Dianna Murphy

1322 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53711

diannamurphy@wisc.edu | +1 (608) 262-1473

languages.wisc.edu | languageinstitute.wisc.edu 

russianflagship.wisc.edu | sla.wisc.edu 

wisconsinlanguageroadmap.wisc.edu 

Education

Degrees Earned

Additional Study                                                                      

Academic Positions 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000-present
Indefinite appointment in 2012. Awarded Distinguished prefix in 2016.

Ohio Wesleyan University, 1999-2000

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, 1997   

School for International Training, 1995                                                                                 

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, 1995

Ohio State/Purdue/Emory Universities, 1994

Tufts University, 1994

Publications

Forthcoming, under review, or in preparation


Murphy, D. (in press). In which languages other than English are students earning–and not earning–doctoral degrees in the United States? ALD Bulletin, 48(1).


Van Gorp, K., Uebel, E., Kronenberg, F., & Murphy, D. (under review). How important is studying languages for undergraduate students, and why (not) study languages? 


Murphy, D., et al. (in preparation). Student perspectives on online intensive language instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic (working title). 

Monographs/Books

Murphy, D. & Evans-Romaine, K. (Eds.). (2017). Exploring the U.S. Language Flagship Program: Professional competence in a second language by graduation. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Magnan, S., Murphy, D. & Sahakyan, N. (2014). Goals of collegiate learners and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Modern Language Journal Monograph Series.

Articles and book chapters 

Murphy, D. & Sedivy, S. (2024). The speaking proficiency outcomes of face-to-face and online intensive summer LCTL programs. Foreign Language Annals . (Available as online early view. Full citation forthcoming.)

Murphy, D., & Martin, J. (2023). Amplifying student voices: U.S. undergraduate student perspectives on expanding access and increasing the relevance of courses in languages other than English. In E. H. Uebel, F. Kronenberg, & S. Sterling, (Eds.), Language program vitality in the United States: From surviving to thriving in higher education (pp. 59-75). Springer.

Murphy, D. (2023). Fostering a multilingual mindset: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. In E. Ahn (Ed.), Wisconsin in the world: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (pp. 85-95). Information Age Publishing.

Murphy, D., Sarac, M. & Sedivy, S. (2022). Why U.S. undergraduate students are (not) studying languages other than English. Second Language Research and Practice, 3(1), 1-33.  

Murphy, D. & Ghaedi, H. (2021). Who are(n't) our students? The gender and ethnoracial distribution of U.S. bachelor's degree in Russian language and literature over 20 years, from 1999-2000 to 2018-19. Russian Language Journal , 71(3), 17-39.

Godwin-Jones, M., Murphy, D., & Evans-Romaine, R. (2021). Language, culture, and community: Fostering learning through an interinstitutional online game, The FLTMAG.

Evans-Romaine, K., Murphy, D., Tumarkin, A., Marshall, L., & Almuratova, A. (2021). Connecting through language and culture learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Russian Flagship Program. Russian Language Journal, 71(2), 23-38.

Evans-Romaine, K. & Murphy, D. (2021). Designing learning environments to facilitate transformative language and culture learning in a U.S. Language Flagship program. In B.L. Leaver, D. Davidson, & C. Campbell (Eds.), Transformative language learning and teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Murphy, D., & Sahakyan, N. & Magnan, S. (2020). The goals of students of Russian and the U.S. National Standards. In E. Dengub, I. Dubinina & J. Merrill (Eds.), The art of teaching Russian. Georgetown University Press.

Murphy, D. & Lee, S. (2019). The gender and race or ethnicity of majors in languages and literatures other than English in the United States, 2010–14. ADFL Bulletin, 45(2), 43-92.

Murphy, D., Evans-Romaine, K., Anishchenkova, V. & Jing-Schmidt, Z. (2017). Laying the groundwork: Programmatic models in U.S. Language Flagship programs. In D. Murphy & K. Evans-Romaine (Eds.), Exploring the U.S. Language Flagship Program: Professional competence in a second language by graduation. Multilingual Matters.

Murphy, D., Sahakyan, S., Yong-Yi, Dl. & Magnan, S. (2014). The impact of study abroad on the global engagement of university graduates. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 24(1), 2-24.

Murphy, D., Evans-Romaine, K. & Zheltoukhova, S. (2012). Student and tutor perceptions of tutoring in a Russian Flagship program. Russian Language Journal, 62, 107-127.

Magnan, S., Murphy, D., Sahakyan, N. & Kim, S. (2012). Student goals, expectations, and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Foreign Language Annals, 45(2), 170-192.

Murphy, D., Magnan, S., Back, M., & Garrett-Rucks, P. (2009). Reasons students take courses in less commonly taught languages. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 7, 45-80.

Murphy, D. & Youngs, B. (2003). From the classroom to the web: Applying best practices from foreign language education to the development of web-based listening materials. In L. Lomicka & Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz, eds., Teaching With Technology. Boston: Heinle & Heinle,

Murphy, D. (2003). Introducing the listening assistant. The IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies 35, 2, 65-70.

Pedagogical materials

Murphy, D., Magnan, S., Barnard, E. & Worth, R. (2009). Fundamentals of language teaching methods. National Online LCTL Teacher Training Initiative, Madison, WI. (Online course)

Magnan, S., Murphy, D., Barnard, E., & Merrill, M. (2009). Introduction to the U.S. educational system for language instructors. National Online LCTL Teacher Training Initiative, Madison, WI. (Online course)

Rifkin, B., Spasova, S., Thorstensson, V. & Murphy, D. (2006). Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series. Madison, WI. (Online lessons; 2008 AATSEEL Award for Best Contribution to Language Pedagogy) 

Rugaleva, A., Hart, C., Murphy, D. & Starcheus, A. (1997). Student manual for individualized instruction. (4 vols.) Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Foreign Language Publications.

Select Conference Presentations and Workshops 

2024

An Intensive Edge? The Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Intensive Programs in Less Commonly Taught Languages. With Felecia Lucht. National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Conference, April 2024.

IIE Roundtable on Accessibility and Inclusivity through World  Language Learning. Invited panelist. January 2024.

2023

The Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Online Intensive Language Instruction. With Lidia Gault. Graduate Center of the City University of New York, December 2023.

Pathways to Superior for Underrepresented Students: A Case Study. With Karen Evans-Romaine, Anna Nesterchouk, and Lauren Nelson. ACTFL Convention, November 2023, Chicago, IL.

Invited panelist, Applied Research, Language Flagship Annual Meeting, May 2023, San Francisco, CA.

2022

The Proficiency Outcomes of F2F and Online Summer LCTL Programs, ACTFL Convention, November 2022, Boston, MA.


Comparing Two Approaches: Assessing Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Online and Face-to-Face Intensive LCTL Programs. With Sonya Sedivy. Language Assessment Research Conference, September 2022, Chicago, IL. 


Assessing the Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Online and Face-to-Face Intensive U.S. Summer Programs in Less Commonly Taught Languages. With Jana Martin, Felecia Lucht, and Hadis Ghaedi. American Association for Applied Linguistics, March 2022, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Documenting the Speaking Proficiency Gains Made by Students in Intensive Summer LCTL programs in Face-to-Face and Online/Remote Instructional Contexts. With Felecia Lucht and Sonya Sedivy. Plenary for the Interagency Language Roundtable, March 2022. Virtual presentation.

2021-22

Committed to Change II: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Language Education. A yearlong, non-credit seminar for UW-Madison language educators and researchers. With Sandra Descourtis. 

2021

On the Path to Advanced-Superior Russian Proficiency in Presentational Speaking: A Backward Design Approach. Series of three workshops for Russian language educators funded b the Language Flagship Video Project. Workshop co-director, with Karen Evans-Romaine. October-November 2021 (online).

How Language Students Value Presentational Speaking. Lecture as part of the workshop series, On the Path to Advanced-Superior Proficiency in Presentational Speaking, October 2021 (online).

Why University Students Do and Don’t Study Languages. An Inter-Institutional Study to Inform Responses to Declining Enrollments in LCTLs. With Felix Kronenberg and Koen Van Gorp. AILA: World Congress of Applied Linguistics, August 2021 (online).

Making Language Study More Accessible and Relevant: Amplifying Undergraduate Student Voices through a Large-Scale Survey, with Jana Martin and Kristin Dalby, American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference (online).

2020-21

Committed to Change: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Language Education. A yearlong, non-credit seminar for UW-Madison language educators and researchers. 

2020

Languages for All? Student Perspectives on the Value of Language Learning. With Jana Martin, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, November 2020 (online). 

Intercultural Language Learning through Scenarios: A Workshop for L2 Educators, With Dan Davidson, Karen Evans-Romaine, Maria Lekic and Stephen Tschudi. Pre-Conference Workshop, Intercultural Competence Conference, January 2020. Tucson, Arizona.

2019

The Wisconsin Language Roadmap: Leading for Equity in Access to College, Career and World Readiness. With Pam Delfosse and Karen Fowdy. Wisconsin Association of School Boards, January 2019. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Invited panelist on the Wisconsin Language Roadmap, Reach Higher Wisconsin Convening at the meeting of the Wisconsin School Counselor Association, February 2019. Madison, Wisconsin.

2018

World Languages and Humanities Majors: Career Trajectories and Advocacy. With Gilles Bousquet, Robert Matz, Teresa Fiore and Caitlin Yocco-Locascio. Modern Language Association Convention, January 2018. New York. 

The Wisconsin Language Roadmap. With Pam Delfosse, Katy Sinnott, and Cathy Stafford. Presentation for the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, October 2018. Madison, Wisconsin.

State-Level leadership and Advocacy: Language Roadmap Initiatives. With Yea-Fen Chen, Pam Delfosse, and Michael Nugent. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, November 2018. New Orleans, Louisiana.

2017

The Gender and Race/Ethnicity of Undergraduate Russian Majors in the United States, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, February 2017, San Francisco, CA.

The Language Flagship Model: Collaborations to Produce the Global Professional. With Jeff Cary, Laura Hammond and Armine Saryan. Forum on Education Abroad, March 2017, Seattle, WA. 

2016

The Perspectives of Graduating Seniors on the Outcomes of Undergraduate Foreign Language Majors. Georgetown University Roundtable on Language and Linguistics, March 2016, Washington, DC.

2014

Curricular Models in Language Flagship Programs. With Valerie Anishchenkova, Karen Evans-Roamine and Zhuo-Jing-Schmidt. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention. November 2014, San Antonio, Texas. 

Yearlong workshop, Technologies for Language Teaching and Learning. With Rob Howell and Theresa Pesavento. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2012-13

Series of workshops on approaches to language teaching and learning for the Department of Kazakh Language, Literature and Culture, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.

2013

Workshop, Establishing Flagship-Style Language Learning on Your Campus. With Dana Bourgerie, Dan Davidson, Carl Falsgraf, Sandra Freels, Maria Lekic. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention. November 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2011

Postsecondary Student Goals, Expectations and the National Standards, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention. November 2011. Denver, Colorado.

2010

The U.S. Standards for Language Learning and the Goals of Students of More and Less Commonly Taught Languages. American Association for Applied Linguistics. March 2010. Atlanta, Georgia.

2009

Methods Preparation for Instructors of Less Commonly Taught Languages. With Antonia Schleicher. Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference. March 2009. Washington, D.C.

Teaching the Less Commonly Taught: Preparing Instructors of Less Commonly Taught Languages Through Online Methods Courses. With Margaret Merrill. Sixth International Language Teacher Education Conference. May 2009. Washington, D.C.

Student Goals and the National Standards: Aligning the Curriculum. With Sally Magnan. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention. November 2009. San Diego, California.

Courses Taught

Foreign Language Teaching Methods

Russian Language

Russian Literature and Culture

Other: Methods and Techniques of Field Research; Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition (co-instructor and seminar coordinator)

Awards

2023 UW-Madison Academic Staff Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Leadership (Individual Unit Level)
2016 UW-Madison College of Letters & Science Mid-Career Award
2016 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Award for Distinguished Service to AATSEEL
2008 UW-Madison College of Letters & Science Early Career Award

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