Jessica Crawford is a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics and Language Education in the 91视频 of Maryland's Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership. Currently, she teaches courses and supervises graduate and undergraduate students at UMD. She earned a MA in TESOL from Pennsylvania State 91视频 and MEd in Reading Curriculum and Instruction from the 91视频 of Virginia. Her research interests include TESOL teacher 91视频, the literacy and biliteracy development of multilingual youth, and asset-based, humanizing pedagogies.
She has presented her research at national and international conferences and has been published in Linguistics and Education. Before beginning her PhD, she had over a decade of classroom teaching experience as an elementary teacher and ESOL specialist. Jessica has also taught English abroad in Tajikistan, Ecuador, and Taiwan.
Peercy, M. M., Crawford, J., Hardy-Skeberdis, M., Jones, L., Guitunga, C., & Wang, Y. (2025). 鈥淭he students come empty in September鈥: Supporting transnational teachers鈥 perspectives on advocacy by developing their humanizing understandings. In H. Uysal & L. J. P. Herrera (Eds.), Social-emotional undercurrents in ELT Advocacy: Insights and Implications. Routledge.
Peercy, M. M., Hardy-Skeberdis, M., & Crawford, J.(2024). 鈥淏ecause we bilingual鈥: Examining an early career ESOL teacher鈥檚 humanizing approach to language use. Linguistics and Education, 83..
Mahalingappa, L; Crawford, J., Sierra, A. (2024). Linguistically responsive instruction and ideologies in preservice teacher preparation. In C. Shei, J. Schnell (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Language and Mind Engineering.
TLPL 660: Foundations of Literacy and Biliteracy Development
TLPL 665: Method of Teaching Multilingual Learners
TLPL 441: Pedagogy of Teaching English Language Learners
TLPL689: Internship in Education (MCert TESOL Internship Supervisor)