Josiah J. Murphy
Linguist * Educator * Project Manager
josiahjmurphy @ gmail.com
Education
2026 PhD, Linguistics. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, HI.
2019 MA, Teaching English as a Second Language. Kent State University at Kent, OH.
2009 Certificate, American Sign Language, Ohio American Sign Language Teachers Association (OASLTA), OH
2008 Certificate, Captioning-Transcription. Rochester Institute of Technology, NY.
2004 Certificate, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Azusa Pacific University, CA.
2004 Post-BA, Spanish Translation. Kent State University at Kent, OH.
2003 Certificate, Spanish. Instituto de Lengua Española, Costa Rica.
2003 BA, Spanish and Liberal Studies. Dordt University, IA.
Teaching
UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
2024-2025 LING 150 Languages of Hawai'i and the Pacific. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2023-2025 LING 105 Language Endangerment, Globalization, and Indigenous Peoples. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2017 ESL Writing IV sections 1 & 2. ESL Center, Kent State University at Kent, OH.
2005 ENG 102 sections 1, 2, 3, & 8. Jilin HuaQiao University of Foreign Languages, Changchun, Jilin, PR China.
2004 ENG 101 sections 1, 2, 3, & 8. Jilin HuaQiao University of Foreign Languages, Changchun, Jilin, PR China.
2004 EFL Pedagogical Methods (graduate level course). Yangtze Normal University, Fuling, Chongqing, PR China.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING ASSISTANT
2020-2021 LING 102 Introduction to the Study of Language. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2020-2021 LING 150 Languages in Hawai'i and the Pacific. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
2024 LING 102 Introduction to the Study of Language. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2023 LING 105 Language Endangerment, Globalization, and Indigenous Peoples. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
OTHER TEACHING
2026 Documenting language for revitalization: Connecting lexicography, curriculum development, and vocabulary learning, with Michol Miller. CoLang: The Institute on Collaborative Language Research. Reno, NV.
2022-2023 Director. Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC). University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2021 Language mentor. Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC). University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2021 SAT Reading. Elite Educational Institute, Bandung, Indonesia.
2021 Young Writers. Elite Educational Institute, Bandung, Indonesia.
2013 ESP: Digital literacy, information distribution, and fundraising for community aid workers. International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC), Banlung, Ratanakiri, Cambodia.
2004-2005 English Corner, Jilin HuaQiao University of Foreign Languages, Changchun, Jilin, PR China.
2003- Boutique tutoring in ESL, EFL, American history. Eureka Language Services. Kent, OH & Honolulu, HI.
2001-2002 English and History tutor. ASK Academic Skills Center, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA.
INVITED CLASSROOM TALKS
2021 Language revitalization. Guest lecture in LING 102 Introduction to the Study of Language, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. December 3.
2021 Language endangerment. Guest lecture in LING 102 Introduction to the Study of Language, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. November 29.
2021 Ethnomusicology and music documentation. Guest lecture at Summer Mentoring Program, Language Documentation and Training Center (LDTC), University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. June 16.
2019 How to present at a conference. Guest lecture in ENG 63098 Second Language Research Methods, Kent State University at Kent, OH. September 17. With Tsukuru Kamiyama.
2018 Conducting research as a graduate student. Guest lecture in ENG 63098 Second Language Research Methods, Kent State University at Kent, OH. October 17.
Conference Activity
PRESENTATIONS
2026 Creatively combining equipment for language documentation while swimming and boating. Paper at the annual meeting of the Language Documentation and Archiving (LDA) Conference, Berlin, Germany.
2026 Pulling together: Language documentation of Woleaian paddlers living in Hawai’i. Paper at the 48th annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Online synchronous. April 24.
2026 Pulling together: Language documentation of Woleaian paddlers living in Hawai’i. Paper at the 102nd annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), New Orleans, LA. January 10. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31364.18569.
2025 Language documentation of Woleaian canoeing through encyclopedic lexicography. Paper at the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language symposium (MILS), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. October 11. https://uhmils.org/2025-program/
2025 Murphy, Josiah; & Taruwemai Taiwer, Dominic Jr. Linguist and language consultant collaboration in language documentation. Paper at the 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawa’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. March 6. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11231.52641.
2025 Canoeing in Hawai’i and Woleai: A Malayo-Polynesian language documentation project. Presentation at the Research Day at the State Capitol, Honolulu, HI. February 4.
2024 Watercraft of Woleai & Eauripik. Paper at the 1st annual Workshop on Austronesian Languages and Cultures (WALC), University of Hawa’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. November 16.
2024 Tabletop game design for Indigenous language documentation. Poster at the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language symposium (MILS), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. April 6.
2024 Canoeing terminology across Malayo-Polynesian Languages. Speed presentation at the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language symposium (MILS), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. April 6.
2023 Tabletop game design for Indigenous language revitalization: An autoethnographic case study. Poster at the 45th annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR. March 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.16341.81129
2023 Tabletop game design for Indigenous language revitalization: An autoethnographic case study. Paper at the 99th annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), Denver, CO. January 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29542.29760.
2022 Linguistics curriculum that meets Indigenous calls for capacity building. Roundtable at the 44th annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Pittsburgh, PA. March 21.
2020 World Englishes among us: Prominent voices speak out in their Englishes. Paper at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO. March 30. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19)
2019 Murphy, Josiah; Kamiyama, Tsukuru; Ibro, Him; & Dong, Ha. Translanguaging in the writing of multilinguals. Paper at the 42nd annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. September 20-22.
2019 Ibro, Him; Murphy, Josiah; & Kamiyama, Tsukuru. Tiếng Việt or française: Translanguaging in the writing of a Vietnamese multilingual. Paper at the Translanguaging Aotearoa Symposium, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. June 28.
2019 Murphy, Josiah; & Wong, Matt. Sell snake oil and enhance fluency listening and speaking. Paper at the 56th annual meeting of TESOL International Association, Atlanta, GA. March 13.
2019 Murphy, Josiah; Finch, Brittany; Ibro, Him; Miller, Ryan T.; & Hamrick, Phillip. Links among declarative memory, aptitude, and prior knowledge in incidental L2 vocabulary learning. Paper at the 41st annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, GA. March 12.
2018 Murphy, Josiah; Miller, Ryan; & Hamrick, Phillip. Impact of prior L2 vocabulary knowledge and declarative memory on incidental vocabulary learning through reading. Paper at the 41st annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Université du Quebec a Montreal, QC, Canada. October 27.
2018 Zhu, Ying Miranda, & Murphy, Josiah. Multidisciplinary CBI in ESL instruction supports concept learning and English acquisition in secondary schools. Paper at the 41st annual meeting of the Ohio TESOL Association, Columbus, OH. October 12.
2018 Murphy, Josiah; & Fodera, Clara. Hu is he: Chinese ELL problems with English pronouns. Poster at the 55th annual meeting of TESOL International Association, Chicago, IL. March 27.
2018 Murphy, Josiah; Miller, Ryan; & Hamrick, Phillip. Effects of declarative memory and vocabulary size on incidental L2 vocabulary learning. Roundtable at the 40th annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, IL. March 26.
2017 Murphy, Josiah; & Fodera, Clara. Hu is he: Chinese ELL problems with English pronouns. Poster at the 40th annual meeting of Ohio TESOL Association, Columbus. OH, October 27.
PANELS
2024 Moderator. Interdisciplinary Professional Panel. Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. April 6.
2023 Presenter. Canoeing terminology in Hawai'i: An example of community and place-based research. Language Society of Mānoa (LSM) Research Sampler, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. October 3.
2018 Moderator. PhD preparation and process. Graduate Organization for Teachers of English as a Second Language (GOTESL), Kent State University, Kent, OH. September.
2017 Moderator. Phi Sigma Iota International Film Festival. Kent State University, Kent, OH. March.
CONFERENCE & SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION
2025 Steering Committee. Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). Honolulu, HI. October 10-11.
2025 Accessibility Committee. 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC). Honolulu, HI. March 6-9.
2024 Steering Committee co-chair. Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). Honolulu, HI. April 5-7.
2021 Graduate Student Council Conference Committee. 43rd annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Online. March 20-23.
2021 Accessibility Committee chair. 7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC). Honolulu, HI. March 4-7.
2020 Conference Ambassador. 57th annual meeting of the TESOL International Association. Denver, CO. July 16-18.
2020 Graduate Student Council Conference Committee. 42nd annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Denver, CO. March 28-31.
2019 Organizing Committee. Panel: Indigenous languages - A site of identity construction in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Micronesia. College of Arts & Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH. November 13.
2018 Organizing Committee. PhD preparation and process. Graduate Organization for Teachers of English as a Second Language (GOTESL), Kent State University, Kent, OH. September 13.
2017 Organizing Committee. Phi Sigma Iota Foreign Language Film Festival. Kent State University, Kent, OH. March.
Publications
REFEREED ARTICLES
2026 Woleaian watercraft at home and abroad [Manuscript submitted].
2026 Tabletop game design for Indigenous language revitalization: A case study for Séliš-Ql̓ispé (Bitterroot Salish) [Manuscript in press]. Living Languages.
2021 Murphy, Josiah; Miller, Ryan T.; & Hamrick, Phillip. Contributions of declarative memory and prior knowledge to incidental L2 vocabulary learning. The Mental Lexicon, 16(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.20012.mur
CHAPTERS
2020 Murphy, Josiah; & Wong, Matt. Buy our snake oil to enhance listening and speaking fluency! In U. Nurmukhamedov & R. Sadler (Eds.), New Ways in Teaching with Games (pp. 103-105). Alexandria, VA: TESOL Press.
2020 Camp, Cameron, & Rilling, Sarah. (2020). Business English (Josiah Murphy, contributor). Palestine: Al Quds Open University.
SUMMARIES
2024 Memory ability and prior knowledge support learning new vocabulary while reading. OASIS summary of Murphy, Josiah; Miller, Ryan T., & Hamrick, Phillip. (2021) in The Mental Lexicon. https://oasis-database.org
CURATED DOCUMENTARY DATASETS
2021- Researcher/Depositor. Language and culture documentation of Woleaian (Federated States of Micronesia). Collection items include video recordings, audio recordings, photographs, transcriptions, texts.
2006- Researcher/Depositor. Ethnomusicology documentation of American folk & traditional music (United States of America). Collection items include video recordings, audio recordings, photographs, transcriptions, texts.
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
2022 Séwiš! A card game for learning Bitterroot Salish. Native Teaching Aids. St. Ignatius, MT. https://nativeteachingaids.com/
2019 Murphy, Josiah; & Wong, Matt. English listening and speaking curriculum module with games for EFL/ESL students. Kent State University.
Educational Work & Service
ASSISTANTSHIPS
2021 Research Assistant. Endangered Languages Catalog (ELCat), Endangered Languages Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. Supervisor: Dr. Gary Holton.
2018-2020 Research Assistant. Language and Cognition Research Laboratory. Kent State University at Kent, Kent, OH. PI: Dr. Phillip Hamrick.
INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022 R&D Internship. Native Teaching Aids. St. Ignatius, MT. Supervisor: Dannii Yarbrough.
2001-2002 Fellow. Iowa Council for International Understanding (ICIU). Des Moines, IA.
CAMPUS SERVICE
2023-2025 Founder and Steering Committee member. Mānoa Interdisciplinary Language Symposium (MILS). University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2016-2017 Officer. Phi Sigma Iota. Gamma Pi Chapter, Kent State University at Kent, OH.
2002 Undergraduate accreditation representative. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA.
2000-2001 Officer. Spectrum Multicultural Student Organization. Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA.
1999-2002 Delegate. Great Plains Model Arab League, National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR), Orange City, IA.
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2022-2023 Host. Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Linguistics Dept., University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2021-2023 Officer. Language Society of Mānoa (LSM; formerly LSH). Linguistics Dept., University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2020-2025 Conference volunteer. International Conference on Language Documentation & Conversation (ICLDC). Linguistics Dept., University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2018-2019 Officer. Graduate Organization for Teachers of English as a Second Language (GOTESL). English Dept., Kent State University at Kent, OH.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2025 PUMP Mentor. International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC). University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
2023 Student representative. Future of Annual Meetings Committee. Linguistics Society of America (LSA).
2022- Conference & website moderator. Endangered Languages Project (ELP)
2021-2022 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Taskforce. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
2019-2023 Conference volunteer. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
2019-2021 Graduate Student Council. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
2019-2020 Conference Ambassador. TESOL International Association
2018-2020 Conference volunteer & proposal reviewer. TESOL International Association.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2023- Documentary producer: The Waikiki Beachboys Canoe Club then and now. Waikīkī, O’ahu, HI.
2021- Hoe wa‘a [Hawaiian outrigger canoe paddling] practitioner. Kumu [teacher]: Eric Lentz & others. Waikīkī Beachboys Canoe Club, Waikīkī, O’ahu, HI.
EDUCATION WORK
2014-2020 Department Secretary. Modern and Classical Language Studies, Kent State University at Kent, Kent, OH.
2008-2014 Simultaneous Captionist. Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center, Boardman, OH.
Language Documentation
2023-present Canoeing terminology in Malayo-Polynesian languages: Woleaian, Palauan, and Hawaiian. PI: Dr. Gary Holton. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2022-2023 Comprehensive dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language. PI: Dr. James “Woody” Woodward. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2022-2023 Séwiš: A Séliš-Ql̓ispé (Bitterroot Salish) language game. PI: Dr. Andrea Berez-Kroeker. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
2021-present Fieldwork courses & continued documentation of Woleaian. PI: Dr. Bradley McDonnell. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States.
Scholarships & Grants
2026 Graduate Student Organization Merit Based Award for Leadership. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $5,000.
2026 Bilinski Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $25,000.
2026 Dai Ho Chun Fund for Graduate Fellowships. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,500.
2026 Jack and Patricia Semura Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $1,000.
2026 Achievement scholarship. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,000.
2025 Robert Blust Memorial Endowment Student Award. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,000.
2025 Dai Ho Chun Fund for Graduate Fellowships. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,500.
2025 Jack and Patricia Semura Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $1,000.
2025 Bilinski Foundation pre-dissertation research award. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $3,000.
2025 Achievement scholarship. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,350.
2024 Bilinski Foundation pre-dissertation research award. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $5,000.
2024 Conference grant for the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). Student Activity and Program Fee Board (SAPFB), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $12,426.
2024 Conference grant for the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i (ASUH). $1,480.
2024 Interdisciplinary Conference Award for the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS). College of Arts, Languages, & Letters (CALL), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $2,000.
2024 Achievement scholarships. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $1,700.
2023 Achievement scholarships. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, $5,500.
2023 Bilinski Foundation pre-dissertation research award, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $5,000.
2022 Achievement scholarships. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, $2,950.
2022 Bilinski Foundation pre-dissertation research award. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. $1,719.
2020 Achievement scholarships. Linguistics Dept., University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, $4,150.
1999 Presidential scholarship. Dordt University.
Awards
2026 Merit Based Award for Leadership. Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
2026 Sponsored student registration. Linguistic Society of America (LSA). January.
2025 Inaugural recipient. Robert Blust Memorial Endowment Student Award. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. November.
2019 Outstanding presentation: Sell snake oil and enhance fluency listening and speaking [Paper]. Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium. Kent State University at Kent, Kent, OH. April.
2018 Outstanding presentation: Hu is he: Chinese ELL problems with English pronouns [Paper]. Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium. Kent State University at Kent, Kent, OH. April.
2004 Teacher of Distinction. China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE). Fuling, Chongqing, PR China.
2001 Outstanding delegate. Jordanian Delegation, Great Plains Model Arab League, National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR). April.
2000 Outstanding delegation member. Syrian Delegation, Great Plains Model Arab League, National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR). April.
Media
INTERVIEWS
2025 Josiah Murphy: ELP (Endangered Languages Project) Video Postcard. ICLDC9. March 8. https://youtu.be/sPaCbVr3SJk?si=4GehS4hDnkKLrnSe
2020 Josiah Murphy: TESOL 2020 Ambassador. TESOL International Association. June 22. YouTube.
2018 Henneman, C. Learning a second language: Research helps improve methods of teaching. KentWired.com. April 12.
ARTICLES
2019 Make time for the convention: A helpful checklist. TESOL International Blog. December 13.
2018 GOTESL: An example of diversity. The AAAL Graduate Student Council Newsletter, 3(1), 21.
References
Available upon request.