Research Agenda
My overall research agenda includes (1) understanding NNESTs’ identities as language teachers, (2) understanding writing teachers’ identities and their pedagogical approaches, and (3) understanding ways that L2 writers express their voices on texts. I am also interested in how L2 learners and teachers can make use of autobiographical narrative to better understand who they are. For more detailed research record, please visit my CV page. You can also check my Google Scholar page.
Research Statement
Please visit Research Statement page to see my research interests.
Ongoing Research Projects
- Autoethnographical approach to explore writing center tutor identities (with Dr. Larry Sugisaki)
- Writing Teachers’ Perceptions on AI (with Dr. Rajwan Alshareefy)
Sample Papers
Akiyoshi, J. (2017). Japanese L2 writers’ self-perceived voice in haiku poetry and academic prose. The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching, 6(1), 37-54.
Akiyoshi, J. (2019). Pedagogical applicability of autobiographical narrative in college research writing class. Humanising Language Teaching, 21(5).
Dissertation and Thesis
Dissertation: Composition Teacher Identity and Practice: Exploring Composition Teachers from International Contexts in the Rural Pennsylvania College Composition Courses
MA Thesis: The Relationship between Musical Ability and the Perception and Production of L2 Prosodic Features
Award
- Award for Promising Future Interdisciplinary Research in Literacy (Spring 2020) from Composition and Applied Linguistics program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Outstanding Poster Award in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ($100) from 2018 IUP Graduate Scholar Forum for the poster presentation titled “Short autobiographical teacher narratives: My two language teacher identities as an ESL teacher and as a JFL teacher”
Jun Akiyoshi 