Grants

2023-2026: International Research and Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “Investigating Teachers’ Use of Technologies in Foreign Language Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study of Attitudes and Practices”
  • Role: PI. Collaborators: Brody Bluemel (Delaware State), Jialing Wang (Penn State).
  • Amount: $303,090 for 36 months

2022-2026: Title VI Language Resource Centers program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research”
  • Role: PI. Collaborators: Olesya Kisselev (South Carolina),  Jialing Wang (Penn State)
  • Amount: $753,012 for 48 months

2020-2023: International Research and Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “Usage-Based Language Instruction: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving and Strengthening the Teaching of Korean and Russian”
  • Role: PI. Collaborators: Olesya Kisselev (San Antonio), Lan Kim (Penn State), Irina Mikaelian (Penn State), Susan Strauss (Penn State).
  • Amount: $179,660 for 36 months

2018-2022: Title VI Language Resource Centers program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research”
  • Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Gabriela Appel (Penn State), Richard Donato (Pittsburgh), James P. Lantolf (PI, Penn State)
  • Amount: $564,000 for 48 months

2017-20: International Research and Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “Instructional practices, proficiency assessment and language development in dual-language immersion classrooms: A longitudinal study”
  • Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Brody Bluemel (PI, Delaware State), James P. Lantolf (Penn State)
  • Amount: $246,600 for 36 months

2017-20: International Research and Studies Program, U.S. Department of Education

  • Project title: “The Careers of Language Study Abroad Alumni: A Comprehensive Investigation”
  • Role: Co-PI. Collaborators: Celeste Kinginger (PI, Penn State), Robert Schrauf (Penn State)
  • Amount: $254,550 for 36 months

2013-16: Postdoctoral Fellowship, The British Academy

  • Project title: “The Role of Explicit Information in Remapping Meaning in a Second Language: An Experimental Intervention Study”
  • Role: PI. Collaborator: Emma Marsden (York)
  • Amount: £226,207 ($323,285) for 36 months

2009: Graduate Research Award, Association for French Language Studies

  • Project title: “The Development of Aspect in a Second Language”
  • Role: PI.
  • Amount: £2,000 ($2,850) for 12 months

2009: Student-led Initiative Award, Arts and Humanities Research Council

  • Project title: “The Fourth Postgraduate Conference in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics”
  • Role: PI.
  • Amount: £2,000 ($2,850) for 12 months