Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, 2018
M.A. in TESL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
B.A. in English, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2008
Certificates
TESL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
TESL, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2008
Research and Teaching Interests
Second language speech and pronunciation, second language acquisition, individual differences, speech perception and production, speech assessment, speech and pragmatics, methodological issues in speech research, and TESOL
Courses
ENG 3210: The Grammar of Modern English
ENG 3211: Structure of Language
ENG 3212: Language Acquisition
ENG 5233: Teaching American English Pronunciation
Selected Publications
Kang, O., Johnson, D., &Kermad, A.(contracted/in preparation).Second language prosody and computer modeling. Routledge–Taylor & Francis.
Kang, O., &Kermad, A.(Eds.) (contracted/forthcoming).Transdisciplinary innovations for communicative success: Encyclopedia of educational innovation. Springer.
Kermad, A. & Kang, O. (2019). Effect of classroom assessment stakes on English language learners’ oral performance.TESOL Journal, 10(2).
Kang, O. &Kermad, A.(2019). Prosody in L2 pragmatics. In N. Taguchi (Ed.),The Routledge handbook of SLA and pragmatics. London, England: Routledge–Taylor & Francis.
Kermad, A.(2018).Speaker and listener variability in the perception of non-native speech. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Northern Arizona University, Arizona.
Kang, O. &Kermad, A.(2017). Assessment in second language pronunciation. In O. Kang, R. Thomson, & J. Murphy (Eds.),The Routledge handbook of English pronunciation(pp. 511-526). England: Routledge.
Kermad, A., & Kang, O. (2017). Teacher-student relationships. In S. Salas (Ed.)TESOL Encyclopedia: Administrative/Organizational issues. (Vol. 15). New York, NY: Wiley
