I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I earned my PhD in applied linguistics with a concentration in language assessment and quantitative research methods. I am interested in applications of corpus-based register analysis for examining the validity of the interpretations and uses of productive language assessments. I am also interested in the validity of the interpretations and uses of in-house language assessments in university language programs. My research in this area has examined the use of small-sample test equating of placement tests developed by intensive English programs. In research methods, I am interested in applications of non-parametric analyses to small-sample data such as bootstrapping and the promotion and use of reproducible research tools within the R/Rstudio environment. Occasionally, I write about my interests and projects here.
PhD in Applied Linguistics, 2015
Northern Arizona University
Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics, 2013
Northern Arizona University
MA in TESOL, 2009
Central Michigan University
BA in French Language & Literature, 2003
Kalamazoo College
Contains methods for criterion-referenced test analyses as described by Brown & Hudson (2002) in Criterion-referenced Language Testing (ISBN: 9780521000833). This includes cut-score item discrimination analyses and measures of dependability.
This package will contain the metadata and access to the instruments in the IRIS digital repository of data collection instruments for research into second language learning and teaching.
A linguistic analysis of the communication demands in typical technology-mediated learning environments
I am a teaching instructor for the following courses at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa: