Grants
2025-2028 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (¥5,000,000)
Web-based instruction and the role of individual differences in learning English articles among Japanese EFL learners
Role: Co-Investigator. Collaborator: Matt Lucas (PI)
2023-2026 - U.S. Department of Education ($303,090)
Investigating teachers’ use of technologies in foreign language programs: A mixed-methods study of attitudes and practices
Role: PI. Collaborators: Brody Bluemel, Jialing Wang
2022-2026 - U.S. Department of Education ($753,012)
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research
Role: PI. Collaborators: Olesya Kisselev, Jialing Wang
2020-2023 - U.S. Department of Education ($179,660)
Usage-based language instruction: An evidence-based approach to improving and strengthening the teaching of Korean and Russian
Role: PI. Collaborators: Lan Kim, Olesya Kisselev, Irina Mikaelian, Susan Strauss
2018-2022 - U.S. Department of Education ($564,000)
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research
Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Gabriela Appel, Richard Donato, James Lantolf (PI)
2017-2020 - U.S. Department of Education ($246,600)
Instructional practices, proficiency assessment and language development in dual-language immersion classrooms: A longitudinal study
Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Brody Bluemel (PI), James Lantolf
2017-2020 - U.S. Department of Education ($271,242)
The careers of language study abroad alumni: A comprehensive investigation
Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Celeste Kinginger (PI), Robert Schrauf
2013-2016 - British Academy (£226,207)
The role of explicit information in remapping meaning in a second language: An experimental intervention study
Role: PI. Mentor: Emma Marsden
2009 - Association for French Language Studies (£2,000)
The development of aspect in a second language
Role: PI
2009 - Arts and Humanities Research Council (£2,000)
The Fourth Postgraduate Conference in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Role: PI. Mentor: Florence Myles
Academic Awards and Honors
2024: Albert Valdman Award for outstanding publication in 2024
2020: ACTFL-NFMLTA/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
2020: Best of The Modern Language Journal for 2019 Award
2016-22: Gilbert R. Watz Early Career Professorship in Language and Linguistics
2013-16: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship