"Follow your interests because those will motivate you to excel": An interview with Alister Cumming

ABSTRACT

The present article reports an interview with Alister on his personal and academic life and his contributions to the field. The authors have developed the questions for the interview after consulting previous Language Assessment Quarterly (LAQ) interviews. The interview with Alister took place in September 2020 by email (due to the COVID19 pandemic). The interviewer thanked him for taking the time to respond to their questions and to discuss so many aspects of his life and academic accomplishments. They appreciate his advice for novice researchers to follow their interests because those interests will motivate them to excel in their research. His successful career has demonstrated how true this is. They are sure LAQ readers will enjoy reading about his work and accomplishments as much as they did. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)