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Visiting Scholars and International Interns In the past six years, more than 15 linguists from
around the world have been visiting scholars at ICIC, IUPUI and
interacted with IUPUI faculty and students. The ICIC Visiting Scholar
Program provides opportunities for research in applied linguistics,
intercultural communication, and English for Specific Purposes. VISITING SCHOLARS Dr. Kenichi Namai, August-December 2006
Dr. Namai is an associate professor at Waseda University in Japan, teaching English and linguistics in the School of Science & Engineering and the School of International Liberal Studies. Dr. Srikant Sarangi, October-November 2005 Dr. Sarangi is a professor in language and communication in the School of English at Cardiff University, Wales and Director of the Health and Communication Centre. Mª Pilar Mur Dueñas, June-September 2005 Mª Pilar Mur Dueñas is a research scholarship holder at the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Her research here included work on her PhD dissertation, which focuses on the cross-cultural analysis of business management research articles written in English and in Spanish. During her time at ICIC she attended ICIC's ESP Institute, Think Tank on Health Discourse, and presented a paper and poster at the 2nd ICIC Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis. Dr. Miguel Ruiz Garrido, June-August 2005 Dr. Ruiz-Garrido works at the Department of English Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. He teaches English Language as well as ESP, mainly English for Business Communication. He is a member of the research group GRAPE. Dr. Ruiz-Garrido spent his time here attending the ESP Institute and Think Tank on Health Discourse, presenting a paper at the 2nd ICIC Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis, and conducting his own research and writing. Dr. Ruiz-Garrido also worked on proposals for future projects in cooperation with ICIC. Dr. Ania Saorín Iborra, August 2005
Dr. Saorín-Iborra works at the Department of English Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain, as well as in a secondary school in the same city. At the university, she teaches ESP, mainly in business-related fields. She is a member of the research group GRAPE. While at ICIC, Dr. Saorín-Iborra conducted her own research, wrote research articles, and worked on course materials for doctoral and master classes that she teaches. Dr. Sofija Micic, Fulbright Scholar, September 2004-January 2005 Dr. Micic is Associate Professor of English in the School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. While here she is conducting research on a contrastive pragmatic analysis of medical terms in English and Serbian. Dr. Dwight Atkinson, July 2004, December 2004, July 2005 Dr. Atkinson is an applied linguist at Purdue University. His research has appeared in such journals as Applied Linguistics, Language in Society, TESOL Quarterly, Modern Language Journal, and Journal of Second Language Writing. His current research involves the role of English in higher education in India and a book on theories of culture for TESOL and Applied Linguistics. He has been an annual visitor at ICIC.. Lorena Suaréz Tejerina, July-December 2004 Ms. Suaréz Tejerina was a Ph.D. student from the Universidad de León, Spain. While here she attended the Contrastive and Intercultural Rhetoric Institute and the Written Discourse and Contrastive Rhetoric Conference where she presented "The Role of Evaluation at the Macro-Structural Level: A Corpus of English and Spanish Book Reviews Submitted to a Contrastive Study," which relates to her thesis. Dr. Ana Moreno, July 2002 During the summer of 2002, Professor Ana Moreno of the Departmento de Filologia Moderna, Universidad de León, Spain was a visiting scholar at ICIC. She presented two lectures and worked with the ICIC faculty and staff on a number of research projects. INTERNS Inka Lehtinen, Summer 2007 Ms. Lehtinen, a M.A. student at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, came to ICIC to complete her language practice, which is part of her degree. As an intern at ICIC she assisted in the Tsuda-ICIC program and ESP Institute, conducted literature reviews, and did editing work for upcoming articles and books (Contrastive rhetoric: Reaching to intercultural rhetoric, Connor, Nagelhout, & Rozycki, in press; Discourse on the move, Connor, Upton, & Biber, in press; From contrastive to intercultural rhetoric, Connor, manuscript in preparation).
Marie Eriksson, Summer 2006 Ms. Eriksson came to ICIC from Åbo Akademi University to complete a language practice, which is part of her M.A. degree. As an intern at ICIC she worked with corpus research, and assisted with ICIC's panel on immigration in Indiana. She also assisted in the Tsuda-ICIC program and gave a presentation on her experiences working, studying and living in the US to the Tsuda students. Jennica Haga, Summer 2005 Ms. Haga, a M.A. student at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, assisted ICIC with its new English Training for Postdoctoral program and the annual Intercultural Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis conference over the summer. She presented a poster at the conference on her thesis-in-progress, Scots in Scotland. Mirva Lehtonen, Summer 2004 Ms. Lehtonen came to ICIC from Åbo Akademi University to complete part of the English language component for her M.A. degree. While here she attended the Contrastive and Intercultural Rhetoric Institute and submitted a poster on English-language email discourse for the Written Discourse and Contrastive Rhetoric Conference. Yvonne Westergård, Summer 2004 Ms. Westergård came to ICIC from Åbo Akademi University to complete part of the English language component for her M.A. degree. She split her time here between ICIC and the dean's office in the School of Liberal Arts. Petra Lillia, Summer 2003 Ms.Lillia came to ICIC from Åbo Akademi University to complete part of the English language component for her M.A. degree. During her two-month internship she assisted in a number of ICIC activities and helped with editing tasks for a forthcoming book edited by Dr. Connor. She also gave a presentation concerning the differences between Finnish and U.S. elementary education. Ms. Lillia is now teaching first grade in Finland. Åsa Westlin, Summer 2002 Ms. Westlin came to ICIC from Åbo Akademi University to complete part of the English language component for her M.A. degree and to learn more about applied corpus linguistics. During her two-month internship she assisted in a number of ICIC activities. She also gave three presentations concerning her M.A. thesis on gender differences and gestures among Finnish teachers of English.
Visiting Scholars Archives up to 2006
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