member of Penn State’s Multilingual Writers Research Group.

I Nyoman Suka Sanjaya

Second language writing.

Leo Schmitt

TESL; Third language acquisition; Linguistic imperialism; Collocations; Writing in a foreign language; Program administration: The lexico-syntactic interface; Complexity theory in linguistic; Ethnography in the classroom, and Technology in the language classroom

Tania Smotrova

I have been teaching EFL for 6 years in Ukraine and I am teaching Academic Writing here, in which I'm getting more and more interested. My background is in linguistics--lexical semantics. My interests have shifted to SLA, the role of multimodal sign systems in the process of L2 acquisition.

Mei-Hsing Tsai

Sociocultural theory; Dynamic assessment; Computer-mediated communication and Learner-to-learner interaction.

Ben Pin-Yun Wang

Email: benpywang@psu.edu
Office: 201E Old Botany

Education:
B.A., Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University
M.A., Linguistics, National Taiwan University

Ben Pin-Yun Wang is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the dual-title program of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies. Before coming to Penn State, he was a visiting student researcher at the University of California, Berkeley (2008-2009) and taught as a lecturer in the Academic Writing Education Center at National Taiwan University in 2010-2011. His research interests include cognitive-functional linguistics and text/discourse analysis as well as their applications to language pedagogy.

Carol Williams

Research interests focus on the intersection of embodied experience, (inter)subjective knowledge, and language use. In particular, my dissertation study "Menopause, Metaphors, and Identity: A Phenomenological Study of Midlife African American Women's Ways of Negotiating 'The Change of Life'" explores the ways in which midlife African American women's conceptualization of their embodied experience of menopause is expressed in everyday practices including language use and health behaviors.

Qian Wu

Email: quw106@psu.edu

Education:
B. A., English, Sun Yat-sen University, China
M.A., Applied English Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Qian’s current research interests include classroom interaction and communication, language socialization, identity issues in language learning, and multilingualism. She is also interested in the teaching and learning of Chinese as an additional language.

Kwanghoon Yoon

Email: kxy5044@psu.edu

Education:
B.A., English Language Education, Seoul National University, Korea
M.A., Foreign Language Education (English), Seoul National University, Korea

Kwanghoon’s areas of interest include second language teacher education, professional development, teaching and learning English as a foreign language, sociocultural theory, and language education policy.

Jhuhyoung Youn

Discourse and grammar; Lexicon in discourse; Cognitive linguistics; Second language acquisition; Corpus linguistics; ESL/EFL Teaching

Aziz Yuldashev

Usage-based perspectives on language learning, Formulaic language acquisition and use, Corpus linguistics (its utility for designing pedagogical intervention and tracking language development)

Xian Zhang

Email:  oiz5004@psu.edu           

Education: 
M.A., Economics and Education, Columbia University

I am interested in applying sociocultural approach to second language acquisition.