Research and Writing Interests
Literature and language teaching / Discourse and identity / Sport in literature and popular culture
Recent presentations
2023
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“Masculinity and sport in the short stories of Tom Perrotta.” 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English. Singapore: June 2023.
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“Teaching Poetry at the University Level.” PanSIG 2023. Kyoto, Japan: May 2023.
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“A Pedagogical Mythology for Possible Selves.” 19th Annual CamTESOL Conference. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: February 2023.
2022
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“How to travel during a pandemic: Developing a course in travel literature.” The Japan Association for Language Teaching 48th International Conference. Fukuoka, Japan: November 2022.
2020
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[Cancelled] “Idealized masculine identities in the modern sport documentary.” 5th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association. Vancouver, Canada: October 2020.
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[Cancelled] "Field of samurai dreams: Constructing an ideology of baseball in Japan.” 37th Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association. Missouri, U.S.A.: June 2020.
2019
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“Functions of yume in the multimodal representation of emotion in a Japanese baseball film trailer.” 7th New Zealand Discourse Conference. Wellington, New Zealand: December 2019.
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"The teaching philosophy statement: reexamining structure and purpose." The 17th Asia TEFL International Conference. Bangkok, Thailand: June 2019.
Essays, stories
"Tokyo Road." Like the Wind (December, 2016). Personal essay. [PDF link]
"Chasing Deer." Kyoto Journal (August, 2013): online. Personal essay
“Unmistaken Identity.” Bamboo Ridge, 100 (September, 2012). Short-short story
Select academic publications
Refereed
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Rugen, B. (2020). A pedagogical mythology for possible selves. Explorations in Teacher Development, 26(1), 4-8. [PDF link]
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Rugen, B. (2019). Instructional communication: A course design case. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & P. Bennett (Eds.), Diversity and inclusion (pp. 81-85). Tokyo: JALT. [PDF link]
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Rugen, B. (2019). Verbal aggressiveness and hate speech: New considerations for study abroad students. The Language Teacher, 43(3). [PDF link]
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Rugen, B. (2018). Field of Samurai dreams: A discursive construction of baseball in Japan. Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, 36(1), 79-89. [PDF link]
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Rugen, B. (2018). Developing teacher immediacy in language teacher education. The Language Teacher, 42(2), 13-17.
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Rugen, B. (2017). Introducing curricular change in ESL composition: an action research perspective. In P. Ng & E. Boucher-Yip (Eds.), Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching (pp. 174-187). London: Routledge.
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Rugen, B. (2013). Language Learner, Language Teacher: Narrative identities in conversation. In G. Barkhuizen (Ed.), Narrative Research in Applied Linguistics (pp. 199-217). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [PDF link]
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Rugen, B. (2013). Monsters and addicts: A critical discourse analysis of shark representations in Disney’s scripted marine environment. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 6(2), 137-153. [PDF link]