The SLA doctoral students at UW-Madison are conducting research, publishing, and actively engaging in various scholarly activities. In 2024-25, they presented their research and expertise at different conferences, symposiums, and workshops within and outside the university community. They contributed to major national and international conferences, including the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), ACTFL Annual Convention, American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), among others.
In preparation for conferences and publication, the SLA students hosted informal share-outs where they presented their research to their peers.
Publications
Petrova, N. & Rychkova, I. (2024). AI-powered language instruction: Creating engaging writing assignments for Intermediate and Advanced Russian learners. Russian Language Journal, 74(1). https://doi.org/10.70163/0036-0252.1403
Xiao, G., & DelPrete, D. L. (2024). Countering linguistic borders through translanguaging practices in a multilingual U.S. secondary school. The Language Learning Journal, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2024.2412743
Xiao, G. (2024). The power of language ideologies: Creating heteroglossic implementational spaces in a practical English class. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 38(Fall 2024), 48-66. https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/60632
Wang, Z., Zhao, Q., & Ma, Y. (2024). Exploring the relationship between achievement emotions, student engagement, and foreign language achievement among Chinese L3 learners. System, 127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103548
Wang, Z., Shen, B., Chen, Y., & Fang, F. (2025). Unpacking teachers’ beliefs about translanguaging in language learning: a qualitative meta-synthesis. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1-20. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/10.1080/14790718.2025.2463539
Conference Presentations
Abunga, L. (2025, April). Utilizing AI to enhance Swahili speaking proficiency among beginner-level students in the U.S.: A pilot study. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Adeniyi, R.O., Randolph Jr., L.J.*, & Schwartz, T. (2025, April). Rethinking language program promotion: A critical discourse analysis of university website descriptions. AERA. Denver. CO.
Adeniyi, R.O., Randolph Jr., L.J.*, & Schwartz, T. (2025, March). Language education for whom and what purposes?: Critical discourse analysis of university language program promotions. AAAL Denver. CO.
Adeniyi, R.O. & Olaosebikan, F. (2024, November). Beyond France: Decolonizing the French language curriculum. ACTFL. Philadelphia. PA
Adeniyi, R.O., Randolph Jr., L.J.*, & Schwartz, T. (2024, October). Pedagogies of joy in the language classroom. Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) Conference. Appleton, WI.
Adeniyi, R.O. & Olaosebikan, F. (2024, October). Non-France-centric authentic materials: Tools for linguistic diversity. Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) Conference. Appleton, WI.
Adeniyi, R.O. & Olaosebikan, F. (2024, February). Hors de France’s cultural products & practices to foster global citizenship, Intercultural Competence Conference (ICC). Tucson, AZ.
Bozer, E. (2025, March). Heritage and non-heritage parents’ language ideologies and parental engagement: Insights from a Turkish community school. AAAL Denver, CO.
Bozer, E. (2025, April). Navigating ideologies and discourses: Parents’ enrollment choices in a Turkish community-based heritage language School. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Choo, S.Y. (2025, April). Comparing the effectiveness of AI and teacher feedback on Korean particle errors in writing. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Etchart, M. (2025). Thinking about well-being: A conversation among language teachers. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison Madison, WI.
Murphy, D.*, Driver, M., Etchart, M., & Goetze, J.* (2025, March) Campus-based initiatives to challenge monolingual and monodialectal ideologies in U.S. higher education. AAAL. Denver, CO.
Etchart, M. & Hernando, A. (2025, March). Behind the scenes of graduate study: realities and dilemmas of conducting research as graduate students — Special Session: Open Access Book Launch and Networking/Discussion Session, conveners Carlo Cinaglia & Matthew Coss. AAAL. Denver, CO.
Etchart, M. (2025, March). Do institutional roles shape emotional experiences? Exploring student and instructor appraisals of foreign language anxiety. AAAL. Denver, CO. — Winner of the AAAL 2025 Graduate Student Award Wilga Rivers.
Etchart, M. (2025). Social positioning as a source of foreign language anxiety: The case of international teaching assistants. 17th Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPSHY), Georgetown University. Washington D.C.
Etchart, M. (2025). ¿Quién le pone el cascabel al gato? A conversation about emotions in the (language) classroom. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Lenguas, Cátedra de Lingüística General, Universidad Católica Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina). (Virtual)
Purnell, P., Etchart, M., Randolph Jr., L.J.*, & Yang, B. (2024). Linguistic variation and empowerment at UW-Madison. Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, Center for Educational Opportunity, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Haberkorn, P. (2025, April). Into the unkown?! L2 instructors’ (emotional) experiences teaching students with disabilities. 7th Second-Language Learning and Disabilities Conference, Online Conference hosted by Boston University and Tufts University.
Schueller, J., Bernstein, M., Haberkorn, P., & Larson-Guenette, J. (2024, November). Fostering learner empathy through different modalities. ACTFL. Philadelphia, PA.
Haberkorn, P. (2024, November). Sinti and Romani: Bringing a national minority’s voices and experiences into the German classroom. Wisconsin Association for Teachers of Foreign Languages Conference Appleton, WI.
Haberkorn, P. (2024). Moving away from the mis- and underrepresentation of people with disabilities in German curricula: Wochenendrebellen – A pedagogical unit. 24th Annual German and Dutch Graduate Student Association Conference, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Gault, L. (2025, April). Making research matter: social science research-informed pedagogical applications for the Russian-Language Classroom (Roundtable) American Council Teachers of Russian (ACTR). (Virtual)
Gault, L. (2025, February). 101: Basics of prompt for language learning (workshop presenter). American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL). (Virtual)
Murphy, D.*, Quinn, S., Glowacki, G., Almuratova, A., Evans-Romaine, K.*, & Gault, L. (2025, February). Russian advanced interactive listening series 2.0: Focus on Kazakh history and culture. American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL). (Virtual)
Gault, L. (2024, November). Social media for developing authentic listening comprehension skills. ACTFL. Philadelphia, PA.
Parshina, O., Ladinskaya, N., Sekerina, I., & Gault, L. (2024, June). Predictive language processing in Russian Heritage Speakers: Task effects on morphosyntactic prediction. 15th Heritage Language Research Institute. Irvine, CA.
Garnier, M. (2025, April). All we need is confidence: Exploring L2 teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching and assessing L2 writing. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Garnier, M. (2025, February). Understanding emotional well-being in the teaching of writing. Center for Teaching and Research on Writing. UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Dumaz, N. (2025, April). Schooling experiences and shame: A case study of a linguistically and ethnically minoritized individual in Turkey. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Jasperson, T.M. (2025, April). Preserving Identity Through Language. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Jasperson, T.M. (2025, March). Reading the discourses of oppression and resistance through the lens of relationality in Hmong and French narratives. AAAL. Denver, CO.
Jasperson, T.M., Olanipekun, O., & Shimshak, A. (2025, April). Extending literacy narratives: B-Sides in Kinship. CCCC. Baltimore, Maryland.
Olanipekun, O. (2025, April). Navigating academic identities and disabilities: Graduate students’ writing. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Olanipekun, O. (2025, February). Address terms as a site of identity negotiation: Insights from an African graduate student. Africa Through Language and Area Studies (ATLAS), University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland.
Petrova N. (2025, April). Understanding student engagement in language studies: Research-informed insights on proficiency and investment in learning Russian. American Council of Teachers of Russian 50th Anniversary International Virtual Conference.
Petrova N. (2025, April). Is scaffolding proficiency with AI possible? A case of exploring chatGPT’s potential in adapting l2 Russian reading materials. [5-minute share-out session]. American Council of Teachers of Russian 50th Anniversary International Virtual Conference,
Petrova N. (2025, April). Building bridges: Graduate student advocacy and the power of peer collaboration. Roundtable presentation. American Council of Teachers of Russian 50th Anniversary International. (Virtual)
Petrova N. (2025, March). Multiple dimensions of students’ investment in l2 learning: A case of the russian flagship program (poster) AAAL. Denver, CO.
Petrova N. & Rychkova, I. (2025, February). AI comes to the rescue: Designing vocabulary and writing assignments for intermediate Russian courses. AATSEEL. (Virtual)
Petrova N. (2025, February). Expanding proficiency: Addressing pragmatic gaps in advanced Russian instruction. AATSEEL. (Virtual)
Sawyer, R. & Aguirre, S. (2024, November). Beyond the 5Cs: Using a new framework for Spanish heritage instruction. A workshop at ACTFL. Philadelphia, PA.
Xiao, G. (2025, April). Translanguaging silence and humor: Registering, resisting, and reconstructing identities in a U.S. EMI classroom. Second Language Acquisition Student Symposium, UW-Madison. Madison, WI.
Xiao, G., & Wang, H. (2025, March). From majority to minority: Raciolinguistic socialization of Chinese students in U.S. higher education. Individual Paper presented at the AAAL. Denver, CO.
Wang, Z. (2025, March). Unfolding the complexity of foreign language enjoyment: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis versus multiple regression analysis. AAAL. Denver, CO.
*K. Evans-Romaine, J. Goetze, D. Murphy, and L.J. Randolph Jr. – SLA Steering Committee faculty co-presenters