Kira Dunton as an Applied Linguist.
I received my Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics & TESOL at the University of Alabama in 2022. My research interests include Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis and other areas of linguistics, especially as it intersects with Critical Theory. You can find the list of references to my Master’s thesis titled “Exploring Teacher Attitudes Regarding Corpus-Assisted Language Learning for Young Learners of English” here.
Selected Presentations and Conferences
April 2019: Pop Culture Association (PCA) Conference, Washington DC. “The One with All the Slang: Friends’ Role in Popularizing Slang”
March 2019: Lipscomb University’s Student Scholars’ Symposium, Nashville, TN. “A Muddy Color: Rejecting Binaries to Establish New Mestiza identity in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street”
(Submitted) March 2019: College English Association (CEA) Conference, New Orleans, LA. “In Pursuit of Penitence and Prosperity: Moll Flanders’ Manipulation of Gendered Identity”
(Invited) September 2018: Tennessee High School Press Association (THSPA) Fall Workshop, Nashville, TN. “The Seven Deadly Sins of Poetry,” led a writing workshop with high school students
March 2018: Pop Culture Association (PCA) Conference, Indianapolis, IN. “The Fault in Augustus Waters: The Role of Naming and Identity in The Fault in Our Stars”
April 2018: Lipscomb University Student Scholars’ Symposium, Nashville, TN. “Lobster, Unagi, and Pla-: Friends’ Ability to Bring New Words into Our Language”
February 2018: Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Conference, Richmond, VA. “Collaborative Re-creations in Process: An Examination of University Consultants’ Benefits in Secondary and Postsecondary Writing Center Partnerships” with Morgan Beers
October 2017: Vanderbilt’s Tutor Collaboration Day, Nashville, TN.
September 2017: Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN. Led a Personal Statements Workshop for Dietician Students
April 2017: Lipscomb University Student Scholars’ Symposium, Nashville, TN. “The Fault in Augustus Waters: The Role of Identity and Naming in The Fault in Our Stars”
February 2017: Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Conference, Oxford, MS. “Objectivity in the Writing Center” with Morgan Beers
January 2017: Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN. Writing Tutor Training for future LEAD Academy Tutors through the Writing Studio at Lipscomb University
September 2016: Vanderbilt’s Tutor Collaboration Day, Nashville, TN.
April 2016: Lipscomb University Student Scholars’ Symposium, Nashville, TN.
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