講師

2006年5月 南ユタ州大学 政治学とスペイン語専攻 学士号 卒業
2009年5月 ネバダ大学 リノ校 英語文学専攻 学士号 卒業
2011年5月 ネバダ大学 リノ校 英語教授法 修士号 卒業
2021年9月 龍谷大学 グローバルスタディーズ研究科 博士後期課程 入学

2006年6月 United States Department of The Interior; Bureau of Land Management: Firefighter
2011年8月 福島県教育委員会 県立橘高等学校 外国語指導助手
2016年4月 公立大学法人 宮城大学 国際交流・留学生センター　助教
2017年4月 公立大学法人 宮城大学 基盤教育群 助教
2017年4月 国立大学法人 宮城教育大学 非常勤講師
2021年4月 国立大学法人 東北大学・教育学研究科 非常勤講師
2022年4月 公立大学法人 宮城大学 基盤教育群 講師

English Self-Expression 1, English Self-Expression 2, English Expedition, Academic Writing, British Literature (全学自由ゼミ)

英語教授法，応用言語学 (TESOL, Applied Linguistics)

JASELE 全国英語教育学会
TELES 東北英語教育学会
JACET 大学英語教育学会
​​​​​​JALT 全国語学教育学会
Asia TEFL
TESOL International Association (Co-Editor: Bilingual Basics)
Mexico TESOL (Editor-for-Refereed Articles: MEXTESOL Journal)
Korea TESOL

Published Articles:

• Enhancing student quality of life in language classrooms via Joint Exploratory Practice. (2023)
• Expanding opportunities for social language and social inclusion among adult learners. (2023)
• “Indulge in a little chaos”: Assistant language teachers’ pedagogical knowledge development through the lens of complex dynamic system theory. (2023)
• Trans-Speakerism: A Trioethnographic Exploration into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Education. (2023)
• Shifting from native-speakerism to trans-speakerism: A trioethnography of language teachers in Japan. (2023)
• Language teacher emotion research in Japan: A review from a post-structural and ecological perspective (2022)
• Negative transfer among adult and L2 proficiency: Breaking the gridlock in the research. (2022)
• Teaching English in English: A duoethnographic inquiry into beliefs, attitudes, and experiences in Japan. (2022)
• Investigating Stereotype Threat in Foreign Language Acquisition: A Preliminary Study. (2021)
• Trends in Productive, Receptive, and Multidimensional Vocabulary Metrics on University Entrance Exams in Northern Japan. (2021)
• Language Teacher Identity: Historical Perspectives, Philosophical Frameworks, and Research Directions for Japan. (2021)
• Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in the EFL/ESL Classroom: How the New Science of Child Development Can Inform Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice. (2020)
• Success Stories from Fukushima: Accounts from a Tragedy Presented in 5 Acts. (2020)
• Improving Student Conversation Skills by Teaching Negotiation for Meaning (2018年）

Books, Book Chapters, and Encyclopedias:

• Nall, M., & Mansouri, B. (2023). Exploring the role of emotion in ALTs’ professional identity construction in Japan: An ecological perspective. In T. Hiratsuka (Ed.), Team teachers in Japan: Beliefs, identities, and emotions. Routledge
• Nall, M. (2022). The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster of 2011: Fukushima’s dialogical negotiations of identity. In L. Trepanier (Ed.), Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID. Routledge.
• Nall, M. (2022). Practical action research for improving EFL presentations: Can self-assessment and mobile assisted language learning be helpful? In M. R. Ramirez Alva and L. Pérez Cascante (Eds.), EFL Research Series for Teachers: Pedagogical Innovations Facilitated by TICs in the Classroom. Casa Grande University Press.
• Nall, M., Mansouri, B., & Huhta, A. (2022). Close-ended vocabulary assessments. In J. I. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley.
• Case, R. & Nall, M. (2022). Negative Pragmatic Transfer. In J. I. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley.

Other publications:

• Nall, M., & Wilson, M. (2023). Returning to study abroad in the COVID-19 era: Report on a short-term study abroad program in 2022 [Practical Report]. Miyagi University Research Journal, 3(1), 43-53.
• Interview with Takaaki Hiratsuka [Interview about a recent publication regarding narrative inquiry into language teacher identity]. The Language Teacher, 47(1), 30-33. (2023).
• [Review of the book Language teacher educator identity, By G. Barkhuizen (2021)], TESOL Journal. (2022)
• Interview with Nicholas Rhea. [An interview about language teaching in Afghanistan and the implications of recent political/ideological changes with regard to future educational policy and women’s education].  The Language Teacher (2022)
• Finding Your Voice in the World of Academic Writing and Publishing: A Guide for both Novice and Experienced Writers [Review of the Book How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, by P. J. Silvia].  MEXTESOL Journal (2021)
• [Review of the Book Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency, by H. Kayi-Aydar, X. Gao, X., M. Varhese, & G. Vitanova, Eds.].  Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (2020)
• [Review of the Book The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, by J. I. Liontas (Ed.)].  CATESOL Journal (2018)

Language teacher identity, agency emergence, second language discourse analysis, pragmatic transfer.

【科学研究費】　(Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research KAKENHI)

• 基盤C代表 (Principal investigator) (2023-2025).「Expanding horizons in language teacher identity and agency research: A phenomenological analysis of ALTs in Japan」
• 基盤C分担 (Co-investigator) (2023-2025).「Team teachers in Japan: Beliefs, identities, and emotions」

Language Teacher Identity development and agency emergence; Dialogical Self-Theory in Education.

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