Meet the Current PhD Students in SLS

 

Kenny Tanemura

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Kenny Tanemura is a Doctoral Candidate in Second Language Studies/ESL. He is quite originally from--that is to say, born and raised there--the San Francisco Bay Area, which makes him, to be exact, a 2.5 generation Japanese American. His mother is originally from Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include (God help him), Intercultural Rhetoric, Asian American Rhetoric and--oh saving grace--Second Language Writing. He owns the singular distinction of not having an MA TESOL, for the muses got their proverbial hooks in him too early. However, he is, if not staunchly, and without one iota of misgiving, a dyed-in-the-wool Applied Linguist in the making.

 

 

Kyle Lucas

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Kyle Lucas is a PhD student in Second Language Studies. He has previously taught English composition at Northern Arizona University, and he has worked at writing centers at both Northern Arizona University and Ferris State University. He currently teaches composition and is working on a curriculum development project with the philosophy department at Purdue. His research interests include second language writing, the relationship between critical thinking and academic writing, and English for specific purposes (ESP) in academic contexts. In his spare time, he and his wife enjoy cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

 

 

Nawwaf Alhazmi

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Nawwaf Alhazmi is a PhD candidate in the Second Language Studies Program in the English Department. His research interests include second language writing and learning transfer, writing assessment, writing program administration and the role errors correction in second language writing acquisition. He teaches introductory writing course for international students as well as business and technical writing courses at 400-level.

 

 

 

Parva Panahi

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Parva Panahi is a Ph.D. candidate in the SLS program. She graduated from the University of Tehran with a B.A. in English Language and Literature and Allameh Tabataba’ei University with an M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Her academic studies at Purdue are mainly focused on second language writing, and her particular areas of interest include the internationalization of writing programs, teaching writing to multilingual students, and the development of intercultural competence in composition courses.

 

 

Phuong Minh Tran

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Phuong Minh Tran is a doctoral candidate in Second Language Studies/ESL. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Business and English from Hanoi Foreign Trade University and a Master’s dual degree in Linguistics and TESOL from Ball State University. Her research encompasses second language writing, transnational composition pedagogies, Backward Design in curriculum development, and World Englishes. At Purdue, Phuong teaches mainstream and L2-specific First Year Writing, Professional Writing, and the Teaching Practicum for new writing instructors at ICaP.

 

 

Qiusi Zhang

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Qiusi Zhang is a Ph.D. student in the SLS program. Her current research interests include language assessment, testing, and L2 writing. Qiusi received both her B.A. in English and M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Qingdao University, China, with exchange study experiences in the U.S. (University of Central Arkansas and Missouri State University) for a year and a half. With a concentration in translation in graduate school, she collaborated with her advisor and other faculty members and published six translated books. Before coming to Purdue, Qiusi taught TOEFL test preparation in a private language school in China for around four years, one of the most rewarding experiences in her life. She loves to travel, especially to countries out of China. Visiting one foreign country a year was her dream when she started working, and she made it come true by spending her four annual vacations in Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea. As a real foodie, there is literally not one type of food she does not like to eat.

 

Sharareh Taghizadeh Vahed

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Sharareh Taghizadeh Vahed, a Ph.D. candidate of Second Language Studies at Purdue University, received her master’s degree in TEFL from the University of Tehran. She taught English as a foreign language for seven years in Iran. After 4 semesters of teaching First-year Composition at ICaP, she now works as a Testing Assistant at Purdue's Oral English Proficiency Program (OEPP). Her main research interest is language testing and assessment, and she previously worked on the assessment of reading skill in English for Academic Purposes.

 

 

Shyam Pandey

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Shyam is a PhD candidate in the Second Language Studies Program at Department of English, where he currently teachers professional writing courses. Previously, he has taught a variety of composition courses. His recent research interests include technical and professional writing, multimodal composition, writing studies, and world Englishes.

 

 

Terrence Zhaozhe Wang

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Zhaozhe Wang is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Purdue University, where he teaches first-year writing and the graduate practicum in oral English proficiency. His research focuses on theories and rhetoric of difference, multilingual writers’ identity and literacy practices, qualitative methodology, second language and translingual writing, and writing assessment.

 

 

 

 

 

Ji-young Shin

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Ji-young Shin is a PhD candidate in the Second Language Studies/ESL program in the English department at Purdue University. Prior to joining Purdue, Ji-young was involved in various professional experiences in the field of English education in South Korea, working as a high school English teacher, textbook writer, national exam writer, national online English writing curriculum developer, etc. Based on her unique professional diversity, Ji-young researches issues in language testing/assessment, corpus linguistics, and their interface within the field of second language acquisition and writing.

 

 

Yue Chen

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Yue Chen is a PhD candidate in Second Language Studies/ESL. Her research interest includes second language writing, writing pedagogy, and writing assessment.