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Book Chapter: Humanizing Pedagogy and the Personal Essay

"classroom observations showed us that there was a strong connection between not only the theory and practice of using personal essays, but also of the outcomes such practice will have on student writing, creating a more humanized classroom environment."

Language and Technology: An Interview with Dr. Harrison

Marlen was currently interviewed by a UK-based writer for a forthcoming article on language and technology. Here’s what he had...

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The Caribbean Immigrant Student: Immigration, Education, and Representation

Poster presented at South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SMLA) conference in Jacksonville, FL, 2016 See the full-sized poster here: poster-for-conference-2-1...

Writing on the Edge: The Power of No – Buddhist Mindfulness and the Teaching of Composition

"Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, we are determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. (Hanh 23)"

“China, why not?”: serious leisure and transmigrant runners’ stories from Beijing

"Through interviews with five female and two male expatriates, we studied the ways in which Western runners brought meaning to the transition experience and negotiated meanings and bodily practices associated with running. Through narrative analysis, we identified three core narratives of migration (possibility, necessity and growing up) and two emergent narratives (community and running to feel like oneself) about shifting meaning in running."

PhD Research: Language & Identity

“…I ask him if he is ‘out’ and he looks at me, moves his head slightly forward and asks, ‘Pardon?’”...

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Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

"In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal."

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Reflections on English language teaching: Developing keypal projects in the Japanese university classroom

Harrison, M. (2006). Developing keypal projects in the Japanese university classroom. National University of Singapore: Reflections on English Language Teaching, 5(1), 141-148. ABSTRACT With...

Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University

Presentations from the 1st Annual Graduate Research Conference, Tiffin University, Ohio: Keynote, “Creating Opportunities for Student Professional Development in Online Programs”; March, 2019

Call-EJ: Keypal friendships and their influences on ESL learner development

"The purpose of the studies was to examine aspects of keypal email exchange projects currently in development in English language classes at two Japanese universities: One purpose of these studies was to look at pedagogical aspects of the project, including implementation, and perceived and long-term benefits of such projects."

Running, Being, and Beijing: An Existential Exploration of a Runner Identity Qualitative Research in Psychology

"Two main themes, the loss of control and isolation, are examined, and an existential interpretation is paired with insight from Buddhist psychology. Finally, we conclude with implications for future research in sport and migration studies as well as practical considerations for the use of autoethnography in psychological research and practice."

Book Chapter: Taking the teacher out of the test – Exploring student automomy in EFL classroom testing

Harrison, M. (2006). Taking the teacher out of the test: Exploring student automomy in EFL classroom testing. In M. Koyama & E....

Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

How Autoethnography Is Being Utilized to Support Learner Development

Disrupting the MA English Thesis: Autoethnography in Advanced Literary Studies

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Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University

“He Was the One Teacher That Pushed Me the Most During My Stay Here at SNHU”

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Book Chapter: Humanizing Pedagogy and the Personal Essay

Language and Technology: An Interview with Dr. Harrison

The Caribbean Immigrant Student: Immigration, Education, and Representation

Writing on the Edge: The Power of No – Buddhist Mindfulness and the Teaching of Composition

“China, why not?”: serious leisure and transmigrant runners’ stories from Beijing

PhD Research: Language & Identity

Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

Reflections on English language teaching: Developing keypal projects in the Japanese university classroom

Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University

Call-EJ: Keypal friendships and their influences on ESL learner development

Running, Being, and Beijing: An Existential Exploration of a Runner Identity Qualitative Research in Psychology

Book Chapter: Taking the teacher out of the test – Exploring student automomy in EFL classroom testing