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Congratulations, Summer 2024 Graduates!

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Department of English who received their MA, MFA, or PhD degrees in Summer 2024!

NameTITLE OF MA THESIS (T), MA CREATIVE COMPONENT (CC), MFA THESIS (T), OR PHD DISSERTATION (D)Major Professor(s)
Mutleb AlnafisahPronunciation assessment: Investigating the role of lexical stress error categories in distinguishing proficiency and comprehensibility levels (D)John Levis
Shireen BaghestaniExplaining and remediating scoring discrepancies in an English placement test: An exploration of text features (D)Carol Chapelle
Denise CoberlyA corpus-based register approach to the analysis of stance and scientific uncertainty in congressional hearings (D)Carol Chapelle
Agata GuskaroskaExploring technology acceptance of ASR for pronunciation learning (D)John Levis
Haeun KimPicture-based narrative writing tasks in language assessments for young learners: Effects of task design on test performance and implications for validity (D)Carol Chapelle
Altay OzkulCritical thinking, reflection, and perception in a climate change project for English translation students: An exploratory study (D)Gulbahar Beckett
Zoe ZawadzkiHigh variability pronunciation training for word stress in English (D)John Levis & Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer