Sophia Minnillo, Ph.D.

• June 2026: 

  • Article "Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR): A Human-Centered Approach to Formative Assessment," published in Computers and Composition, received Ellen Nold Award for Best Article.

  • Article “Remember: Writing is a slow process” An investigation of study abroad program writing pedagogy published in Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education.

• Dec. 2025: Article "More is always better?: Teachers’ use of pedagogical rules to teach the preterit-imperfect distinction" accepted at Hispania.

• Nov. 2025: Chapter "Toward Radical Inclusivity in First Year Composition: A Lesson for CLA, Translingual Writing, and Metacognition Development" published in Radical Inclusivity: Critical Language Awareness in the Language and Writing Classroom.

• Sept. 2025: Article "Teaching the game and leveling the field: Peer and AI Review + Reflection in a business writing course" published in Frontiers in Communication. 

• June 2025: 

  • Graduated PhD!

  • Article "Does order of instruction matter? A language program intervention for preterite-imperfect learning" accepted to Foreign Language Annals. 

• Sept. 2024: Article "AI in the L2 classroom: Serving language educators through professional development" published at L2 Journal: https://doi.org/10.5070/L2.21198

• Feb. 2024: Selected as a recipient of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Graduate Student Award

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