Curriculum Vitae
Updated June 6, 2026. The sections below summarize my CV in accessible HTML; the full document — including a complete list of over 40 journal articles, book chapters, and roughly 90 conference presentations — is available as a PDF download.
Full Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Complete, unabridged CV with the full publication and presentation record.
Education
PhD, Instructional Psychology and Technology
Brigham Young University — April 2013
Concentrations: item response theory, language assessment, technology in teaching and assessment, teacher education, research and evaluation. Dissertation: Investigating Prompt Difficulty in an Automatically Scored Speaking Performance Assessment.
MA, Teaching English as a Second Language
Brigham Young University — 1996
Thesis: The Effect of Prequestions, Proficiency Level, and Passage Length on Listening Comprehension Test Scores.
Certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language
Brigham Young University — 1995
BA, Linguistics
Brigham Young University — 1994, Cum Laude
Academic Appointments & Employment History
Research Professor, Second Language Studies
Center for Language Studies, College of Humanities, Brigham Young University — 2025 to present
Associate Director of Language Proficiency Services and Research
Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young University — 2019 to present
Associate Professor
Linguistics Department, Brigham Young University — 2019–2025
Associate Director of Research and Assessment
Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young University — 2013–2019
Assistant Professor (Professional)
Department of Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University — 2013–2019
Technology and Assessment Coordinator
English Language Center, Brigham Young University — 2006–2013
Lab Coordinator / Testing Specialist / Instructor
English Language Center, Brigham Young University — 1998–2006
Visiting Professor
English Language Center, Brigham Young University — 1996–1998
Full 30-year employment history, including earlier ESL instructor and research assistant roles, is available in the downloadable CV above.
Selected Scholarly Work
My publication record includes more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and roughly 90 conference presentations, primarily in language assessment, second language acquisition, and educational measurement. A few recent examples:
- Cox, T. L., Thompson, G. L., & Stokes, S. S. (2025). Can the Oral Proficiency Interview-Computer (ACTFL OPIc) be used instead of the Oral Proficiency Interview (ACTFL OPI)? An aligned rank transform (ART) analysis. Foreign Language Annals.
- Gjorevski, A., Li, M., & Cox, T. L. (2025). Exploring the potential of ChatGPT for evaluating English essays in a criterion-based assessment. TESOL Quarterly.
- Hansen, J. H., Eckstein, G., Cox, T. L., Luke, S. G., & Rich, K. (2024). Immediate repeated reading has positive effects on reading rate for English language learners: An eye-tracking study. TESOL Journal.
- Cox, T. & Wilcox, M.P. (2024). Putting students in their place? The role of placement testing in language programs. In Routledge Handbook of Language Program Administration. Routledge.
- Cox, T. L., Brown, A. V., & Thompson, G. L. (2022). Temporal fluency and floor/ceiling scoring of intermediate and advanced speech on the ACTFL Spanish Oral Proficiency Interview–computer. Language Testing.
See the downloadable CV above for the complete list of journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, encyclopedia entries, professional reports, and works in progress.
Mentored Graduate Teaching
I have chaired 21 completed MA theses/projects and served as a committee member on 14 additional MA theses and 6 PhD dissertations, primarily in Second Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Instructional Psychology and Technology. A few recent, publicly archived examples I have chaired:
- Keys, M. S. (2024). Exploring the Gap Between Self-Assessed and Actual Language Proficiency: A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Romance Language Learners.
- Erickson, E. (2023). Predicting Speaking Proficiency with Fluency Features Using Machine Learning.
- Mecham, S. (2023). Language Ideologies in the ACTFL Proficiency Speaking Guidelines.
- Wright, D. (2023). Determining Factors in Self-Guided Language Learning: Comparing More and Less Successful Learners.
Full list of chaired and committee-member theses and dissertations is available in the downloadable CV above.
Grants and Awards
- Missionary Training Center & Correlation Research Division Contract: Conducting a Language Needs Analysis for Missionaries. Principal Investigator. (2018, $28K)
- BYU Internal Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Origination Award: Mapping the Path to Advanced Second Language Literacy in Adults Using Eye-Tracking. Principal Investigator (one of only three IDR awards funded out of 38 applicant groups). (2018, $120K)
- CREDU Research Grant: Linguistic Profiles of Korean Speakers of English. Psychometric consultant; contract awarded to ACTFL (2015, ~$100K)
- Tri-Service Academies ABC Research and Development Contract: Reading and listening tests in Arabic and French. Psychometric consultant; contract awarded to BYU (2013, $830K)
Certifications & Training
- 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification (RYT-200), Yoga Alliance — 2021
- ACTFL OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) Tester and Trainer Certification — 2015
- ACTFL OPI Tester Certification — 2010
- ACTFL OPI Tester Certification — 2006
Professional Service & Citizenship
- Editorial: Test Review Editor & Editorial Board Member, Language Testing (2024–present); Editorial Board Member, Language Assessment Quarterly (2023–present); manuscript reviewer for Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, TESOL Quarterly, System, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, and Foreign Language Annals.
- Organizations: Founding Committee Member, Language Assessment Research Conference (2018–present); Program Chair, LARC 2024 and LARC 2020; By-Laws Committee, International Language Testing Association (2021–present); ACTFL OPI Tester (2006–present), ACTFL Consultant (2014–present), ACTFL OPI Trainer (2015–present).
- University & college service: Coordinator, Language Science Lab (2023–present); Coordinator, Language Acquisition Research Colloquium (2014–present); Graduate Coordinator, TESOL MA Program (2018–2024); Student Learning Assessment Committee for BYU Accreditation Report (2021); ESL Assessment Coordinator, BYU–Pathway Worldwide (2016–2021); Institutional Review Board, Alternate Member (2013–2019).
A complete list of committee, journal, and organizational service is available in the downloadable CV above.
Guest Lecturing
- Linguistics 198 — 2021 to present
- Second Language Teaching Seminar Series — 2019 to present