Academic Publications and Presentations

Publications

Hooper, D., & Murphey, T. (2023). Landscaping and sustaining well-becoming in learning partnerships: Concrete steps to “communities full of leaders.” In S. Egitim & Y. Umemiya (Eds.), Leaderful classroom pedagogy through a multidisciplinary lens: Merging theory with practice (pp. 255–270). Springer Nature.

 

Gill, A., & Hooper, D. (2023). Bridging teaching beliefs and visible behaviors: Data-led and dialogic reflection as an anchor for critical friendship In A. Verla Uchida & J. Roloff Rothman (Eds.), Teacher cultivating professional development through critical friendship and reflective practice: Cases from Japan (pp. 24–50). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.46908/27/1

 

MacDonald, E., Hooper, D., & Murphey, T. (2023). Filling in the blanks: Syncing teacher and student perspectives within educational partnerships. In H. Reinders (Ed.), Language teacher leadership: Insights from research and practice (pp. 75–102). Palgrave Macmillan.

Bennett, P. A., & Hooper, D. (2023). Picking through our baggage: A duoethnography of Japanese L2 learning. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 14(3), 363-379. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D., & Garin, A. (2023). Taking on a life of its own: Relational mentoring for mutual professional growth. Relay Journal, 6(1). (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2023). Mind the gap: Student-developed resources for mediating transitions into self-access learning. JASAL Journal, 4(1), 32–54. (link to paper)

 

Watkins, S., Marzin, E., & Hooper, D. (2023). Opening doors for all in self-access. JASAL Journal, 4(1), 1–4. (link to paper)

 

Lowe, R. J., Lawrence, L., Hooper, D., Turner, M. W., & Kasparek, N. (2023). Revisiting and extending duoethnographies: Reflections on research, development, and practice. Explorations in Teacher Development, 29(1), 56–66. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2023). Exploring and supporting self-access language learning communities of practice: Developmental spaces in the liminal [Unpublished doctoral thesis]. Nagoya University of Foreign Studies. (link to paper)

 

Watkins, S., & Hooper, D. (2023). From student to community leader: A guide for autonomy-supportive leadership development. Candlin & Mynard.

 

Hooper, D. (2023). Becoming the paths we tread: Negotiating identity through an ideological landscape of practice. In M. Mielick, R. Kubota, & L. Lawrence (Eds.), Discourses of identity: Language learning, teaching, and reclamation perspectives in Japan (pp. 39–58). Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Hooper, D., & Watkins, S. (2023). Collaborative reflection: Nurturing student leadership in self-access centres. Autonomy, 83, 8–11. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2021). Plotting a new course in language learner development: Directions from the literature on self-access learning center management in Japan. Hakuoh Journal of the Faculty of Education, 15(2), 211–230. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2020). Modes of identification within a language learner-led community of practice. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 11(4), 301–327. (link to paper)

 

Taylor, C., Hooper, D., Kushida, B., Lyon, P., Sampson, S., Hayashi, H. M., Wolanski, B., & Thornton, K. (2020). Report on the JASAL Forum at JALT2020: Fostering Community in Self Access Environments. JASAL Journal, 1(2), 63–75. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2020). Knowing (them) is half the battle: Binding learning and life through linking and metaphor in language advising. Relay Journal, 3(2), 243–249. (link to paper)

 

Miyake-Warkentin, K., Hooper, D., & Murphey, T. (2020). Students’ action logging creates teacher efficacy. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & R. Gentry (Eds.), Teacher efficacy, learner agency. JALT. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2020). “Is it okay if I ignore grammar and just speak?”. Kaede’s story. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 65–71). Multilingual Matters.

 

Hooper, D. (2020). Understanding communities of practice in a social language learning space. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 108–124). Multilingual Matters.

 

Burke, M., & Hooper, D. (2020). The Japanese educational context. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 29–36). Multilingual Matters.

 

Mynard, J., Burke, M., Hooper, D., & Sampson, R. (2020). Understanding learner beliefs and other individual differences in a social learning space. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 125–149). Multilingual Matters.

 

Mynard, J., Hooper, D. & Lyon, P. (2020). Lessons learned from the research methods applied in this project. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 150–156). Multilingual Matters.

 

Mynard, J., Lyon, P., Taw, P., & Hooper, D. (2020). Summary of the findings. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 159–165). Multilingual Matters.

 

Mynard, J., Lyon, P., Taw, P., & Hooper, D. (2020). Implications and practical interventions. In J. Mynard, M. Burke, D. Hooper, B. Kushida, P. Lyon, R. Sampson, & P. Taw (Eds.), Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity (pp. 166–175). Multilingual Matters.

 

Mynard, J., Burke, M., Hooper, D., Kushida, B., Lyon, P., Sampson, R., & Taw, P. (2020). Dynamics of a social language learning community: Beliefs, membership and identity. Multilingual Matters.

 

Gill, A., & Hooper, D. (2020). Integrating conversational analysis and dialogic reflection within reflective practice. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 8(2), 1–23. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2020). Action logs as mediational means for teacher development. Language Teaching Research, 26(5), 1034–1046. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820918362

 

Lyon, P., & Hooper, D. (2020). Building bridges in multicultural workplaces through collaborative adventure activities. Kanda Gaigo Daigaku Kiyo, 32, 161–188. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2020). A pilot case study of a student learning community. Relay Journal, 3(1), 140–145. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D., Oka, M., & Yamazawa, A. (2020). Not all eikaiwas (or instructors) are created equal: A trioethnography of ‘native speaker’ and ‘non-native speaker’ perspectives on English conversation schools in Japan. In R. J. Lowe & L. Lawrence (Eds.), Duoethnography in English language teaching: Research, reflection, and classroom application (pp. 29–49). Multilingual Matters.

 

Hooper, D. (2020). Just for the casuals? Leisure and learning in eikaiwa. In D. Hooper & N. Hashimoto (Eds.), Teacher narratives from the eikaiwa classroom: Moving beyond “McEnglish”. Candlin & Mynard ePublishing.

 

Hooper, D., & Hashimoto, N. (2020). Moving beyond “McEnglish”. In D. Hooper & N. Hashimoto (Eds.), Teacher narratives from the eikaiwa classroom: Moving beyond “McEnglish”. Candlin & Mynard ePublishing. 

 

Hooper, D., & Hashimoto, N. (2020). What can we learn from eikaiwa? Unveiling a complex and evolving entity. In D. Hooper & N. Hashimoto (Eds.), Teacher narratives from the eikaiwa classroom: Moving beyond “McEnglish” (pp. 170-181). Candlin & Mynard ePublishing.

 

Hooper, D., & Hashimoto, N. (Eds.) (2020). Teacher narratives from the eikaiwa classroom: Moving beyond “McEnglish”. Candlin & Mynard ePublishing.

 

Hooper, D., & Murphey, T. (2020). Mixed classes: Students teaching students. The Language Teacher: MyShare, 44(1), 29–30. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D., Mynard, J., Sampson, R., & Taw, P. (2019). Shifting identities in a social learning space. The Learner Development Journal, 3(1) 26–43. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D., & Iijima, A. (2019). Examining the “invisible wall” of native-speakerism in Japanese ELT: A duoethnography of teacher experience. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 28, 1–27.

 

Hooper, D. (2019). From ‘McEnglish’ to the ‘holy grail’: Transitions between eikaiwa and university teaching. TESL-EJ, 23(1), http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume23/ej89/ej89a8/. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2019). A case study of learner identity and motivation in a social learning space. Relay Journal, 2(1), 118–121. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2019). Serious leisure: A diary study of self-directed learning and motivation in eikaiwa. The Learner Development Journal, 2, 20–40. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2018). Dictionaries as a blessing or a curse for vocabulary acquisition: Addressing classroom questions with SLA research. Literacies and Language Education: Research & Practice, 1, 2–9. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2018). Too close for comfort: Eikaiwa and stigma in Japanese ELT. Speakeasy Journal, 30, 32–38. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2018). Testing the waters: Gauging the viability of self-directed language learning in an eikaiwa school. Relay Journal, 1(2), 330–338. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2018). Subversion with a smile. Explorations in Teacher Development, 25(1), 16–18. (link to paper)

 

Hale, C. C., Hooper, D., & Nanni, A. (2018). Conversation analysis in language teacher education: An approach for reflection through action research. Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 33 (Special Issue), 54–71. (link to paper)

 

Burke, M., Hooper, D., Kushida, B., Lyon, P., Mynard, J., Sampson, R., & Taw, P. (2018). Observing a Social Learning Space: A Summary of an Ethnographic Project in Progress. Relay Journal, 1 (1), 209–220. https://kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp/relayjournal/issues/jan18/burke_et_al/ (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D., & Reed, J. (2018). Student perceptions of mobile learning of high frequency vocabulary using the “Memrise” app. Kanda Gaigo Daigaku Kiyo, 30, 351–367. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2017). Storm in a booth: Learner autonomy in Japanese and eikaiwa. Learning Learning, 24(1), 12–14. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. & Snyder, W. (2017). Becoming a “real” teacher: A case study of professional development in eikaiwa. The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 6(2), 183–202.

 

Hooper, D. (2016). Beyond a transaction: Independent vocabulary study approaches for English conversation school students in Japan. Accents Asia, 9(1), 8–29. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2016). Success Closer to Home: Utilizing near peer role models to empower English conversation school students. Speakeasy Journal, 28, 12–19. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2016). Classroom-based Approaches to Learner Autonomy in a Japanese English Conversation School. Humanising Language Teaching, 18(4). (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2016). An Argument for Stepping Back: A Comparative Analysis of L2 Interaction in Student-Student and Teacher-Student Dyads. Accents Asia, 8, (2), 113–134. (link to paper)

 

Hooper, D. (2016). Academia, angst, and identity: Reflections on eikaiwa and teacher training. Explorations in Teacher Education, 23(1), 17–20. (link to paper)

Presentations

Hooper, D. (2023, November). Learner growth in a self-access language learning community. Paper presented at JALT 2023, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, November). Mind the gap: Student-developed resources for mediating transitions into self-access learning. Poster presented at the Learner Development SIG Forum at JALT 2023, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, November). Fostering student leadership through “landscaping” the classroom. Paper presented at The 15th Asian Conference on Education (IAFOR), Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, November). Giving for the sake of it: Prosociality in self-access learning communities. Paper presented at 11th RILAE Lab Session: Learner Autonomy, Positive Psychology and Well-being (online event).

 

Hooper, D., & Suzuki, K. (2023, October). Analyzing self-access anxiety through the eyes of students. Paper presented at the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2023 National Conference, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, October). Student-developed resources for mediating transitions into self-access learning. Poster presented at the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2023 National Conference, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, October). Fixing issues under the radar: Student agency and leadership in self-access learning communities. Invited plenary presentation given for the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2023 National Conference, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, September). Empowering Autonomy-Supportive Leadership: Fostering Student-Led Learning Communities Across Disciplines. Invited workshop given for Gunma JALT, Kyoai Gakuen College, Maebashi, Gunma.

 

Hooper, D. (2023, August). Crossing borders: Bridging language-learning worlds with near-peer role models. Paper presented at The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference: Celebrating ELT in Asia – Visions and Aspirations (online conference).

 

Hooper, D. (2022, August). Building a place to belong: Exploring learner experience in a self-access learning community. Paper presented at the 20th AsiaTEFL – 68th TEFLIN – 5th iNELTAL Hybrid International Conference (online conference).

 

Thomas, J., Sakamoto, B. H., Hooper, D., Bury, J., & Fukuda, Y. (2022, July). The TD & CUE SIG forum on communities of practice, PanSIG Conference 2022 – (Re)Imagining Language Education.

 

Hooper, D., & Gill, A. (2022, July). Critical friendships: Bridging teaching beliefs and visible behaviors. Paper presented at PanSIG Conference 2022 – (Re)Imagining Language Education.

 

Hooper, D. (2022, June). Journeys through a divided field: Learning and becoming across an ideological landscape. Paper presented at the Fourth Psychology of Language Learning Conference (PLL4) (online conference).

 

Hooper, D. (2021, November). Belonging and becoming in a learner-led community of practice. Paper presented at JALT 2021 (online conference).

 

Hooper, D. (2021, October). Becoming the paths we tread: Locating self-access in landscapes of practice. Paper presented at the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2021 National Conference (online conference).

 

Reinbold, L., & Hooper, D. (2021, June). From the ashes: The rebirth of the LC. Paper presented at 6th RILAE Lab Session: Landmarks in SALC Contexts. Thinking Back, Moving Forward (online event).

 

Hooper, D. (2020, November). Learners creating the spaces they belong in student-led learning communities. Paper presented at the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2020 National Conference (online conference).

 

Hooper, D., Kushida, B., Lyon, P., & Sampson, R. (2020, November). Examining a community of practice in a self-access environment. Paper presented at JALT 2020 (online conference).

 

Hooper, D., Ito, L., Hagglund, R., MacDonald, E., Iida, R., Kiernan, P., Lawrence, L., Boon, A., & Hashimoto, N. (2020, November). Moving Beyond McEnglish: Recognizing Eikaiwa as a Legitimate Professional Community. Paper presented at JALT 2020 (online conference).

 

Lowe, R. J., Lawrence, L., Turner, M. W., Kasparek, N., Hooper, D., Oka, M., & Yamazawa, A. (2020, November). Duoethnography: Research, reflection, and practice. Paper presented at JALT 2020 (online conference).

 

Hooper, D. (2020, November). Action logs mediating teacher development. Paper presented at JALT 2020 (online conference).

 

Hooper, D., Yarwood, A., & MacDonald, E. (2020, February). Challenging stereotypes through eikaiwa teachers’ voices. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan 2020 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2020, February). Action logging for creating learning communities. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan 2020 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Gill, A., & Hooper, D. (2019). Data-based, dialogic reflection of teacher talk. Paper presented at JALT 2019, Nagoya, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., Miyake-Warkentin, K., & Murphey, T. (2019). Students’ agency “action” loggings creates teacher efficacy. Paper presented at JALT 2019, Nagoya, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., & Iijima, A. (2019, November). Native-speakerism, power, and professional roles. Paper presented at JALT 2019, Nagoya, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2019, November). More than meets the eye: Eikaiwa and Japanese ELT. Paper presented at JALT 2019, Nagoya, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2019, July). Trading off, not up: Perspectives on ELT in eikaiwa and university. Paper presented at the Gunma/Saitama JALT 2019 MyShare Event in Saitama, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2019, May). From “McEnglish” to “the holy grail”: Transitions between eikaiwa and university teaching. Paper presented at The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2019, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., & Yamazawa, A. (2019, February). Not all eikaiwas (or instructors) are created equal: A trioethnography of ‘native speaker’ and ‘non-native speaker’ perspectives on English conversation schools. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan 2019 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2018, November). Communities of practice in social learning spaces. Paper presented at JALT 2018, Shizuoka, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2018, September). Not just for casuals: A diary study of self-directedness and serious leisure in eikaiwa. Paper presented at Independent Learning Association Conference 2018, Kobe, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2018, June). “For life, not for study”: A diary study of self-directedness, identity, and motivation in eikaiwa. Poster presented at Psychology in Language Learning 3, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., & Iijima, A. (2018, May). A duoethnography of native-speakerism. Paper presented at Pan SIG 2018, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2018, February). Peering behind the curtain: Learner diaries for teaching and research. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan 2018 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., Burke, M., Mynard, J., & Taw, P. (2017, December). An English conversation lounge as a community of practice. Paper presented at the Japan Association for Self Access Learning 2017 Conference, Chiba, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, November). Eikaiwa and university through the eyes of educators. Paper presented at JALT 2017, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, November). Subversion with a smile. Paper presented at the TD/CUE Forum at JALT 2017, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, September). Apps4efl: Engaging online tools for practicing pronunciation and listening (and everything else!). Workshop presented at the Gunma JALT 2017 Summer Workshop, Ikaho, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, July). Making sense of the trenches: Doing research in eikaiwa. Paper presented at the 2017 Saitama JALT Nakasendo Conference in Saitama, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, June). Self-access learning in eikaiwa: Attitudes, reflections, and challenges. Paper presented at the Gunma/Saitama JALT 2017 MyShare Event in Saitama, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, June). Making ‘McEnglish’ more appetizing: A discussion on developing pedagogy and research in eikaiwa schools. Hangout presentation at the excitELT 2017 Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2017, May). Testing the waters: Gauging the viability of autonomous language learning in an eikaiwa. Paper presented at the Learner Development SIG Forum at PanSIG 2017, Akita, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2016, November). Beyond a transaction: Independent vocabulary study approaches for English conversation school students in Japan. Paper presented at the Kanda Graduate Student Showcase at JALT 2016, Nagoya, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2016, October). Creating communities in the eikaiwa classroom through the use of near peer role models. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan Autumn 2016 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Hooper, D. (2016, September). Success Closer to Home: Utilizing near peer role models to empower English conversation school students. Paper presented at the Gunma JALT 2016 Summer Workshop, Ikaho, Japan.

 

Hooper, D., & Reed, J. (2016, March).  Using word lists and MALL for vocabulary acquisition. Paper presented at the Gunma/Saitama JALT 2016 MyShare Event in Saitama, Japan.

 

Hale, C., Hanno, K., Hooper, D., & Iijima, A. (2016, January). Exploring classroom interactions through conversation analysis. Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Reed, J., & Hooper, D. (2016, January).  Determining the efficacy of L1 translation vs. L2 definitions with ‘Memrise’.  Paper presented at the English Teachers in Japan Spring 2016 Tokyo Expo, Tokyo, Japan.

Grants

Watkins, S., & Hooper, D. (2020-2022) 学習者主体型ラーニング・コミュニティーにおけるリーダー育成カリキュラムの開発研究 (Supporting researcher -分担者). Project funded by JSPS (学術研究助成基金助成金) – Total amount received: 2,210,000 yen.