Stella K. Hadjistassou
Department of English, Arizona State University
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Linguistics
EDUCATIONAL PROFILE:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cyprus 2008-2010
Ph.D. in
Rhetoric/Composition and Linguistics,
Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
Dissertation Title: "Polyphony, Conflict and Argumentation in Networked and Face-to-Face Exchanges among
Advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners: A Cultural-Historical Activity Perspective."
Areas of Interest: Emerging Conflicts and Polyphony in Online Forums;
"Cultures-of-Use"; ESL Learning in Virtual
Enviroments; The Construction of an Engineering Village to Acquire Critical Engineering Terms in English;
The Implementation of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in Synchronous and Asynchronous Computer-mediated
Communications and Face-to-Face Encounters; Activity Theory; Some Areas of Sociolinguistics and Gender and
Language.
Overall GPA: 4.0/4.0 (HIGH PASS in Comprehensive Exam)
Chair: Dr. Karen L. Adams, Committe Members: Dr. Elly van Gelderen and Dr. Christian Faltis (University of California at Davis)
Master of Teaching English as a
Second Language,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Aug. 2002
Focus: Second Language Acquisition from a Vygotskian Perspective
Applied Project: Second Language Acquisition from a
Vygotskian Perspective: Microgenetic Development
Overall GPA: 4.00/4.00 Chair: Dr. Marysia Johson,
Committee Members: Dr. Elly Van Gelderen and Dr. Sarah Brem
Bachelor of Arts in English
Literature (Minor in Hospitality Management)
Roosevelt University, Chicago,
IL, May 2000
Overall GPA: 3.45/4.0