CURRENT PH.D. STUDENTS

Sha Li
Research Interests: Bilingualism, Plurilingualism, Translanguaging, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics

Soyoung Lim
Research Interests: Language assessment (writing/speaking), Second language writing, Corpus linguistics, Mixed-methods research

Lucas de Bail Ribas
Research Interests: Aviation English, Language Policy, Speech Intelligibility, Corpus Linguistics
Personal Website: lucasdebail.github.io

Sak Lee
Research Interests: Instructed SLA, Task-Based Language Teaching, Second Language Writing, Generative AI in Language Teaching/Learning, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Phraseology, Natural Language Processing
Personal website link: Personal Website (https://sites.google.com/view/leesak24/about)

Dilay Candan
Research Interests: Corpus Linguistics, Use of Corpora for Language Learning and Teaching, Materials Evaluation and Development, Language and Technology, English for Academic Purposes

Chiho Young-Johnson
Research interests: Language assessment, Second language writing, Second language speaking, Second language Acquisition

Heejoon Choi
Research interests: Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Writing, Task-based language teaching, Teacher education, Classroom-based research

Dayoung Joo
Research interests: Second Language Acquisition; Task-Based Language Teaching; Quantitative Research Methods; Language Assessment

Yiwen Zheng:
Research interests:
Natural language processing, corpus linguistics, language assessment, computer-assisted language learning

Buchete Kitiabi:
Research interests:
Second language Acquisition, Task-Based Language Teaching, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Language Teacher Education, Second Language Writing & Literacy, Bi/multilingualism & ESL, Sociolinguistics

Anton Vegel
Research interests: Interaction, Task-Based Language Teaching, Game-Based Learning, Corpus Linguistics, Psycholinguistics

Shuyuan Tu:
Research interests:
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Corpus Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, L2 Writing Research, Second Language Acquisition

Soyeon Sim:
Research interests: Corpus linguistics, Second language acquisition, English for academic purposes, Computer-assisted language learning, Natural Language Processing

Leo Che-Han Chen:
Research interests:
language testing, L2 speaking and writing, mixed-methods research, corpus linguistics, educational psychology

Youngmeen Kim
Areas of Interest
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Corpus Linguistics
Language and Human Behavior

Eunjeong Ahn
Areas of Interest
Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Task-based Language Teaching
Corpus Linguistics

Yoon Namkung
Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Technology-mediated Task-based Language Teaching, L2 Pragmatics, Phraseology, Corpus Linguistics

Ye Lin Park
Research Interests: L2 prosody, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis

Mehrnoush Karimi
Areas of Interest
Second language acquisition
Second language writing and reading
Corrective feedback
Quantitative research methods

Nicole Casin De Los Reyes
Research Interests: Applied construction grammar, Corpus-informed materials design, Usage-based language learning, Computer-assisted language learning

Olexandra Kostenko
Areas of Interest
Language assessment
Second language writing
Discourse Analysis
Teacher education

Heewon Lee-Laminack
Research Interests: Genre studies, Second language writing, Corpus linguistics, Qualitative research methods, Digital literacy, Health communication

Jamila Barton
Areas of Interest
Second language reading
Language policy
English for academic purposes

Hannah Nicol
Areas of Interest
English for Academic Purposes
Second language writing
English for Specific Purposes (public health/medical research)

Qian Wan
Areas of Interest
Second Language Writing;
Quantitative Research Methods;
Applied Natural Language Processing

Andrew Schneider
Areas of Interest
Second Language Acquisition
Task-Based Language Teaching
Interaction
Corrective Feedback
L2 writing

Yali Feng
Areas of Interest
Second Language Acquisition
Classroom-based research
Instructed SLA
Sociolinguistics
Second Language Teacher Education
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Joon Suh Choi
Areas of Interest
Corpus linguistics, Natural language processing, Second language acquisition

Rachelle Udell
Areas of Interest
ESP – Aviation English
L2 Literacy
L2 Literacy
Corpus-based Discourse Analysis
Intercultural Communication
Language Policy
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Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
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Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Graduate Studies
ESL Program
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Dept. of Applied Linguistics & ESL
25 Park Place
15th floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
USPS Mailing Address
Dept. of Applied Linguistics & ESL
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4099
Atlanta, GA 30302-4099
U.S.A.