People Type: Graduate Students

Biography Lilian Abunga   I earned my MA in Kiswahili from Kenyatta University in Kenya. My thesis sought to compare the effects of the learning environments on the acquisition of Swahili language skills among mainstreamed visually impaired students in two integrated schools in Kenya. In particular, I looked at how visually impaired students in integrated …

Biography Ruth Olayemi Adeniyi I graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, with a bachelor’s degree in French language. Upon graduation, I gained practical teaching experience at a middle school and a language institute, where I taught French language to middle school students and adults, respectively. Given my interest in French linguistics and pedagogy, I …

Biography I received my BA and MA in Foreign Language Education from Boğaziçi University, in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, I completed a one-year exchange program at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. I joined the SLA program as a Fulbright scholar in 2021. My research interests lie in the area of multilingualism and interaction analysis, particularly in …

Biography I am a dedicated and experienced language educator with a strong background in Korean and English as foreign languages, with interests in computer-assisted and mobile-assisted learning, corrective feedback, and collaborative learning. I earned a dual master’s degree, with a Master of TESOL from Ewha Womans University. Additionally, I completed a Master of Second Language …

Biography My name is Aruzhan, and I am a Ph.D. student in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am from Kazakhstan and earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Foreign Philology (English) from Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, graduating with Honors in 2020 and 2022. My research …

Biography Nevin Durmaz I received a BA in English Language and Literature from Dogus University and earned an MA in Women Studies from Istanbul University where I wrote my Master’s thesis about the effects and influence of the teachers on the formation of gender perception of the adolescent students. During my MA, I participated in …

Biography An Argentina native, I joined the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Doctoral Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021, and later became a joint-degree graduate student in SLA and Spanish Linguistics. Prior to coming to UW-Madison, I completed my undergraduate degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in my home country, where I graduated …

Biography After earning a B.A. in English Language, Literature, and Culture from Université Paris 12, I began a Master’s degree in Anglophone studies with a focus on cultural studies at the same institution. After completing the first year and defending my thesis, I worked as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at Wesleyan University through …

Biography Lidia Gault is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her dissertation research focuses on second language listening comprehension. Her other research interests include beliefs and perceptions, bilingualism and heritage language learning & teaching. She uses mixed-methods and experimental approaches in her research.  Lidia is an experienced instructor of …

Biography Originally from Germany, Patricia Haberkorn graduated with a first state examination in secondary education and teaching from Heidelberg University of Education. Besides a degree in teaching English as a foreign language, she also received an additional qualification in teaching German as a foreign language and early foreign language learning. From 2018 to 2019,  Patricia …