2026 TALGS Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nicole Tracy-Ventura

Nicole Tracy-Ventura is an associate professor of applied linguistics at Oklahoma State University, where she teaches in the TESOL and applied linguistics programs. Her research focuses on second language acquisition, study abroad, task-based language teaching, longitudinal research methods, and corpus linguistics. She is co-author of Anglophone Students Abroad (with Rosamond Mitchell and Kevin McManus, Routledge) and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora (with Magali Paquot). Her work can be found in several high-impact journals (e.g., Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, Studies in Second Language Acquisition) and edited collections.