VITA

JAMES DEAN BROWN

Department of Second Language Studies

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822 USA

WORK: (808) 956-2783

FAX: (808) 956-2802

e-mail: brownj@hawaii.edu

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1995-Present Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

1990‑1995 Associate Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

1985‑1990 Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

1982‑1985 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

1980‑1982 Senior Scholar, UCLA/China Exchange Program, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

1977‑1980 ESL Instructor, Marymount Palos Verdes College, Palos Verdes, California

1977‑1978 ESL Instructor, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California

1974‑1977 Salesman/Manager, Arcadia Music Mart, Arcadia, California

1973‑1974 Assistant EFL Teacher, Lycée Arc de Meyran, Aix-en-Provence, France

1970‑1973 Salesman, Arcadia Music Mart, Arcadia, California

1969-1970 Restaurant Manager, La Escala, Spain

1966‑1969 U.S. Army (82nd Airborne Division & Berlin Brigade)—Honorable Discharge (Rank: SP5, E5)

1964-1966 Saga Food Service, Oberlin, Ohio

LEAVES AND SABBATICALS

Fall 1999 Visiting Professor, Temple University Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka Japan

1991-1993 Visiting Professor, Temple University Japan, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan

Fall 1992 Fulbright Scholar, Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

EDUCATION Institution Degree (Major)

1978‑1982 University of California Los Angeles PhD (Applied Linguistics)

1977‑1978 University of California Los Angeles MA (TESL)

1976‑1977 University of California Los Angeles Certificate (TESL)

1974‑1976 University of California Santa Barbara BA (English Literature)

1973‑1974 L’Université d’Aix‑Marseille, France ---- (French Literature)

1971‑1973 California State University Los Angeles BA (French Literature)

1964‑1966 Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio ---- (French Horn)

HONORS

Received the 1989 Duke of Edinburgh Award of High Commendation in English Language Teaching (Sponsored by the English Speaking Union) for: Brown, J. D. (1988). Understanding Research in Second Language Learning. Cambridge University Press.

Awarded Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant for Teaching and Research (five months in 1992) at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ESL/EFL COURSES TAUGHT (Institutions in parentheses FSU = Florida State University; GELC = Guangzhou English Language Center, PRC; LAM = Lycée Arc de Meyran, France; MPVC = Marymount Palos Verdes College; UCLA = University of California Los Angeles; UHM = University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)

High School Level EFL (LAM)

Elementary EFL/ESP Speaking (GELC)

Intermediate ESL Reading (MPVC)

Intermediate ESL Writing (MPVC, FSU)

Intermediate EFL/ESP Listening (GELC)

Intermediate EFL/ESP Speaking (GELC)

Advanced ESL All skills (UCLA)

Advanced ESL Reading (MPVC)

Advanced ESL Writing (MPVC)

Advanced EFL/ESP Listening (GELC)

Advanced EFL/ESP Speaking (GELC)

Advanced ESL/ESP Writing for Science Graduate Students (UHM)

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT (Institutions in parentheses: FSU = Florida State University; PUC = Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro; TCCUJ = Teachers College, Columbia University (Japan Campus); TUJ = Temple University (Japan Campus); TSIH = TESOL Summer Institute Hawai‘i; TSIV = TESOL Summer Institute Venezuela; UHM = University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)

Computer Assisted Language Learning (TUJ)

Critically Reading Statistical Language Research (FSU, PUC)

Critically Reading Quantitative and Qualitative Language Research (UHM)

Culture and Intercultural Communication (FSU)

Curriculum and Materials (FSU, PUC)

Doctoral Supervision Course (TUJ)

Directed Independent Studies (FSU, UHM, PUC, TUJ)

Discourse Analysis (FSU)

English for Specific Purposes (FSU, TSIH)

Error and Contrastive Analyses (FSU)

Innovation and Reform in Language Curriculum (UHM)

Instructional Applications of Media (FSU, TUJ)

Introduction to Linguistics (FSU)

Introduction to TESL/TEFL (FSU)

Language Teaching Methodology (UHM)

Language and Language Learning (TUJ)

Language Program Development (TUJ, UHM)

Language Testing (FSU, PUC, TSIH, TSIV, TUJ, UHM)

Language Testing - Advanced Issues Seminar (UHM, TUJ)

Listening and Speaking in ESL (UHM, TUJ)

Reading in ESL (FSU)

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (PUC, TSIV, TUJ, UHM)

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics - Advanced Issues Seminar I (TUJ)

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics - Advanced Issues Seminar II (TUJ)

Skills Survey: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking (TUJ)

Second Language Acquisition Research (FSU)

Survey Research Methods (TUJ, TCCUJ)

ACADEMIC SERVICE: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MANOA

Director of English Language Institute (1986 to 1991)

Scholarly Papers - Advisor for eighteen Department of SLS scholarly papers (Almlie-Britt, Ballou, Bowman, Duquette, Edwards, Gau, Gusti, Johnson, Ka`awa, Kim, S. Lee, Maegawa, Nosaka, Ogata, Oliphant, Rosa, S.Y. Shin, & Yi)

Directed Independent Studies - Directed thirty-four SLS 699v independent studies in ESL (Ballou, Bonk, Cahill, Chang-Hang, Cunha, Del Castillo, Christianson, Donovan, Duquette, Fonacier, Jordan, Garmon, Gau, Hibbeln, Kamimoto, Key, Kudo, Lockhart, Maegawa, Norris, Osako, Pianta, Raker, Rankin, Revard, Roever, Sawyer, S. Y. Shin, Snow, Takahashi, Thagard, Tokuda, Thananart, & Tsuda)

Undergraduate Honors Theses - member of one committee (Lee)

MA Committees

Chaired thirteen MA Thesis Committees in SLS (Bonk, Christianson, Cook, Humphries, Jenkins, S. Ko, Kudo, Hoky Min, Norris, S. Park, Premaratne, Thananart, & B. Wang)

Member of sixteen MA Thesis Committees in SLS (Chung, Del Castillo, Hatcher, Hauser, Katsufuji, Kim, Kobayashi, Lee,

McGurk, Ortega, Shimura, Silbert, Takakawa, Tanaka, Urano, & Yue Cui)

Outside member on two MA Thesis Committees (Yoshioka in East-Asian Languages, & Kawakami in East-Asian Languages)

PhD Dissertation Committees

Chair of two PhD Dissertation Committee in Second Language Acquisition (Clark & Norris)

Member of nine PhD Dissertation Committees in Second Language Acquisition (Hasegawa, Ito, James, Joo, Ortega, S. Park, Roever, Ross, & Watanabe)

Outside member of ten PhD Dissertation Committees (Ahn in East-Asian Languages, Boisvert in Education, Byon in East-Asian Languages, Hua in Linguistics, J. Hwang in East-Asian Languages, Y. G. Lee in East-Asian Languages, Kim in Education, Matsunami in Linguistics, McMeekin in East-Asian Languages, Tateyama in East-Asian Languages, & Yokomizo in East-Asian Languages)

ACADEMIC SERVICE: OFF-CAMPUS

MA Committees

Served on eighty-four Comprehensive Examination Committees at Florida State University

Chaired one Master's Thesis Committee at Florida State University (El Sayed)

Served on six MA Comprehensive Examination Committees at Temple University Japan 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,

1998

PhD Committees

Member of six Doctoral Dissertation Committees at Florida State University (T. Delamere, M. Hamsik, N. Leonhardt, W. Powell, S. Rahbarnia, & Rajatanavin)

Member of four Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Committees at Temple University Japan in 1992, 1995, 1998, & 2003

Member of sixty-two Doctoral Dissertation Committees at Temple University Japan (Akagawa, M. Allen, R. Baines, C. Barnard, D. Beglar, M. Bostwick, A. Brender, C. Browne, M. Childs, A. Dudley, Duppenthaler, S. Fotos, Fujita, Gobel, G. Gorsuch, Gray, D. Griffee, R. Heimbach, Hill, Hirai, Hosoda, K. Irie, Iyanaga, J. Johnson, S. Johnston, Jones, N. Jungheim, Kaneko, G. Lee, G. Liversridge, S. Matsuno, T. Miller, G. Moulden, Moreen, Mori, Miyazato, Nakahara, O’Connor, Ozaki, Peterson, G. Robson, P. Rosenkjar, E. Schaefer, Sekigawa, J. Sick, Takase, Takahashi, Takashima, Takimoto, K. Tanaka, Y. Tanaka, Tatsuki, Ueno, Ushimaru, J. Wendell, Yamada, S. Yamashita, Yamashiro, Yamazaki, H. Yoshida, M. Yoshida, & Yoshimura)

Outside member on five Doctoral Dissertation Committees at other universities: National University of Singapore (Thomas Patterson); University of Melbourne (Tomoyasu Akiyama); City University of Hong Kong (Liu Jianda); Universiti Putra Malaysia (Lee Poh Le); and Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur (Pansy Pansy Amirthamalar Kandiah)

Promotion and Tenure Referee

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (1998) (outside referee for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor).

American University Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (2000) (outside referee for promotion to full Professor).

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (2003) (outside referee for tenure of an Associate Professor).

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (2004) (referee for promotion to full Professor).

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (2004-2007) (member of Panel of Evaluators, Promotion Committee).

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN (2005) (referee for promotion to Distinguished Professor).

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (2006) (outside referee for tenure application)

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (2007) (outside reviewer for three promotion applications)

SERVICE ON COMMITTEES AND BOARDS: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MANOA

ESL Department Personnel and Policy Committee (1985 to 1990, 1993)

ESL Department MA Program Admissions Committee (1991), Chair (1997 to 1999)

SLS Department MA Program Admissions Committee, Chair (1999 to present)

SLS Department MA Program Assessment and Evaluation Committee, Chair (2004 to present)

English Language Institute Curriculum Committee (Chair 1986 to 1991)

Manoa Writing Committee (1986 to 1987)

Manoa Writing Board (1987 to 1991)

UH University-wide Writing Committee (1987 to 1991)

Faculty Executive Committee of the UHM College of Arts and Sciences (Elected 1988 to 1990)

LLL Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Committee (1989 to 1991)

LLL Committee for Second Language Acquisition Assessment (1989 to 1991)

UHM TA Training Planning Committee (1989 to 1991)

UHM Academic Grievance Committee (1991)

SLA Doctoral Program Language Education Qualifying Exam Committee (Chair 1990 to 1991, Member 1993)

SLA Doctoral Program Admissions Committee (1996 to 1997)

SLA Doctoral Program Policy Committee (2004 to present)

Tenure and Promotion Review Committees (1996-1997; 2000-2001)

Selection Committee for the President’s Educational Improvement Fund (2000-2001)

Graduate Faculty Department of SLS (1985 to present)

Graduate Faculty Doctoral Program in SLA (1988 to present)

Cooperating Faculty in Department of Linguistics (1986 to present)

LLL Foreign Language Assessment and Evaluation Committee (2002-2003)

SERVICE ON COMMITTEES AND BOARDS: OFF-CAMPUS

Board of Directors Kalihi-Palama Immigrant Services Center, Honolulu, HI (1988-1989)

Board of Trustees for the Ruth Crymes Memorial Scholarship Trust, Honolulu, HI (Member 1990 to present;

Elected Treasurer 1995 to 1999)

Executive Board of TESOL International, Washington, DC (Elected 1990 to 1993)

[Including service on the Finance, Membership, and Serial Publications subcommittees]

TESOL Research Task Force, Washington, DC (Chair 1990-1991)

TOEFL Research Committee, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (1990 to 1995)

ETS Policy Council, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (1994)

TESOL Advisory Committee on Research, Washington, DC (Chair 1992-1995)

Japan-United States Educational Commission (Fulbright Commission) Selection Committee, Tokyo, Japan (1999)

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Editorial board: TESOL Quarterly (1987 to 1990; 2000 to 2004); JALT Journal (1994 to present); Language Testing (1999 to 2007); Language Learning and Technology (1999 to 2007); RELC Journal International Advisory Committee (2003 to present)

Outside reader for journal articles in TESOL Quarterly (1986 to 1987, 1990 to 1991, 1999); Language Learning (1993; 1994; 1997; 1998); World Englishes (1988); Applied Linguistics (1989, 1991, 2002, 2003); Language Testing (1992 to 1998); Language Learning and Technology (1997; 1998); Language Teaching (2006); Reading as a Foreign Language (2005); Second Language Reading (2004); Language Teaching Research (2006)

Reader for SLRF Conference abstracts (2001)

Editor Totally Humorous Response Column in TESOL Matters (1993 to 1996)

Editor Statistics Corner: Questions and answers about language testing statistics Column in Shiken (Official newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching’ Special Interest Group on Second Language Testing and Evaluation) (1996 to present).

Editor of University of Hawai‘i Working Papers in English as a Second Language (1994 to 2001)

Editor of Second Language Studies (2001 to present)

Book reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Newbury House Division of Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, McGraw-Hill, and Wadsworth Publishing

Grant proposal reader for Yad Hanadiv Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel (1997; 1998; 2002)

Outside proposal reader for City University of Hong Kong Research Committee (1999)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Applied Linguistics, Fulbright Association, Hawai‘i Education Association, Hawai‘i Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Hawai‘i State Teachers Association, International Language Testing Association, Japan Association for Language Teaching, National Council on Measurement in Education, National Education Association, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Honorary Chair of Language Testing and Evaluation N-SIG, Japan Association for Language Teaching

Honorary Member of the Japan Language Testing Association

MISCELLANEOUS DATA

US citizen; excellent health; happily married; two children (Shenan and Iliana, ages 25 and 28).

MAJOR TIME ABROAD

Germany 1967‑1969

Spain 1969‑1970

Mexico 1973 (summer)

France 1973‑1974

China (PRC) 1980‑1982

Saudi Arabia 1982-1985 (sixteen three-week trips)

Brazil 1992 (one semester)

Venezuela 1995 (two summer sessions)

Japan 1991-1993 (three semesters); 1999 (one semester); and twenty-seven summer sessions 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, & 2006.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRIPS

Brazil, Canada, China (PRC), Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji Islands, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Taiwan (ROC), Thailand, Ukraine, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam, & Yugoslavia

ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES VISITED

Andora, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, East Germany (DDR), England, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Monaco, Norway, Panama, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City, & Wales

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