Rivers, D.J. (2024, March).Missed Opportunities of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Validating the Online Learning Appraisal Survey (OLAS). Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on e-Learning
& Innovative Pedagogies. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Rivers, D.J. (2024, January).Maintaining Academic Autonomy in Communication Studies: Countering the Threat of Japanese Nativist Belief to English-as-a-Medium of Instruction.
Paper presented at the 9th IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii. Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America.
Rivers, D.J. (2023, November). The Online Learning Appraisal Survey (OLAS): Configuring
Education in the Post-Pandemic Landscape. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (iCERi). Barceló Renacimiento Hotel, Seville,
Spain.
Rivers, D.J. (2023, November). The Perceived Affordance of COVID-19 Online Education:
Mapping the Role of Personality and Responses to Stress. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (iCERi). Barceló Renacimiento Hotel,
Seville, Spain.
Rivers, D.J. (2023, November).The Metaphorical Dehumanization of Political Actors in Cartoons. Paper presented at the14th International Conference on The Image.San Jorge University,Zaragoza, Spain.
Rivers, D.J. and Vallance, M. (2023, November).Virtual Reality in
Language Learning Materials Design. Paper presented at the 16th Innovation in Language Learning International Conference. Grand Hotel Mediterraneo, Florence, Italy.
Rudolph, N., Rivers, D.J., Unser-Schutz, G. and Nonaka, C. (2023, October). SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine Hesitancy and Susceptibility to Misinformation: The Role of Personality and National Identity in Japanese Youth. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological
Society. Rissho University (Shinagawa Campus), Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers, D.J., Unser-Schutz, G., Rudolph, N. and Nonaka, C. (2023, September). A National Identity
Approach to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy and Susceptibility to Misinformation in Japanese Youth. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society.
University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada.
Rivers, D.J. (2023, September). Safeguarding Communication Studies: Addressing the Challenge of Nativist
Belief in English as a Foreign Language Education. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Communication & Media Studies. Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid,
Spain.
Rivers, D.J. (2022,
April).InnovationinthePhysiologicalAnalysisofForeignLanguageEducationAnxiety: TheSituation Specific Arousal Analyzer(SSAA). Paper presentedatthe 15th International Conferenceon E-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies. National Changhua Universityof Education, Changhua, Taiwan.
Rivers, D.J. (2022,
March).ThePhysiologicalAssessmentofSituationSpecificAnxietyinEducation. Paper presentedatthe 16th Annual International Technology, Educationand Development Conference (INTED). Hotel Melia Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Rivers, D.J.andVallance,M. (2022, March).UnconsciousIncompetenceandResistancetoProfessionalDevelopmentin JapaneseHigherEducation. Paper presentedatthe 16th Annual International Technology, Educationand Development Conference (INTED). Hotel Melia Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Rivers, D.J.andRoss, A.S.(2019, July).DeflectionasaCommunicationStrategy: ACorpusAnalysisof President Trump’sTwitterBehaviour. Paper presentedatthe Australianand New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference. Museumof Australian Democracy: Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
Ross, A.S.and Rivers, D.J. (2019, July).TheConflictingLogicsofClimateChangeDiscourse: TheInterplayofInternetMemesandMediaFrames. Paper presentedatthe Australianand New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference. Museumof Australian Democracy: Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
Rivers, D.J. (2019, June).MotivationalAffordancesandICT DesigninanOnlineSocialFitnessNetwork.Paper presented at the
10th International Conference on Sport & Society. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Rivers, D.J. and Ross, A.S. (2018, September).PersonalityanditsRolein L1/L2Self-EfficacyBeliefs. Paper presented at the
13th University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium.University Of Sydney, Australia.
Rivers, D.J. (2018, June).Discursive Deflection:
Accusation of Fake News and the Spread of Mis- and Dis-Information in the Tweets of President Trump. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 22. University of Auckland, New
Zealand.
Rivers, D.J.
(2017,December).TheSociointeractionalFunctionandVisiolinguisticFormoftheInternetMeme: ACaseStudyinMultimodalPoliticalParticipation. Paper presentedatthe48thAustralian Linguistics Society
Conference.Universityof Sydney, Australia.
Rivers, D.J.
(2017,March).CategorizationsofSpeakerhood: ReconcilingtheDamageandSearchingforSolutions. Paper presentedatthe American Associationfor Applied Linguistics
(AAAL) Conference.Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland (OR),
USA.
Yazan, B., Aneja,
G., Park, G., Rivers, D.J.and Kubota, R. (2017,
March).PrivilegeandMarginalizationin EnglishLanguageTeaching: BeyondEssentializationandIdealization. Colloquium
presentedatthe American Associationfor Applied Linguistics
(AAAL) Conference.Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland
(OR), USA.
Rivers, D.J.
(2016,December).TheOmnipresentOther: NationalIdentityin EnglishLanguageLearning. Paper presentedatthe 7th Centre For Language Studies
International Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.
Rivers, D.J.
(2016,August).IntergroupEncountersin EnglishLanguageLearning: ModelingtheImpactofNationalIdentification. Paper presentedatthe Psychologyof Language Learning 2 (Pll2)
International Conference.University Of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla,
Finland.
Rivers, D.J.
(2016,August).Native-SpeakerismandtheConstructionofIdeologicalOppositiontotheNative-Speaker EnglishTeacher. Paper presentedatthe 26th European Second Language
Association (EUROSLA)
International Conference.Universityof Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla,
Finland.
Rivers, D.J.
(2015,December).StudentStorytellers: Hip-HopPedagogyandtheReconfigurationof EnglishasCommunication. Paper presentedatthe
International Conferenceonthe
Developmentof English
Acrossthe Curriculum
(EAC2015).Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Ross,
A.S.and Rivers, D.J.
(2015,December).SharedTerritory: MakingRoomforEmotionandCognitioninAppliedLinguistics. Paper
presentedatthe 4th Combined Conferenceofthe Applied Linguistics Associationof Australia (ALAA),the Applied Linguistics Associationof New Zealand (ALANZ)andthe Associationfor Language Testingand Assessmentof Australiaand New Zealand (ALTAANZ).Universityof South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Rivers,
D.J.and Ross, A.S.
(2015,December).Should weListen toStudents whoDemandNative-SpeakerTeachers? Paper
presentedatthe 4th Combined Conferenceofthe Applied Linguistics Associationof Australia (ALAA),the Applied Linguistics Associationof New Zealand (ALANZ)andthe Associationfor Language Testingand Assessmentof Australiaand New Zealand (ALTAANZ).Universityof South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Rivers, D.J.,
Rajagopalan, K.and Liang, S. (2015,
June).BeyondBifurcation: LanguageSpeakersasComplexIndividuals. Panel ppresentedatthe
Sociolinguisticsof
Globalization: (De)Centeringand
(De)Standardization International Conference.Universityof Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
Ross,
A.S.and Rivers, D.J.
(2015,June).AustralianHip-Hop: MaintainingVoiceandRepresentingPlace. Paper presentedatthe
Sociolinguisticsof
Globalization: (De)Centeringand
(De)Standardization International Conference.Universityof Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J.
(2015,June).TheValidity ofVictimhood inNative andNon-NativeDiscourse. Paper presentedatthe
Sociolinguisticsof
Globalization: (De)Centeringand
(De)Standardization International Conference.Universityof Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J.
(2015,March).DiscursiveRepresentationsoftheNativeSpeakerasQualificationforEmployment. Paper presentedatthe
American Associationfor Applied
Linguistics (AAAL)
Conference.Fairmont
Royal YorkHotel, Toronto,
Canada.
Rivers, D.J.
(2015,March).SpeakerhoodStatus,InstitutionalDiscourseandVoicesfromtheInside: AnExplorationoftheNative-SpeakerCriterionandNative-Speakerismin JapaneseHigherEducation. Plenary presentedatthe Centerfor EnglishasaLingua Franca Forum: Language Teachinginthe Asian Context.Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2014,December).TheDiscourseofDesireandSoughtafterSkillsinLanguageTeacherRecruitment. Paper presentedatthe6thCentrefor Language Studies International
Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.
Houghton, S.A., Rivers, D.J., Hashimoto,
K.and
Kirkpatrick, A. (2014, August).Native-SpeakerismandBeyond:
ConstructingtheVisionofthePost-Native-SpeakeristLanguageTeacher. Panel presentedatthe
AILAWorld Congress 2014.Brisbane
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
Rivers, D.J. (2014,August).NarrativeExplorationsoftheBurdenofSpeakerhood.
Paper presentedat theAILAWorld
Congress 2014.Brisbane
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
Rivers, D.J.and
Ross, A.S. (2014,March).Teaching Englishin Japan:
CognitiveAppraisalsofRaceandNative-Speakerhood.
Paper presentedatthe
American Associationfor Applied
Linguistics (AAAL) 2014
Conference.Marriott
Downtown Waterfront, Portland (OR),
USA.
Rajagopalan, K.and Rivers, D.J. (2013, September).LanguageasaPoliticalConstruct.
Colloquium presentedatthe7thAnnual
International Free Linguistics Conference.Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J. (2013,September).Native-SpeakerNecessityin
TESOL: Enslavement,IndoctrinationorLegitimateChoice? Paper
presentedatthe7thAnnual
International Free Linguistics Conference.Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J. (2013,June).Native-SpeakerDependency: TheValidityofStudentPreference. Paper presentedattheJapanese Association for
Asian Englishes (JAFAE)32ndNational
Conference.Osaka
University, Osaka, Japan.
Rivers, D.J. (2012,December).ThePropertiesandParametersofNative-Speakerismin Japan. Keynote presentedat the Japanese
Association for Asian Englishes (JAFAE) 31st National Conference. Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2012,December).TheCulturalComplexitiesofNative-EnglishSpeakerTeacherIdentities. Paper presentedatthe5thCentrefor Language Studies International
Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.
Rivers,
D.J.and Ross, A.S.
(2012,December).RacializedDimensionsofDesirable EnglishLanguageTeachersin Japan. Paper presentedatthe5thCentrefor Language Studies International
Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.
Rivers, D.J.,
Houghton, S.A.and
Petrie, D. (2012, April).ExplorationsofNative-SpeakerisminForeignLanguageTeaching. Panel presentedatthe International Conferenceon Culturaland Linguistic Practicesinthe International University
(CALPIU12).Roskilde University, Denmark.
Rivers, D.J.
(2012,April).VoicesoftheVoiceless: AQuestforLiberationandTransformationinContext. Paper presentedatthe International Conferenceon Culturaland Linguistic Practicesinthe International University
(CALPIU12).Roskilde University, Denmark.
Rivers, D.J. (2011,August).SharingProfessionalConcernsinLanguageEducation. Workshop presentedatthe Osaka University Extension Coursefor English Teachers. Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, Osaka,
Japan.
Rivers,
D.J.and Mcmillan, B.A.
(2011, August).ExercisingAcademicFreedom: PursuingResearchinContentiousAreasof ELT. Paper presentedatthe Japan Associationof College English Teachers
(JACET)15thCommemorative International
Convention.Seinan Gakuin
University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Rivers,
D.J.and Mcmillan, B.A.
(2011, July).CensorshipandAcademicFreedomin ELTResearch: ImplicationsforPractitionerMotivation. Paper presentedatthe Collegeand University Educators
(CUE) 2011 Annual
Conference.Toyo Gakuen University,
Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2011,July).NationalSelvesandNationalOthers: MotivationalProcessesinInterculturalContexts. Paper presentedatthe Collegeand University Educators
(CUE) 2011 Annual
Conference.Toyo Gakuen University,
Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,December).TheRoleofInterculturalContactinForeignLanguageLearnerMotivation. Paper presentedatthe4thCentrefor Language Studies International
Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,November).Implicating the Role of Japanese National Identification: National Vitality, Community Appeal, and Attitudes toward English Language Learning in Context.Paper presented at the 6th Seminar Session of the Research Institute of Language Studies and Language Education. Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba,
Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,July).Institutional Power and Nationality-Based Language Policy.Paper presentedatthe 10th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations. HEC School of Commercial Studies, Montréal, Canada.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,July).An
Analysis of the Global 30 Project: Internationalism in Japanese Higher Education.Paper presented at
the 10th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Rivers,
D.J. and Houghton, S.A. (2010, July).The
Peripheralization of Foreign Academics in Japanese Higher Education.Paper presented at
the 10th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,June).ExaminingInstitutionalLanguagePolicythroughLearnerEmpowermentandAwareness. Paper presentedatthe16thInternational Conferenceofthe International Associationfor Intercultural Communication
Studies.South China
Universityof Technology, Guangzhou,
China.
Rivers,
D.J. and Houghton, S.A. (2010,
June).Defending Against EnglishLinguisticImperialismintheInternationalUniversity: Contradictions
BetweenTheoryandPractice. Paper presentedatthe16thInternational Conferenceofthe International Associationfor Intercultural Communication
Studies.South China
Universityof Technology, Guangzhou,
China.
Rivers, D.J.
(2010,April).TheInternationalizationof JapaneseHigherEducation: Implicationsfor 2012andBeyond. Paper presentedat the InauguralAPEC-RELCInternational
Seminar.Seameo Regional Language
Centre, Singapore.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,November).TowardsOptimumTargetLanguageandFirstLanguageUsethroughReflection. Paper
Presented at the 35th JALT Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Expo. Granship Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,November).EngagingStudentswithFirstLanguageSupportedMaterials. Paper
presented at the 35th JALT Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Expo. Granship Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,October).JapaneseEvaluationsofAccented EnglishSpeech. Paper presentedatthe15thInternational AssociationofWorld Englishes Conference. Park
Lane International Hotel, Cebu, Philippines.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,September).TheMotivationalFactorswhichShapeIntendedForeignLanguageLearningEfforts. Paper presentedatthe15thInternational Associationfor Intercultural Communication Studies
Conference.Kumamoto Gakuen
University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Rivers,
D.J.andMcmillan,B.A. (2009,September).English-Mainly: LanguageChoiceinLearner-to-LearnerDiscourse. Paper presentedatthe15thInternational Associationfor Intercultural Communication Studies
Conference.Kumamoto Gakuen
University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,August).TheProvisionofFirstLanguageSupportedClassroomMaterials: HelporHindrance? Paper Presentedatthe7thAsia TEFLInternational Conferenceatthe29thThai TESOLConference.Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand.
Rivers, D.J. (2009,August).MEXT 2013: Preparing for
the English-Only Language Classroom. Workshop series presentedatthe Summer English Education Seminar.Kanda Instituteof Foreign Languages, Tokyo, Japan.
Rivers,
D.J.and Mcmillan, B.A.
(2009, July).FirstLanguage UseandEmbodiedCompletionintheAchievementandMaintenanceofIntersubjectivity. Paper
presentedatthe 11th
Annual International Conference of the Japanese Societyfor
Language Sciences. Tokyo Denki University, Saitama, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,June).FromKnowingandRememberingtoAnalyzingandResearching: TheChallengesandChanges Facing JapaneseUniversityFreshmen. Paper presentedatthe Independent Learning Association
Conference.Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,June).TheFutureofQuickResponseCodesinLanguageEducation. Paper presentedattheJALTCALLInternational
Conference.Toyo Gakuen University, Chiba, Japan.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,June).TheBorderlessClassroom: QuickResponseCodesandMobileTagging. Paper presentedatthe Independent Learning Association
Conference.Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Rivers, D.J. (2009, March).A Model for
TESOL in Asia: Creating an Immersion Environment in Japan. Paper presented at the International Conference in Continuous Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. North-East State University,
Magadan, Russian Federation.
Rivers, D.J.
(2009,January).StudentPerceptionsofEFL
ActivitiesUtilizingQuickResponseCodes. Paper presentedatthe3rdInternational Wireless Ready Symposiumfor Digital Technologiesin Language
Education.Nagoya Universityof Commerceand Business, Nagoya,
Japan.
Rivers,
D.J.and Mcmillan, B.A.
(2008,December).TheFunctionoftheFirstLanguageinthe
EFLClassroom. Paper presentedatthe3rdCentrefor Language Studies International
Conference (CLASIC).National Universityof Singapore, Singapore.