About Us
We are professors at Middle Tennessee State University who have been working together
to cultivate the “speaking fluent research” idea. This is the idea that learning to
do research has many similarities to learning “to do” (read, write, speak) a new or
foreign language and learning to function effectively within a culture that speaks
that language. Our collaboration has capitalized on our varied research interests
and extensive teaching experiences. In particular, we have spent many years teaching
either research or Japanese (to beginning, advanced, undergraduate and graduate students).
Working together, we have found many parallels between the teaching and learning of
research and teaching and learning a new or foreign language.
Dr. Thomas Brinthaupt
Professor of Psychology
Director of Faculty Development
Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center
Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Priya Ananth
Associate Professor of Japanese
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Middle Tennessee State University
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