Translanguaging, Humanizing Pedagogy, Language Acquisition, TESOL, and Teacher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ

A first-generation college student, Jiaxuan earned her bachelor's degree and first master's degree in landscape architecture in China, and a second master's degree in TESOL from Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. In June 2023, she earned her doctoral degree in applied linguistics and language education. Her dissertation research is a qualitative study, which examines EFL teachers' and students' language practices and language attitudes through the lens of translanguaging and humanizing pedagogy. 

Professional Experience:

College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊ Univeristy of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • Research Assistant for Dr. Nihat Polat (Aug. 2022-Present): Research on listening comprehension of English as an additional language learners (EALLs)
  • Co-Constructor with Dr. Sarah CK Moore (Sept. 2021-Dec. 2021) for course TLPL 440: Issues in the ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ of English Language Learners
  • Co-Constructor with Dr. Melinda Martin-Beltrán (Sept. 2021-Dec. 2021) for course TLPL657: Teaching for Cross Cultural Communication
  • Graduate Assistant for Dr. Jeff MacSwan and Dr. Perla Blejer (Sept. 2019-May 2020)

College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊ Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

  • Copy editor of the manuscript of Written in Her own Voice: Auto-ethno-edu biographies of Women in ºÚÁÏ´óÊ by Dr. Mungai and her colleagues
  • Copy editor of the manuscript of High-Needs Schools: Changing the Dialogue by Dr. Mungai and Dr. Devin Thornburg
  • Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship (Apr. 2022)
  • Dean’s Fellowship, College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, ºÚÁÏ´óÊ (Aug. 2019-present)
  • International Student Tuition Fellowship, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ (Aug.-Dec. 2020, Jan.-May 2021)
  • Graduate Assistantship, College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ (Aug. 2019-present)

  • Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society (Dec. 2016-present)

  • Winner of Storytelling for Struggles and Expectations of Graduate School, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ (Sept. 2022)

  • College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Scholarship, College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ (2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)

  • Dean’s Award, Adelphi University (Dec. 2016)

  • Graduate Assistantship, School of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, Adelphi University (Feb. 2015-Dec. 2016)

  • Special Scholarship for Exchange Students to Taiwan, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China (Sept. 2011-Jan. 2012)

  • Outstanding Graduates of Hainan University, China (June 2010)

  • National Scholarship, China (Nov. 2009)

  • School Class Scholarship Hainan University, China (Sept. 2006-Sept. 2009)

Dissertation

Zong, J. (2023). Examining English-as-a-foreign-language teachers’ and students’ language practices and language attitudes through the lens of translanguaging and humanizing pedagogy – A qualitative study on an international high school in China (Publication No. 29398717) [Doctoral dissertation, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, College Park]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 

Works Under-Review:

Zong, J. (Under-Review). Translanguaging or not: A comparative analysis on English-as-a-foreign-language teachers' language attitudes and practices through the lens of translanguaging and humanizing pedagogy. International Multilingual Research Journal.

Zong, J., Polat, N., & Mahalingappa, L. (Under-Review). Default or not: Effects of playback speed and language proficiency on listening comprehension of English learners. The Modern Language Journal.

Mahalingappa, L., Zong, J., & Polat, N. (Under Review) The impact of captioning and playback speed on listening comprehension of multilingual English learners at different proficiency levels. System.

Conference Presentations:

AsiaTEFL2023, Online Presentation (Aug. 17-20, 2023)- Individual Paper: The Evidence of Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers' Transnationalism in Teacher Identity Formation Process (with John Chi & Dr. Laura Mahalingappa)

2023 AERA Roundtable, Chicago, IL (April. 13-16, 2023)- Individual Paper: The Evidence of Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers' Transnationalism in Teacher Identity Formation Process

COE Faculty Meeting, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, College Park, MD (Feb 17, 2023)-Individual Paper: Default or not: Effects of playback speed and language proficiency on listening comprehension of English learners (with Dr. Nihat Polat & Laura Mahalingappa)

NYS TESOL 2016 Applied Linguistics Winter Conference (ALWC) at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (Mar. 2016)-Master's Seminar Paper: Questioning Approaches and Uses in Second Language Classrooms: An Investigation of Four Classes in Flushing International High School

Co-investigating with Dr. Laura Mahalingappa and John Chi, A Qualitative Research on Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers' Transnationalism

Co-investigating with Katharine Glanbock, Contextual Word Learning through L2 Reading: A Case for Codeswitching

Cumulative GPA: 3.958

Main Courses: TLPL 794 (CORE I), TLPL 795 (CORE II), TLPL 740 (Language and ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ), TLPL 791 (Qualitative Research I), TLPL 788Y (Special Topics in ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ: Pedagogy of Teacher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ), TLPL 788M (Special Topics in ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ: Learning in and out of Schools), TLPL 743 (Teaching English Language Learners-Current and Future Research Directions), TLPL 683 (ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂal Sociology), TLPL 643 (Assessing Student Learning and Development), SLAA 620 (Second Language Research Methodologies), TLPL 792 (Qualitative Research II), TLPL 744 (Research Foundations of Second Language ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ: Examining Linguistically Diverse Student Learning), SLAA 749M (Special Topics in Second Language Learning: Research Methods for Language Variation)