Drs. Ryo Maie (left) and Aline Godfroid (right)
A research article co-authored by a Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters faculty member and an alum has received the 2025 Albert Valdman Award for Outstanding Publication in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, which recognizes the top article published in the international journal each year.
The award-winning article, titled Testing the three-stage model of second language skill acquisition, was written by Ryo Maie, Senior Assistant Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan, who received his Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Michigan State University in 2022, and Aline Godfroid, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor in MSU’s Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. The article was published in April 2025 in Studies in Second Language Acquisition and was selected from a highly competitive pool of articles published in the journal that year.
“It is a true honor and privilege to receive this recognition,” Maie and Godfroid wrote in their acceptance note. “We are also deeply grateful to the U.S. National Science Foundation, as this study would not have been possible without their generous financial support through a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant.”