Dr. Chika Takahashi (PhD SLS Almuna) and Dr. Kotaro Maeda from Ehime University brought 5 students for a short term visit to SLS and Hawai驶i from February 11-15. With Dr. Dongping Zheng, they did a presentation focuses on the past,…
PhD Student Kristen Urada Featured in 糖心视频 Foundation Article
We are happy to share that Kristen Urada, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, was featured in an article, 鈥淔luent in Purpose: When a fellowship lets passion lead,鈥� published…
PhD Student Ayano Kawasaki Published in TESOL Quarterly
We are excited to share that Ayano Kawasaki, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, has published her article, 鈥淕ELT vs. ELT: Competing Paradigms in L1-Flavored-English Translanguaging in an ESL…
SLS PhD Students Receive Elizabeth Spann Award for Research on L2 English Overpassivization
Congratulations to Ayoung Chung (PhD student, group leader) and Joonhee Kim (PhD student) for receiving the Elizabeth Spann Award in the amount of $2,000 from the College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) Dean鈥檚 Office! Their research project, titled 鈥淚nvestigating…
PhD student Sera Chun Publishes in Language Teaching Research
Congratulations to the PhD student In Ji (Sera) Chun whose article entitled “Exploring teacher mediation and learner responsiveness in small-group online dynamic assessment for L2 academic writing development鈥� is now published in聽Language Teaching Research (https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251368635)! Abstract: Research on groupdynamic assessment…
PhD Student Yu-Tzu Chang earns TOP Dissertation Grant
PhD student Yu-Tzu Chang has earned a Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers (TOP) Grant for her dissertation research valued at 30,000 USD! The mission of the TOP Grant program is聽to nurture research talent overseas in the humanities and social sciences, the NSTC…
PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker lands Post-Doctoral position at TU Braunschweig
PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker (2024) has been accepted for a three-year postdoc with Prof. Holger Hopp in the Department of English Linguistics at TU Braunschweig. He is excited for this new chapter is his career, which officially started on October…
Dr. Theres Gr眉ter Plenary Speaker at 2025 ALAK International Conference
Dr. Theres Gr眉ter was the plenary speaker at the 2025 Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) International Conference held at Seoul National University on September 20, 2025. The conference was organized by Kitaek Kim (PhD 2014). Dr. Gr眉ter’s talk was…
SLS is looking for a tenure-track professor!
The Department of Second Language Studies in the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa invites applicants for a 9-month, tenure-track, full-time assistant professor, with specialization in second language corpus linguistics to begin Fall…
SLSSA Fall 2025 Retreat
Fall 2025 Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) Retreat 鈽�锔� Mahalo to SLSSA (@uhmslssa) for organizing such a wonderful retreat at Ala Moana Beach Park! The day began with a beach social featuring Human Bingo, the Earn a PhD in…