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Professors’ Information

Sophia University / Faculty of Liberal Arts

HARWOOD Chris
HARWOOD Chris
  • Field
    Education
  • Associate Professor

    Language and Literacies Education

    B.A., London Guildhall University

    DELTA, University of Cambridge

    M.A., University of Leicester

    Ph.D., University of Toronto

  • Contact

    Email: chrisharwood[at]sophia.ac.jp
    Office: 10-623
    Tel: 03-3238-3069

  • Research and Teaching Interests

    I am an educational researcher interested in how pedagogic theory and practice can inform the teaching and learning in undergraduate rhetoric and composition courses.

  • Selected Publications

    Book Chapters

    ・Harwood, C. (2026). Obuchenie in One-to-One Writing Tutorials: Searching for an Aha Moment. In M. Shohel (Ed.), Bridging Theory and Application Through Practitioner Research in Higher Education (pp. 87-108). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-7142-8.ch004

    ・Harwood, C. (2023). Appropriating Zoom to Provide Access to One-to-One Writing Support. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Innovative Frameworks and Inclusive Models for Online Learning (pp. 194-214). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9072-3.ch010

    ・Harwood, C. (2023). Factors to Consider When Moving a Cooperative Academic Literacy Activity Online. In N. Alias, S. Syed-Aris, & H. Hashim (Eds.), Cases on Responsive and Responsible Learning in Higher Education (pp. 360-379). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6076-4.ch020

    ・Harwood, C. (2021). Active blended learning in an undergraduate English for academic purposes program. In B. C. Rodriguez, & A. Armellini (Eds.), Cases on active blended learning in higher education (pp.122-148). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7856-8.ch007

    ・Hirose, K., & Harwood, C. (2019). Factors influencing English as a foreign language (EFL) writing instruction in Japan: a teacher education perspective. In Seloni, L. & Henderson Lee, S (Eds), Second language writing instruction in global contexts: English language teacher preparation and development. (pp.71-90). Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788925853

    ・Harwood, C., Demmans Epp, C., & Brett, C. (2019). Appropriating Facebook Groups to support literacy development in English for academic purposes contexts. In A. Palalas (Ed.) Blended Language Learning: International perspectives on innovative practices. (pp.134-156) Open University of China Press.

     

    Articles & Papers

    ・Harwood, C. (2025). Japanese undergraduates’ use of ChatGPT in an English public speaking course. In Y. Choubsaz, P. Díez-Arcón, A. Gimeno-Sanz, V. Morgana, A. C. Murphy & F. L. Seracini (Eds.), Advancing CALL: New research agendas – EUROCALL 2025 Short Papers. https://doi.org/10.4995/EuroCALL2025.2025.21297

    ・Harwood, C. (2023). Appropriating zoom to host and conduct writing center tutorials. In CALL for all Languages – EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers. 15-18 August 2023, University of Iceland, Reykjavik.https://doi.org/10.4995/EuroCALL2023.2023.16873

    ・Harwood, C., & Koyama, D. (2021). Employing reflective practice to inform adjunct-faculty onboarding. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 16(2), 191-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2021.1895800

    ・Harwood, C., & Koyama, D. (2020). Creating a virtual writing center to support self-regulated learning, Studies in Self-Access Learning, 11(3), 164–186. https://doi.org/10.37237/110306

    ・Harwood, C., & Brett, C. (2019). Obuchenie online: The applicability of Vygotskian pedagogy to online teaching and learning. Technology, Interaction, Cognition and Learning 11(2-3),141-161.PDF

    ・Harwood, C., & Lai, C. (2017). Linguistic capital: Language medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong. Language Problems and Language Planning, 41(2), 159-167 https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.41.2.05har

  • COURSES
    Faculty of Liberal Arts 
    ACADEMIC ENGLISH SKILLS
    ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1
    ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2
    PUBLIC SPEAKING
    THINKING PROCESSES