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Antony Kunnan

Senior Research Fellow in SLA

Contact

Address
341 Posner Hall
Department of Modern Languages
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Bio

I am an applied linguist whose research and teaching focuses on language assessment, assessment policy for immigration and citizenship, innovative approaches to assessment, and statistical analyses.

Areas of Interest

Assessment for immigration and citizenship
Scenario-based and integrative language skills
Ethics and standards in language assessment
Evaluation of assessments

Selected Awards and Honors

Individual Expert, Association of Language Teachers in Europe, 2020-
Excellence in Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, 2019
Founding President and Past President, Asian Association for Language Assessment, 2014-16
Apple Lecturer Award, Teachers College, Columbia University, February 2010
Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Research Award for Language Testing, ETS, Princeton, 1994

Selected Community, University, and Professional Service

Honorary Advisor, HK PolyUniv. -Tsinghua Univ. Centre for Language Sciences, 2013-15.

Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Assessments for ELLs, ETS, Princeton, 2012-13.

Member, Fulbright National Review Panel for TEFL/Applied Linguistics, 2010-13.

Member, Fulbright National Screening Committee for East Asia, ETAs, 2010-13.
Strand Coordinator, Assessment & Evaluation, AAAL Conference, 2002, 2008, 2011.

Selected Publications

"Evaluating language assessments." (Routledge, 2018).

"The Companion to Language Assessment." (4 edited volumes; Wiley, 2014).