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Day 1 (Friday) March 13, 2026

Introduction and Welcome

Time	Venue: UCB 100
8:00 – 8:30	Conference Registration
8:30 – 8:35	US National Anthem and Hawaiʻi State Anthem _Dr. Norman Arancon, Ph.D. Director, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, UH Hilo
8:35 – 8:45	Welcome Address Bonnie D. Irwin, Ph.D. Chancellor, UH Hilo Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
8:45 - 8:55	Message Michael J, Bitter, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, UH Hilo
8:50 - 9:00	Message Waleed Al Harthy, Ph.D. Director, Center for Language and Foundation Studies A’ Sharqiyah University, Oman
9:00 – 9:45	Keynote Address 1 Reimagining Language Teaching in the Age of Generative AI Paul Kei Matsuda, Ph.D. Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing Arizona State University, Arizona, USA Session Chair: Ms. Pamela Bond
9:50 - 10:00	Break: UCB 127

Parallel Session 1: 10:00 – 11:40

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Zhanna Bugybayeva, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego California, USA	Place names in Globalized World: Cultural Meaning and Linguistic identity in Zoomorphic Toponyms
2	Ryo Takahashi, Ph.D. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido Hokkaido, Japan	Honjo Mutsuo's Literature Works in the Future Challenges for Real Education
3	Emily Dux Speltz, Ph.D. Darryl Chamberlain, Ph.D. Maissane Aik Beata Blood Zoe Zaldivar Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Florida, USA	Designing Process-focused Feedback for College Writers Using GenAI
4	Takeshi Nozawa, Ph.D. Ritsumeikan University Kyoto, Japan Ratree Wayland, Ph.D. University of Florida Florida, USA	When Non-Native Speech Helps: Interlanguage Speech Benefit and Lexical Predictors of English Word Recognition in Noise
5	Alya Alshammari, Ph.D. Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Features of Email Exchanges between Saudi EFL Students and their Instructors

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Xailea Anderson-Iopa University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	Agency and Tragedy in Selkie Myths
2	Kirsten Møllegaard, Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	The Real Me: Autobiography, Memoir, and Autofiction in Contemporary Graphic Narratives
3	Edward Johns, Ed.D. Moreland University Washington DC, USA	From Classroom to Global Citizenship: TESOL as a Gateway to Intercultural Competence
4	Hiroko Nakamura, Ph.D. Tottori University of Environmental Studies Tottori, Japan Professor Namie Saeki Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Kyoto, Japan	Trait anxiety and the learning of English prosody

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Habibullah Pathan, Ph.D. Sohar University Sohar, Oman	Populist Discourse versus Democratic Appeals: An Analysis of the Rhetorical Strategies of Trump and Harris
2	Noorlaksmita Ramadhanty University of Arkansas Arkansas, USA	Reflective Empowerment Pedagogy (REP): A Humanist Pedagogical Framework for Writing Support
3	Najat Sghyar University at Buffalo New York, USA	AI-Mediated Translanguaging in Multilingual ESL Contexts
4	Xie Ying Chungnam National University Daejeon, South Korea	Generative AI (GenAI) in the ELT teaching:A systematic review
5	Swati Arora, Ph.D. Yokohama National University Yokohama, Japan	What Works in Practice: Blending AI Tools and Multicultural Pedagogy in Japanese EFL
6	Jasmine Spencer, Ph.D. Utah Tech University, Utah, USA	Indigenous epistemologies in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Keynote Address 2: UCB 100

Time	Presentation
1:00 – 1:45	“Teaching and Learning English Language and Literature in a Changing World: Global Trends and Transformative Practices” Graham Crookes, Ph.D. Professor & Undergraduate Chair Department of Second Language Studies University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Hawaiʻi, USA Session Chair: Ms. Pamela Bond

Parallel Session 2: 1:50 – 3:30

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Jill Harold, Ph.D. University of North Texas Texas, USA	Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in the Context of Teaching English to Women in Restrictive Settings
2	Jordan K Fong University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Hawaiʻi, USA	Living in Someone Else’s Nation: Narrative Strategies of Sovereignty in Indigenous Fiction
3	Yuka Kurihara, Ph.D. Nihon University Tokyo, Japan	Japanese EFL Teachers’ Appropriation of Knowledge Gained from the Overseas Teacher Training Program in Their School Contexts
4	Tomoko Sekiguchi, Ph.D. Takasaki City University of Economics Taksaki, Japan	Selective Transfer in Multilingual Acquisition:　Reconsidering Cross-Linguistic Influence Beyond L3
5	Hannah Leonard East Texas A&M University Texas, USA	The Use of Spaced Repetition Software for Improving ESL Learners’ Writing Fluency

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Sayaka Moue Rikkyo University Toshima, Japan	Bridging Cultural Divides: Japanese Translations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2	William Blackwell, Ph.D. Alma Contreras-Vanegas, Ph.D. Corinna Cole, Ph.D Sam Houston State University Texas, USA	Becoming Inclusive Educators: Fostering Teacher Agency and Identity in Preparing Secondary Teachers for Multilingual Classroom
3	Arlind Fazliu Brikena Liko University of Arizona Arizona, USA	How to Teach English Graphophonemics?: A Rule-Based Approach
4	Ekaterina Sudina, Ph.D. Katherine Yaw, Ph.D. Luke Plonsky, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park Maryland, USA	“I have felt the most fulfilled and excited doing research when it has been collaborative”: Research collaboration in applied linguistics
5	Peter Conroy, Ph.D. Tsinghua University Beijing, China	Rethinking Literary Education in the Age of AI

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Patsy Iwasaki, Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	Framing Culturally Sustaining Education: The Graphic Novel as Resilient Pedagogy in the Post-Pandemic Era
5	Kais Amir Kadhim University of Malaysia Terengganu Malaysia	The effect of using AI on translating media text: with reference to style and message
3	John Kit Masigan, Ph.D. Saint Paul University Philippines Cagayan, Philippines	The JournaLISTO Experience: A Multi-Year Journalism Program Shaping 21st-Century Media Competence, Ethical Journalism, and National Recognition in Catholic Mass Media
4	Abu Shahid Abdullah, Ph.D. East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh	Englishness and Childhood: Lewis Carroll's Politics of Language in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
5	Kazumi Kato Tokai University Shibuya,Japan	Reframing Needs Analysis in Community-Based ESP: A Seaport Project in Japan

Featured Speakers: 3:45 - 4:15

Time	UCB 100	UCB 127
3:45 – 4:15	Teaching English Amid Many Languages: Perspectives from Multilingual Classrooms in the Philippines Rosalina Villaneza, Ph.D. Chief of the Teaching and Learning Division Department of Education Manila, Philippines Session Chair: Patsy Iwasaki, Ph.D.	Writing Across Borders: A Global Diasporic Approach to Literary Practice Lawrence Lacamba Ypil, MFA Assistant Professor of English University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Hawaiʻi, USA Session Chair: Kirsten Mollegaard, Ph.D.

Day 2: Saturday, March 14, 2026

Plenary Address 1: UCB 100 (8:30 – 9:15)

Time	Presentation
8:30 – 9:15	Transdisciplinary, Community-Based Approaches to Being, Becoming and Belonging in (English) Language Education: Reimagining Theory, Inquiry and Classroom Practice Nathanael Rudolph, Ph.D. Professor of Sociolinguistics and Language Education Kindai University Osaka, Japan Session Chair: Ms. Pamela Bond

Parallel Session 3: 9:30 – 11:00

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Danieca Bulawin Bazil T Sabacajan, Ph.D. Department of Education, Philippines	Improving English Vocabulary Skills Using Flashcard Games Among Pupils
2	Yuliia Lavrenchuk University of Kansas Kansas, USA	A Training Model for Ukrainian Pre-service Teachers in Assessing Integrated Listening-into-Writing
3	Gaudencio Luis N. Serrano, Ph.D. Department of Education, Philippines	From Languages to Learning: Policy Directions on Language Mapping
4	Marie Ann C. Ligsay, Ph.D. DepEd RO III Philippines	Translanguaging as Instructional Mediation in Key Stage 1 Classrooms: Evidence from Central Luzon, Philippines
5	Norman F. Thompson III, Ph.D. Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi, USA	Unraveling Metaphor in Pacific Narratives: Bridging Indigenous and Classroom Understandings

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Kimberly Russell, M.A. Hawaiʻi Community College Hawaiʻi, USA	Local Roots, Global Impact: Engaging Learners through the Ka‘ao Framework and UN SDGs Using Place-Based Writing
2	Yumiko Mizusawa, Ph.D. Seijo University Tokyo, Japan	Unequal Racialised Participant Roles in “The Other Side:” An SFL-Based Multimodal Study for Critical Media Literacy
3	Abu Shahid Abdullah East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh	Genetic Engineering and a Threat for Human Origin in Brave New World, Uglies and RoboCop
4	Lauren Aoki University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	George Orwell’s 1984 Through a Marxist Theoretical Lens
5	Yu Kyoung Shin, Ph.D. _Hallym University, Korea_	Evaluating Large Language Models for Language Learning: A Learner Corpus–Based Study]

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Abigayle Farrier University of North Texas Texas, USA Dallas Brister Texas Christian University Texas, USA	TSI Compliance Through Interdisciplinary Co-Requisites
2	Brooke Ward Taira, Ph.D. Rebecca Arechiga, MFA University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi, USA	Hawaiʻi-Based Literacy Pedagogies: Perspectives from Secondary and Post-Secondary Educators
3	Edward Johns, Ed.D Moreland University Washington DC, USA	Harnessing AI for TESOL Teacher Preparation: Lessons from Online and Hybrid Contexts
4	Rodney Jubilado, Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	English at the Edges: Checking its Boundaries in the Linguistic Landscape of the Philippines
5	Hediye Ozkan Matz, Ph.D. University of North Dakota North Dakota, USA	Students in Distress: Reducing Stress through Expressive Writing in Composition Classes

No.	Presenters	Papers
1	Md Nasir Hossain, Ph.D. Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science Madanapalle, India	Patriarchy, Ecological Crisis and Female Resilience in India: An Ecofeminist Reading of Tishani Doshi's Poetry
2	Victor Octavian Ionescu University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania	A few considerations on the effects of language contact in conversations between Romanian-English bilinguals
3	Nobuyo Fukaya, Ph.D. Niigata Agro-Food University Tainai, Japan	Pronoun Use in Japanese EFL Learners’ Spoken English: Discourse Patterns and Pedagogical Implications
4	Maxine Rafaella Rodriguez A’Sharqiya University Ibra, Oman	The Linguistic Landscape of A'Sharqiyah University
5	Aries Dahan Gan Waleed Al Harthy, Ph.D. A’ Sharqiyah University Ibra, Oman Francisco P Dumanig, Ph.D. University of Hawai’i at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA	Consistency in Evaluating Students’ Essays: A Comparative Analysis of Teacher and AI Evaluations
6	Marco Mamba Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman	Student Motivation, Strategies, and Challenges as Predictors of Learning Achievement: Insights from Omani Foundation English Courses

Plenary Address 2: UCB 100 (11:00 – 11:45)

Time	Presentation
11:30 – 12:15	“Representations of Hawaiʻi: the “Local” Subject, Indigeneity, Language, and the Classroom” Leanne Day, Ph.D. Chair, English Department University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaiʻi, USA Session Chair: Ms. Pamela Bond

Closing Remarks: UCB 100 (11:45 – 12:00)

Dr. Rodney Jubilado
Division Chair
Humanities Division, UH Hilo

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