John Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics at AUT University where he is currently supervising 12 doctoral thesis students and teaching thesis-writing for the university’s postgraduate centre. His research interests focus on the efficacy of written corrective feedback for L2 development, classroom-based second language acquisition theory, research and practice, the discourse of academic genres and supervisor advice and feedback to thesis/dissertation students.

He has published widely in journals such as Applied Linguistics, Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly, Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Teaching Research Journal, ELT Journal, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Language Awareness, Assessing Writing, Language Teaching, System, ARAL and three New Zealand journals. Book publications include Writing an Applied Linguistics thesis or dissertation: A guide to presenting empirical research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Written corrective feedback in second language acquisition and writing (Routledge, 2012, with Ferris). Written corrective feedback for L2 development: Theoretical and empirical justifications was submitted to Multi-lingual Matters in 2015 (with Storch) and A guide to supervising non-native English writers of theses and dissertations is in the final stages of production for Routledge. Recipient of a Fulbright (2009) and four university research and supervision awards, John serves on 6 editorial boards, has been editor of New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOLANZ Journal, and was President of the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand for 7 years.