Translanguaging, Humanizing Pedagogy, Language Acquisition, TESOL, and Teacher Education

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 Education 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 Education 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 Education Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

  • Copy editor of the manuscript of Written in Her own Voice: Auto-ethno-edu biographies of Women in Education 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 Education, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® (Aug. 2019-present)
  • International Student Tuition Fellowship, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® (Aug.-Dec. 2020, Jan.-May 2021)
  • Graduate Assistantship, College of Education, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® (Aug. 2019-present)

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

  • Winner of Storytelling for Struggles and Expectations of Graduate School, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® (Sept. 2022)

  • College of Education Scholarship, College of Education, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® (2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2022-2023)

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

  • Graduate Assistantship, School of Education, 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, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ®, 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, ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ®, 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 Education), TLPL 791 (Qualitative Research I), TLPL 788Y (Special Topics in Education: Pedagogy of Teacher Education), TLPL 788M (Special Topics in Education: Learning in and out of Schools), TLPL 743 (Teaching English Language Learners-Current and Future Research Directions), TLPL 683 (Educational 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 Education: Examining Linguistically Diverse Student Learning), SLAA 749M (Special Topics in Second Language Learning: Research Methods for Language Variation)