September 2023
Started the processes of degree evaluation with World Evaluation Services (WES)
November 2023
Sat the GRE exams
December 2023
Submitted PhD application
January 2024
Interviewed by SLS Graduate Faculty
February 2024
Received letter from SLS of recommendation for PhD
April 2024
Received offer letter of Graduate Assistantship & tuition fee waiver
May 2024
Applied for F-1 visa
August 2024 (Fall, semester 1)
Arrived in Hawai’i
Started the Student Affiliate program with the East West Center
Moved into Hale Manoa, East West Center
Courses
SLS 680R – (Second Language Research Methodology) Narrative Analysis
SLS 775 (Seminar) Professional Development in Second Language Studies
Teaching
ELI-75 – Intermediate Academic Literacy
January 2025 (Spring, semester 2)
Courses
SLS 630: Seminar in Language Education: Emotions & Language Pedagogy
EDCS 632 Qualitative Research Methods
ENG 705 Seminar in composition studies: Writing Center & Writing Program Administration as Social Justice
Teaching
ESL 100 – Composition for Second Language Writers
May 2025 (Summer, semester 2.5)
Courses
SLS 630 Second Language Program Development
August 2025 (Fall, semester 3)
Courses
SLS 670 Second Language Quantitative Research Methods
SLS 750 Seminar in Language Second Acquisition: L2 Sentence Processing
Teaching
ELI 83 Advanced Writing for Graduate Students
January 2026 (Spring, semester 4)
Manoa International Exchange (MiX) program to University of British Columbia.
Courses
MES 300 The Middle East: Critical Questions & Debates
AFST 450 African Diasporic Culture in African Communities
GRSJ 415 Critical Radical & Anti-Colonial Feminist Approaches
LLED 504 Discourse Analysis in Education
LLED 553 Theoretical Foundations of ESL/EFL Reading Pedagogy
LLED 577 Culture and Politics in Second Language Education
My PhD Journey
Adekunmi Olatunji 