INVITED SPEAKER

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, 2019
  • Seminar for the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 15 Nov 2024.
  • ​6th International ESP Conference, "Digital Communication and ESP: Exploring New Domains, Perspectives, and Practices", Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, 1-2 Nov 2024.
  • 2nd Education, Languages, & Internationalisation Network (ELINET)  international conference, "Global Voices, Local Impact: Education, Language, and Diversity", UFPA Bragança Campus, Brazil, 24-26 Oct 2024.
  • Seminar for University of Warsaw. 21 Oct 2024.
  • 11th International Conference: Building Cultural Bridges (ICBCB) "English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Dynamics in Higher Education", SDU University in Kaskalen, Kazakhstan, 10-11 Oct 2024. 
  • 14th Teaching of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL) international conference, "Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Language Education in a Globalized World", Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan, 27-28 Sep 2024.
  • Seminar for Parthenope University of Naples. 13 Sep 2024.
  • 20th International LASLAB Symposium. "Integrating content and language in university education: The role and challenges of EMI content teachers". Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 5 Jul 2024.
  • Research Center for Language Brain and Cognition colloquium series. "ELT and EMI: How does research inform practices?" Tohoku University, Japan, 4 Jun 2024.
  • J-SER workshop. "Research Methodology for EAP research", Toyo University, Japan, 1 Jun 2024.
  • Faculty of Liberal Arts PD workshop. "Engaging student voices in HE curriculum development", Japan, Sophia University, 29 May 2024.
  • Graduate School of Education special lecture. "ELT and evolving writing standards in the age of GenAI", Waseda University, Japan, 27 May 2024.
  • EMI Online Workshop Series, "English language teaching research and practice in EMI contexts", National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), 30 Apr 2024.​
  • University of Naples Federico II 800th anniversary special lecture series, "Current concerns about the teaching-research nexus", Naples, Italy, 23-26 Feb 2024.
  • CERA-UK Annual Conference, "Conversations with Journal Editors: Academic writing and publishing", Zoom, 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2023.
  • Krakow University of Economics Rector's Lecture. "International perspectives on post-Brexit higher education reforms: Can students and academic staff help recover the ‘holistic academy’?", Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, 23 Nov 2023.
  • Tohoku-UCL SLA Joint Colloquium, "The need for critique of, and reflection on, English medium instruction research", Tohoku University (online), 21 Oct 2023.
  • Cambridge Multilingualism and Language Education Seminar Series, "A plea for critical reflection on EMI research", University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, 16 Oct 2023.
  • 2nd Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (UdA) International ELT Conference, "English language teaching and English medium instruction: putting research into practice", University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Keynote, 4 Oct 2023.
  • PhD in linguistics residential, guest lecture. "The (un-)sustainable current practices in the language teaching research nexus", Lancaster University, 5 July 2023.
  • 1st CReLLU Summer Conference for PhD Researchers. "Making methodological contributions in applied linguistics research", University of York. Keynote, 21 June 2023.
  • 1st ELINET Conference. ​Workshop: Research Directions in EMI, University of Glasgow, 13-15 April 2023.
  • 1st ELINET Conference. "English Medium Instruction Practices in Higher Education: International Perspectives", University of Glasgow. Plenary, 13-15 April 2023.
  • ​57th RELC International Conference. Singapore. Plenary, 13-15 March 2023.
  • 12th International Education Institute Conference. “Towards transcultural pedagogy: dynamics in global EAP” St. Andrews University, UK. Plenary, 4 March 2023.
  • Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) 48th annual conference, "Supporting the teaching-research nexus: from practice to research and back" Fukuoka, Japan. Plenary, 11-14 November 2022.
  • IWALS 2022. "Bilingual education - distinctions of terms and latest developments", National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 14 October 2022.​
  • Diversity in EMI: Developments and challenges, faculty development event, "EMI and research, latest developments" (plenary), Sophia University, Japan, 21 September 2022.
  • UCATSE TESOL lecture series (China-UK), "Data Collection in Researching Second Language Learning", 18 July 2022.
  • Tuning-RISHII/Erasmus+, Opening remarks for the International Workshop on Internationalizing Degree Profiles, IIS Jaipur (India), 26 May 2022.
  • SOLIFIC seminar. "Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Critical Overview" Sophia University (Japan), 24 February 2022.
  • Virtual Visiting Professor project. "Evolving Writer Identities for Academic Publishing in Applied Linguistics" Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), 23 January 2022.
  • Centre for Langauge Education Research Seminar Series. "L2 writing methodological innovation: Acknowledging shortfalls and taking risks" Queen's University Belfast, 19 November 2021.
  • China Research Center for Basic Foreign Language Education. Psychology in Language Education: New Era, and New Challenges lecture series. "Writing at the doctoral level: peer feedback and publishing" 24 October 2021. "Tasking risks with L2 writing methodological innovation", 7 November 2021, Northeast Normal University, China.
  • Language Research Centre Applied Linguistics Seminar Series. “Evolving doctoral writer identities through peer feedback” Swansea University, 20 October 2021.
  • CHES-CDE Doctoral Seminar Series. “Evolving doctoral identities through peer writer identity analysis” with Agata Mikolajewska, Josef Mueller, Lesley Price, Nathan Thomas, and Dandan Zhu, UCL IOE Centre for Doctoral Education, online 16 Jun 2021
  • CERA-UK Annual Conference, "Publish or perish? Negotiating sustainable development of social wellbeing through academic publishing as a doctoral student" (keynote), UCL Institute of Education, online 30 Jun 2021
  • Education and the challenges of the multicultural world, "Forces of English: Facing the demands of researching, publishing, and teaching in English in non-Anglophone higher education" (featured speaker), The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, online 21-22 Jan 2021. Presentation on YouTube
  • CERA-UK Research Seminar Series, "Online data collection for applied linguistics research during the COVID-19 pandemic", UCL, online, 20 Nov 2020
  • 4th International ESP Conference (IESPTA), "The importance of ESP in EMI" (keynote), UNED Madrid, online, 29-30 Oct 2020
  • School of Foreign Languages Seminars, "Theorizing and defining EMI in higher education in China" + "Qualitative research methods in applied linguistics: challenges and innovations", Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 14 + 16 Oct 2020 
  • The 5th Language Studies Forum for Emerging Scholars, "English medium instruction in Chinese higher education: Putting policy into practice" (keynote), Fudan University, Shanghai, 25-26 Aug 2020
  • EuroCALL 2020, "Publishing your CALL research", roundtable discussion, representing System, University of Copenhagen, online, 21 Aug 2020
  • Cancelled: 19th Symposium on Second Language Writing, "Academic integrity in L2 writing" (Featured speaker), Istanbul, June 2020
  • The School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture guest lecture, "Doing qualitative research in applied linguistics", University of Aberdeen, 7 Feb 2020
  • ELT & the Global Market Professional BA Seminar, "Discourse analysis and teaching L2 writing", + Master of Applied Linguistics and ELT Seminar, "Doing qualitative research in applied linguistics", Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, 7 Nov 2019
  • Data Collection Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Seminar, UCL Institute of Education, 15 Nov 2019
  • Language and Linguistics Seminar, "Realities of doing research: What to do when things go wrong", University of Essex, 10.2019
  • Faculty Development Seminar, "Developments in EMI (and where Sophia fits in), Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 10.2019
  • Liberal Arts Program Seminar, "Making sense of qualitative research methods in applied linguistics", International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, 10.2019
  • Global Leadership Program Seminar, "Messy qualitative research in applied linguistics", Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan, 10.2019
  • British Council Uzebkistan's 'The role of English in higher education and its impact on graduate employability' conference, Keynote "EMI in Higher Education: A complex phenomenon", with Nicola Galloway, British Council Wider Europe Regional Conference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10.2019
    ​Full presentation on YouTube
  • Language and Educational Practices Seminar, "EMI in higher education in emerging contexts", University of Bath, 10.2019.
  • International Guest Lecture, "Doing research in advanced education: What to do when things go wrong", Płock, Poland, 4.2019.
  • British Academy Workshop, "Exploring the teaching-research nexus in higher education: An overview of the findings in the 'Bath report'", London, 11.2018.
  • Research Seminars in TESOL and Language Studies: The University of Sydney TESOL Research Network
    "Messy research in TESOL: methodological realities, problems and honest reporting when educational research goes awry", with Heath Rose, University of Sydney, 7.2018. 
  • Applied Linguistics Research Group, “Realities of doing research in applied linguistics: negotiating methodological obstacles”, University of Oxford, 2.2018.
  • Applied Linguistics Research Seminar Series, "Doing research in applied linguistics", Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia, 11.2017.
  • Applied Linguistics Research Circle Series, "Realities of doing research in applied linguistics: negotiating methodological obstacles", University of Reading, 11.2017.
  • Japan Association for Language Teaching Tokyo Chapter Member Presentations (Featured speaker), “What Higher Education EMI means for TESOL”, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, 10.2017.
  • Institute for Comparative Culture, “Internationalization of higher education in Japan: English medium instruction and a call for transnational Japanese campuses”, Sophia University, Tokyo, 10.2017.
  • Temple ICAS Book Talk, “English-medium instruction in Japanese higher education: policy, challenges and outcomes” (Panel), Temple University Japan, Tokyo, 10.2017. Full presentation on YouTube
  • College of Global Communication & Language Education Research Institute, “Strategies for English medium instruction in Japanese higher education”, J. F. Oberlin University, Machida, 10.2017.
  • Faculty development workshop, “Academic community development in internationalised higher education”,  Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Tokyo, 10.2017.
  • ​3rd Jean Monnet Summer School, "Identities in urban contexts: The European multilingual city”, Trinity College Dublin, 7.2017.
  • Primera Sesión Académica Internacional: Vanguardia Metodológica y de Investigación en Lingüística Aplicada, “Realities of doing research in applied linguistics: negotiating methodological obstacles in the field”, ENES León, Mexico, 5.2017.
  • JALT Tokyo Chapter Lecture, "Effective use of written assessment and feedback", New York University School of Professional Studies American Language Institute Tokyo Center, 3.2016.
  • Writing Seminar Series, "Writing a dissertation", Graduate Research Institute of Policy Studies, 3.2016.
  • Faculty Development Special Lecture, "Integration of domestic and international students in English medium instruction", J.F. Oberlin University, 1.2016.
  • Faculty Development Presentation, "The Core Program: What it does and what it means for you", with Dr. Hanako Okada, Sophia University, 12.2015.
  • Second Language Teaching Guest Lecture, "Written assessment in second language writing", Trinity College Dublin, 3.2015.
  • Applied Language and Intercultural Studies Guest Lecture, "Learning and Writing in Japanese", Dublin City University, 3.2015.
  • Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) Lecture, "Making the most of written assessment", Dublin Institute of Technology, 3.2015.
  • Social Sciences Guest Lecture, "Rhetorical approaches to the hikikomori phenomenon", Dublin Institute of Technology, 3.2015.
  • Humanities Guest Lecture, "Academic Literacy", Dublin Institute of Technology, 2.2015.
  • Arts & Humanities Research Institute Lecture, “English Academic Writing: Implications for East Asian Students”, Trinity College Dublin, 10.2014.
  • Edinburgh TESOL and Applied Linguistics (ETAL) Seminars, “Displaying Critical Thinking in EFL Academic Writing”, University of Edinburgh, 3.2014.
  • Second Language Teaching Guest Lecture, “Teaching Second Language Writing”, Trinity College Dublin, 3.2014.
  • International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) 2024. "Connecting language teachers with research through open access publishing and accessible summaries", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8.2024.
  • AILA 2024. "The critical turn in English medium instruction research", with Prof Heath Rose, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8.2024.
  • American Associaton for Applied Lingustics Conference 2024. "Does open-access publishing strengthen the English language teaching-research nexus?" (paper in the Language Teaching Practice Interface Colloquium), Houston, USA, 3.2024.
  • Future of English Research Forum, "How diverse are communication patterns in digitally-mediated EMI classes and HEI stakeholder voices?", with Dr Chihiro Inoue, Dr Fumiyo Nakatsuhara, Ms Katie Halley, Prof Angel Chater, Prof Parvaneh Tavakoli (from the 'Digitally-mediated EMI communication in Higher Education classrooms: Transforming evidence to practical resources' British Council project), Aston University, 3.2024.
  • EMI Sympsium 2023​, "Critically drawing on EMI systematic reviews: a call for more responsible research", University of Oxford, 12.2023.
  • British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2023. Colloquium Chair: "Exploring the TESOL Teaching Research Matrix", University of York, 8.2023.
  • BAAL Conference 2023. Colloquium Co-chair (Nathan Thomas, Chair): "Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics: A Call for Rigorous and Innovative Methods", University of York, 8.2023.
  • AAAL Conference 2023​. "Researching EMI policy and practice multilingually: Reflections from China and Turkey" (invited paper for Researching Multilingually Colloquium), with Prof Heath Rose, Dr Kari Sahan, Dr Sihan Zhou, Portland, USA, 3.2023.
  • AAAL Conference 2023. "Perpetuating inequality: EMI in higher education in Ethiopia, Poland, and Japan" (Critical EMI Colloquium paper), with Agata Mikolajewska, Tolera Simie, Portland, USA, 3.2023.
  • BAAL Conference 2022. "Who are language teaching researchers? An analysis of author positioning in the teaching-research nexus", with Prof Heath Rose, Queens University Belfast, 9.2022.
  • BAAL Conference 2022. "There's levels to this: Understanding and applying innovations in mixed methods research", with Tim Hampson, Queens University Belfast, 9.2022.
  • AAAL Conference 2022, "May I see your credentials, please? Displays of pedagogical expertise by language teaching researchers", with Dr Heath Rose, Pittsburgh, USA, 3.2022.
  • EMI Symposium 2021. “Global EMI research at macro-, meso-, and micro-levels”. University of Oxford, 12.2021.
  • 19th AILA World Congress, "University policy trends for EMI in the wake of transnational campus growth in China" (Colloquium), Groningen, the Netherlands, 8.2021
  • L2WR Research Seminar. "Evolving doctoral writer identities through peer feedback", with Agata Mikolajewska, Josef Mueller, Lesley Price, Nathan Thomas, and Dandan Zhu. University of Murcia, Spain, online 5.2021
  • AAAL Conference 2021. "Problematizing Language Policy and Practice in EMI and Transnational Higher Education: International Perspectives" (Colloquium) (presented by Dr Heath Rose) online 3.2021 
  • AAAL Conference 2021. "Does EMI kill two birds with one stone? Learning content through English in Chinese universities" (Colloquium) (presented by Dr Heath Rose) online, 3.2021 
  • Professional, Academic, and Work-Based Literacies BAAL SIG conference, "Developing contextual literacy EAP for academic and professional purposes", Open University, 12.2019.
  • British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, "Reconceptualizing errors, standards, norms, and nativeness: An analysis of journal author submission guidelines" (not presenting: Dr Heath Rose). Manchester Metropolitan University, 8.2019.
  • EMI Symposium 2019, "EMI policy and 'EMI in action' in a global traction university". University of Oxford, 6.2019.
  • AAAL Conference 2019. "Reconceptualizing errors, standards, norms and nativeness in English for research publication purposes". With Dr Heath Rose, Atlanta, 3.2019.
  • AAAL Conference 2019. "Proficiency, motivation, and the language-related challenges of students studying through English medium instruction: An investigation of predictors of success". With Dr Heath Rose (not presenting: Dr Gene Thompson, Mr Ikuya Aizawa, and Dr Samantha Curle), Atlanta 3.2019.
  • TESOL Conference 2019, "Language related challenges of English medium instruction and content and language integrated learning". With Dr Heath Rose & Dr Nicola Galloway, Atlanta, 3.2019.
  • Higher Education Close-Up (HECU)9, "Whose values? Whose time? Issues of visibility in academic practice in UK Universities". With Dr Shona McIntosh & Dr Lizzi Milligan, Cape Town, South Africa, 11.2018. 
  • 22nd Sociolinguistics Symposium, "Evolving writer identities in professional and traditional doctoral dissertation writing in education", University of Auckland, 6.2018.
  • AAAL Conference 2018, "Innovative research methods in applied linguistics: A renewed call for ‘alternatives’ to the ‘norms’ "(Colloquium organiser and presenter). With Dr Mary Jane Curry, Dr Heath Rose, Dr Marium Abugasea Heidt, Dr Martha French, and Dr Suhanthie Motha as discussant, Chicago 3.2018.
  • AAAL Conference 2018, "The place of second language pedagogy in applied linguistics: a systematic review of a fragmenting field" with Dr Heath Rose, Chicago 3.2018.
  • AAAL Conference 2018, "Intercultural competence at an international university: a case study" with Dr Katie Dunworth, Dr Janina Iwaniec, Dr Trevor Grimshaw, Chicago 3.2018.
  • 18th AILA World Congress, "Intercultural conflict in negotiating Global Englishes in an MA TESOL unit Teaching and Assessing English as an International Language", Rio de Janeiro, 7.2017.
  • 18th AILA World Congress, "Japan's EMI initiatives in higher education", co-presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Rio de Janeiro, 7.2017.
  • 18th AILA World Congress, "L2 writing instruction practices of TESOL trained and non-TESOL trained teachers", co-presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Rio de Janeiro, 7.2017.
  • Department of Education 50th Anniversary Conference: International Education and Globalisation, "Doing Research in Applied Linguistics: Negotiating Obstacles in the Field", University of Bath, 7.2017. 
  • 17th IALIC Conference, "Transcultural competence: Exploring postgraduate student and staff perceptions across disciples at one UK university", representing project team Dr. Katie Dunworth, Dr. Trevor Grimshaw, and Dr. Janina Iwaniec, Edinburgh Napier University, 6.2017.
  • AAAL Conference 2017, "Messy Research in Applied Linguistics: Methodological realities, problems and honest reporting when social research goes awry", colloquium co-led with Dr. Heath Rose, with papers by Prof. John Hedgcock, Dr. Heekyeong Lee, Dr. Hanako Okada, Dr. Matthew T. Prior, Prof. David Singleton, Dr. Simone Pfenninger, Dr. Xuesong Andy Gao, and Dr. Christine Pearson Casanave, and Dr. Mary Jane Curry as discussant, Portland, OR, USA, 3.2017.
  • 42nd JALT Conference, "EMI & Globalization Trends in Japanese Higher Education", co-presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Nagoya, Japan, 11.2016.
  • 35th Second Language Research Forum, "TESOL trained and non-TESOL trained teachers of EFL writing", co-presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Columbia University, 9.2016.
  • American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2016, "Realities of doing research in applied linguistics", co-presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Orlando, USA, 4.2016
  • 4th Language, Education & Diversity Conference, "Critical thinking in East Asian students' English academic writing", University of Auckland, 11.2015.
  • 4th Language, Education & Diversity Conference, "EMI in a Japanese Global 30 university: From EFL to ELF", University of Auckland, 11.2015.
  • 14th Symposium on Second Language Writing, "The impact of Western criticisms on Japanese rhetorical approaches on learners of Japanese", Auckland University of Technology, 11.2015.
  • 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, "English Medium Instruction in a Japanese Global 30 University", American College of Greece, Athens, 9.2014. 
  • TESOL Research Network Colloquium, "From EFL to ELF in English-Medium International University Programs in Japan", University of Sydney, Australia, 8.2014.
  • AILA World Congress, "Critical Argument and Writer Identity: Social constructivism as a theoretical framework for EFL academic writing", Brisbane, Australia, 8.2014.
  • 6th Symposium on Writing Centers in Asia, "Post-task specific reflection in the writing center”, J.F. Oberlin University, Machida, Japan, 3.2014.
  • 6th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, “Transformations from EFL to ELF in English-Medium International University Programs in Japan”, presented with Dr. Heath Rose, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy, 9.2013.
  • 5th AILA-Europe Junior Researchers Conference, "University Students’ Quest for Global Identity through EFL Writing", Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 6.2013.
  • American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2013, “A new perspective on old frameworks: Analyzing writer identity in EFL education”, Dallas, USA, 3.2013.
  • English in Asia's Languages Habitats and Europe's Asia competence, "Developmental Parameters of English Composition in a Japanese University", Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 5.2012.
  • ALAA-ALANZ 2nd Combined Conference, "A social constructivist perspective on cultivating critical thinking in establishing university EFL writer identity", Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 11-12.2011.
  • 3rd Symposium on Writing Centers in Asia, "Workshops or individual tutorials: How can our writing center maximize student benefit?", Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages, Tokyo, Japan, 3.2011.
  • 9th Asia TEFL Conference, "Spoken Discourse in a Japanese University Writing Classroom", Hanoi, Vietnam, 8.2010.
  • Independent Learning Association Conference, "Without a writing center, students feel the university is failing them", Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 6.2009.
  • TUJ Colloquium, "What activity theory reveals about Japanese university student writers' motivations in the search for global identity", Temple University Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2.2009.
  • 34th JALT Conference, "English Academic Writing at a Japanese University: Two Cases", Tokyo, Japan, 11.2008.
  • FEELTA Conference, "A Study of Japanese University Students Learning English Academic Writing", Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, 6.2008.
  • ISLS Conference, “Exploring Language and Identity: Nature of Code-switching among Japanese Students”, presented with Dr. Mitsuyo Sakamoto, Honolulu, Hawaii 4.2007.
  • 32nd JALT Conference, “Forming an Identity in University EFL Writing”, Kitakyushu, Japan, 11.2006.
  • 4th Asia TEFL Conference, “Learning English Writing in a Japanese University”, Beijing, China, 11.2005.
  • Second Language Writing Symposium, “University EFL Writers in Japan: Argument and Identity”, Purdue University, 9.2004.
  • TESOL Forum, “Learning EFL Writing in a Japanese University: Academic vs Narrative”, University of Sydney, 11.2003.