B.A. in Korean Flagship and Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Research Interests: Project-based Language Learning (PBLL), second language acquisition, chaos/complexity theory, motivation in language learning, AI and emotions

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B.A. in Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh

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B.A. in Language and Culture, The University of Osaka

Research Interests: SLA, psycholinguistics, L2 speech perception and production, L2 pronunciation instruction, individual differences in L2 learning (especially musicality)

Selected Publications:

Furukawa, J. (2025, June 14–15). The Effects of Musical Experience on Categorical Perception of English Liquids: The Case of Japanese EFL Learners [Presentation]. 25th International Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA 2025), Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan. https://en.j-sla.org/events/j-sla2025

Furukawa, J. (2024, June 8–9). The Relationship Between Melody Recognition and Japanese Intonation Recognition in Native English Speakers: A Pilot Study [Presentation]. 30th Annual Conference of the Kansai English Language Education Society (KELES), Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan. https://sites.google.com/view/keles2024

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B.A. in English Studies, Tenri University

Research Interests: ISLA, TBLT, L2 Assessment, Teacher Education

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BA in Music & BS in Biological Science, Florida State University

Research Interests: Materials Development and Pedagogy for Indigenous Language Revitalization, Philippine Sociolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Translation Studies, Translanguaging, Arts-based Approaches to Public Health

Selected Publications:

Rivera, M. (2017). Music, Media, and the Ethnopoetics of Two Ebola Songs in Liberia. Africa Today, 63(3), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.63.3.05

Rivera, M. (2015, December 3-6). Singing Ebola: Music, Media and Cultural Messages in West Africa.[Paper presentation]. Society for Ethnomusicology 60th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/SEM+2015-+Sessions+9A+%2526+10A/1_amm9ekny

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B.A. in English with a concentration in Linguistics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Research Interests: L2 Pronunciation Development, Multilingual/Multicultural Education, Materials Development, Music-based Language Instruction

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Born on Oʻahu, Kallen spent much of her life growing up in Hawaiʻi and lived in Taiwan for 10 years. She is a second-year MA student in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in Second Language Studies. During her undergraduate studies, Kallen taught English in Thailand, focusing on effective speaking and listening. Her academic interests include multilingualism, teacher identity, pedagogical materials development, and Hawaiʻi Creole (Pidgin). In her free time, she enjoys lei making, attending concerts, and playing board games with family and friends. This semester, she is a Graduate Assistant providing administrative support for the SLS undergraduate program and a Teaching Assistant at the English Language Institute.

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Christina Hernandez (she/her) is a MA student at the Department of Second Language Studies. She holds a B.A (2017) in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has had many years of experience teaching English to elementary school students in South Korea. This semester, she is joining the SLS staff as Communications and Media Associate!

Research Interests:

• L2 pronunciation development
• Educational materials design and development
• Music-based language instruction

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B.Ed (2021) from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, M.Ed (2023) from Shymkent University in Kazakhstan

Research Interests:

• Global Englishes: accents, suprasegmentals
• Sociolinguistics: Immigrant stay-at-home mothers and language learning

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BA in TESOL, Minor in Psychology, Certificate in Chinese, Brigham Young University – Hawaii

Research Interests: L2 assessments, World Englishes, Listening Intelligibility and Comprehensibility

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