Education:  

• PhD Applied Linguistics (University of Leicester) In Progress: 2022 - Present (PhD Candidate)

• MA TESOL (University College London) Completed: 2016

• BA International Studies (University of New Orleans) Completed: 2012

Publications:

• Marx, N. (2021). Technology and our choices. Explorations in Teacher Development, 28(2), 14-15.

• Klassen, M., & Marx, N. (2020). Anxiety, self-efficacy, and the role of study abroad. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & R. Gentry (Eds.), Teacher efficacy, learner agency. Tokyo: JALT. https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTPCP2019-25

• Marx, N., & Klassen, M. (2020) Self-Efficacy and IELTS: A case of EAP learners in Japan. Proceedings of the Annual NEAR Conference, 1, 12-25.

• Marx, N. D. (2019). Age and gender on foreign language anxiety: A case of junior high school English learners in Japan. Kanazawa Seiryo University Bulletin of the Humanities, 3(2), 33-42. 

• Marx, N. D. (2018). Lesson Plan: A market research survey project. Taking it to Task, (3)1, 16-22.

Presentations:

• Conference Presentation:

  • 2025: JALT PanSIG 2025: Lived emotional experiences - What can they tell us about our students and our teaching?

  • 2024: JALT Conference 2024: Examining group emotions in the L2 classroom

  • 2024: JALT TD SIG Teacher Journeys 2024: From ALT to tenure: Reflecting on the journey

  • 2024: JACET Conference 2024: Observing group emotions in language classroom collaborative tasks

  • 2024: JALT TBLT in Asia 2024: Using observations to examine interactions during language classroom tasks

  • 2024: JALT PanSIG 2024: Observing interactions and anxiety in the language classroom

  • 2023: JALT TBL SIG: TBLT Roundtable 2023 - Perspectives of technology needs: Students and teachers

  • 2023: JALT CUE SIG Conference 2023 - Group emotions - What are they and why do they matter?

  • 2021: JALT TD SIG Teacher Journeys 2021 - Rationale for technology in English classes

  • 2021: JALT CALL 2021 - Taking it from task: determining learners’ technological needs

  • 2020: JALT Conference 2020 - Collaborative task-based instruction during ERT 

  • 2019: JALT Conference 2019 - Anxiety, self-efficacy & the role of study abroad 

  • 2019: NEAR 2019 (Niigata JALT) - Self-efficacy: A case of Can-Do in a Japanese University

• Other Presentations

  • 2024: IAPLL Emotions SIG ECR Event - Group emotion and classroom atmosphere in the L2 classroom

• Poster Presentation:

  • 2017: JALT TBLT SIG Mini Conference 2017 - Effects of oral communicative task complexity on foreign language classroom anxiety

Current Works:

PhD Research University of Leicester

• Emotions and social interactions in language classroom groups

Research and Data Analysis Methodology

• Collaborative project addressing multi perspective and temporality in qualitative research