Doctor of Philosophy
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PhD Applied Linguistics
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Aimee Herubin
PhD student in Linguistics Prosodic Variation as a Function of Sexuality in Queer Women
Angelicia Anthony Thane
PhD student in Applied Linguistics A critical genre analysis on digital news reporting. An Instagram perspective.
Helios Li He
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Metadiscursive verbs in academic writing
Hero Patrianto
PhD student in Linguistics Javanese complementation structure
Jemima Agnew
MA Thesis student in Linguistics Towards a cross-linguistic model of speech rhythm perception: Tapping to the beat of different languages
Jennifer Manning
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Defining the role of English language programs through needs analysis in EMI HEIs
PhD student in Linguistics Spatial categorization and conceptual transfer: evidence from acquisition of English prepositions IN, ON and Mandarin postpositions LI, SHANG
PhD student in Applied Linguistics EFL teacher professional development in classroom assessment literacy
PhD student in Linguistics Prosody and sentence processing
Kamal Heidari
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Looking into the Impact of Spaced Vs. Massed Practices and Deliberate Vs. Incidental Approaches on Learning English Idioms across Different Proficiency Levels
Lei (Stella) Xia
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Translanguaging for English Language Learning
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Technical vocabulary of computer science
Mahnaz Aliyar
PhD student in Applied Linguistics L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition
Mojtaba Tadayonifar
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Contextual learning of novel multi-word expressions
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Pluricultural competence of English major ethnic minority students in EFL classroom
Niwat Wuttisirisiriporn
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Syntactic and lexical complexity in Applied Linguistics and Engineering Master’s theses and research articles
Nok Chin Lydia Chan
PhD student in Applied Linguistics How do L1 and L2 speakers of English comprehend and produce familiar constructions used ironically?
Phuong Nguyen
PhD student in Applied Linguistics A case study of EFL textbook implementation in urban and rural high schools in Vietnam from the perspective of task-based language teaching
Prapatsorn (Anne) Tiratanti
PhD student in Linguistics Prosodic Features of Prominence Marking in Conversational Thai
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Academic vocabulary in classroom teaching
Reuben Sanderson
PhD student in Linguistics Workplace Collaboration Online: a Multimodal Analysis
Rizwan Sulehry
PhD student in Applied Linguistics News media and the discourse for justice in Pakistan
Stephanie Foxton
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Language, Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Implementing the new English language curriculum: The case of Vietnamese EFL lower secondary school teachers in rural and mountainous areas
Tineke Jannink
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Simultaneous or consecutive interpreting in Court? What is currently occurring in Aotearoa New Zealand and where we want to be going
Tuan Ngoc Bui
PhD student in Applied Linguistics The incidental acquisition of grammatical features during reading: A comparative study on pedagogical approaches to reading
Tuong Thi Cat Phan
PhD student in Applied Linguistics A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding language learning and teaching beyond the classroom
Upeksha Jayasuriya
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Working title to be confirmed
Van Hong Tran
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Vocabulary in Mechanical Engineering
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Connecting Safe Speaking Environment and Foreign Language Enjoyment in EFL Classroom
Xiaohan (Christal) Guo
PhD student in Applied Linguistics A Study of Community Interpreter Training Practices in New Zealand
Xina (Hina) Jin
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Academic reading among ESOL students
Yoshie Nishikawa
PhD student in Applied Linguistics Understanding classroom dynamics and exploring use of oral communication tasks in a beginner-level Japanese language course
Zezhou Xing
PhD student in Linguistics Prosody knowledge affects EFL listening comprehension
Zhentong (Francis) Zhan
PhD in Applied Linguistics Semantic prosody: processing and learning
UC Davis Graduate Studies
UC Davis Doctoral Students Selected as 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows
- by Graduate Studies
- April 22, 2024
We're excited to announce that three UC Davis doctoral students – Victor Chimaway Lopez (Native American Studies), Stephen Eyman (Linguistics), and David Morales (History) – have been selected as 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows! The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) launched the program in 2023 with the support of the Mellon Foundation to advance a vision for doctoral education that prioritizes openness to new methods and sources, underrepresented voices and perspectives, and scholarly experimentation. The awards are designed to accelerate change in the norms of humanistic scholarship by recognizing those who take risks in the modes, methods, and subjects of their research.
The ACLS used a rigorous, interdisciplinary peer review process to select the fellows, who represent a diverse range of research topics. Our scholars were chosen from a competitive pool of over 700 applicants from 125 U.S. universities, reflecting the prestige of this honor.
Each fellow receives an award of up to $50,000, consisting of a $40,000 stipend for the fellowship year; up to $8,000 for project-related research, training, professional development, and travel expenses; and a $2,000 stipend to support external mentorship that offers new perspectives on the fellow’s project and expands their advising network. With fellows pursuing their research across the country and beyond, ACLS will also provide opportunities for virtual networking and scholarly programming throughout the fellows’ award terms.
Congratulations to Victor, Stephen and David on this remarkable achievement!
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Forensics graduate joins search for Vietnam's missing
Science and technology , Graduation , Faculty of Science
Dr Bethany Forsythe's expertise will help efforts to identify human remains from war in Vietnam.
A young New Zealand scientist has joined the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) to lead the development of tools for the large-scale identification of human remains, including more than 300,000 people still missing after the Vietnam War.
Dr Bethany Forsythe (31), who graduated from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland on 6 May with a PhD in Forensic Science, is helping the ICMP to establish DNA sequencing methods for highly degraded bone samples.
The Vietnamese remains date back to a war which ended in 1975.
“I’m privileged to be involved in this important work that can help to bring closure to the families of the missing,” says Bethany, who works with scientists and officials in both Hanoi, Vietnam, and at the commission’s headquarters in The Hague in the Netherlands, where she is based.
A two-year project to develop Vietnam’s capabilities is being carried out with the Institute of Biotechnology of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The technologies being evaluated and optimised will form the basis for a comprehensive system for comparing DNA from human remains with the DNA from even distant family members still searching for loved ones in Vietnam.
I have been very lucky to work with and learn from amazing forensic scientists in New Zealand.
Dr Bethany Forsythe
“Cutting-edge extraction techniques and DNA sequencing technology have made it possible to collect usable DNA from highly degraded samples,” says Bethany. “This is something we have shown already with powerful nuclear DNA profiles obtained from some initial bone samples from Vietnam.”
She credits the Forensic Science Programme at Waipapa Taumata Rau and the government’s Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) for the skills which enabled her to take on the challenge.
“I have been very lucky to work with and learn from amazing forensic scientists in New Zealand.”
A close association with the ESR, where she has worked and carried out academic research, is an extremely valuable part of the University’s forensics programme, she says.
The former Wellington East Girls High School pupil pursued forensics because she loved science and research and a career in the field seemed interesting and achievable. She’s found the work rewarding and it has also provided a special benefit: meeting her partner, another forensic scientist.
The ICMP is a treaty-based international organisation working with governments, civil society, justice institutions and other organisations to address the issue of missing persons. It aims to secure the cooperation of, and assist, governments and others in locating people missing from conflict, human rights abuses, disasters and other causes.
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