SLAT Meet & Greet

Welcome back, SLAT community!

When
4 – 5:30 p.m., Sept. 5, 2025

Welcome back, SLAT community! Come catch up after the long summer! All new SLAT students, continuing SLAT students, SLAT faculty, SLAT alumni, and SLAT visiting scholars are welcome.

SLAT Meet Your Mentor Event

New students getting to meet their faculty mentors

When
3:30 – 4 p.m., Sept. 5, 2025

This short event will give the new SLAT students the chance to meet their new faculty mentors. Welcome to our new cohort!

University of Arizona New Grad Student Orientation

Open to all new graduate students at the UofA...

When
8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 21, 2025

The University of Arizona Graduate Center is hosting this year's New Graduate Student Orientation. This event is open to all new doctoral and masters students at the UofA and will be held on Thursday, August 21st, in the Student Union Memorial Center (SUMC) - 3rd floor Grand Ballroom. International students should check in by 8:30 am and domestic students should check in by 9:30 am; the event will last until 2:00 pm. 

Students should register as soon as possible through Grad Start, and must have their NetID before they can access the registration form. 

For questions about the orientation, please email info@grad.arizona.edu

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Wei Xu

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies; Specialization: Second Language Writing
Northern Illinois University
Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
2025
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Hui Wang's Dissertation Defense

Corpus-based Pedagogy in Undergraduate L2 Writing Courses: Effectiveness, Engagement and Instructors' Understanding

When
9 – 10 a.m., Aug. 4, 2025

Dissertation title: Corpus-based Pedagogy in Undergraduate L2 Writing Courses: Effectiveness, Engagement and Instructors' Understanding

Dissertation Committee: Dr. Shelley Staples (Chair), Dr. Jonathon Reinhardt, Dr. Christine Tardy

Dissertation abstract and location link to be added in July 2025.

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Anh Dang's Dissertation Defense

Corpus-based Materials Implementation in Writing Classrooms: Teachers' Experiences, Perceptions and Training Initiatives

When
10 – 11 a.m., July 30, 2025

Dissertation title: Corpus-based Materials Implementation in Writing Classrooms: Teachers' Experiences, Perceptions, and Training Initiatives 

Dissertation committee: Dr. Shelley Staples (Chair), Dr. Jon Reinhardt, Dr. Christine Tardy, Dr. Gail Shuck (Special Committee Member - Boise State University)

Dissertation abstract and location information will be posted here in early July 2025.

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Alan Brown

Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics; Director of Graduate Studies
University of Kentucky - Department of Hispanic Studies
Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
2006
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