Category: Academic
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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)”
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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
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“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…
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Esxence 2016 – Roundtable – Judging & Criticism in Artistic Perfumery
“The panel defined artistic perfumery as a type of creative design where the perfumer is not necessarily limited by someone else’s concept, brief, or vision. Art itself lies at the core of artistic perfumery and as such, the panel addressed how such art can be judged and critiqued.”
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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.”
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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. Skier (Eds.) More autonomy you ask (MAYA) . (pp. 137-146). Tokyo: JALT LD. Harrison (chapter seven) used the creation of tests as both a learning and assessment tool to great effect, but in order to do so…
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Household and personal care: The scented word – Context, intrigue and the problem of olfactory literacy.
Harrison, M. (2010). The scented word: Context, intrigue and the problem of olfactory literacy. Household and Personal Care, Supplement. January,(1), 6-10. ABSTRACT: The prevalence of published materials describing, advertising, criticizing, and/or discussing the olfactory realm – specifically concerning personal and household fragrance and as most recently evidenced by the rise in internet publications – emphasizes aroma’s popularity…
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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 university computer labs and self-access centers now a reality, using email for cultural and language exchange has become increasingly more practical. Though research illustrates the effectiveness of asynchronous communication via email as an excellent opportunity…
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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 to say… 1. In your opinion, how has the maximum number of characters allowed in a Tweet, coupled with people’s preference for short Facebook updates, influenced the way we communicate on social networks? Hmmm, I…
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PhD Research: Language & Identity
“…I ask him if he is ‘out’ and he looks at me, moves his head slightly forward and asks, ‘Pardon?’” “Are you out of the closet?” I explain. He shakes his head from side to side a little, leans in and says slowly, “I’m not gay in Japanese, I’m only gay in English.” The above…
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A Student’s Spirit Guide
Written by Michelle Colyar for Prof. David Loomis’ Journalism 120 course at IUP; published with permission of author and subject INDIANA- Brock Kawana never wanted to go to Indiana University of Pennsylvania. While wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt with the logo IUP Kawana explained why. “I knew IUP had a reputation for a lot of…