Jessica Scott
Associate Professor - Program Coordinator Deaf Education Learning Sciences- Education
Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/ Elementary Education, Flagler College
Ed.M., Language and Literacy with Reading Specialist licensure, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ed.D., Human Development and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Specializations
Deaf education
Language and literacy education
Bilingualism in deaf education
Academic English development among secondary school students
- Biography
Jessica Scott is an associate professor in deaf education in the Department of Learning Sciences. She earned her undergraduate degree in deaf education from Flagler College, and both her Ed.M. in language and literacy with reading specialist licensure and Ed.D. in human development and education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Scott began her career in deaf education as a high school English teacher at the Alaska School for the Deaf. While earning her master’s degree, she also worked as a reading specialist at The Learning Center for the Deaf in Massachusetts.
Her dissertation won Harvard University’s Jeanne S. Chall student research award. In it, she focused on the influence of American Sign Language and academic English proficiency on reading comprehension among deaf and hard of hearing middle and high school students.
As an assistant professor in deaf education, Scott is interested in further exploring the role that American Sign Language plays in the reading of deaf and hard of hearing students, as well as literacy instruction for deaf students. She is also interested in the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students in developing countries.
She is currently serving as chairperson for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Special Interest Group of the International Literacy Association.
Video phone number: 404-567-5109
- Publications
Scott, J.A., & Dostal, H. (2019). Language development and deaf children. Education Sciences.
Scott, J.A., & Hansen, S.G. (2019). Comprehending science writing: The promise of dialogic reading for supporting upper-elementary deaf students. Communication Disorders Quarterly.
Scott, J.A., & Kasun, G.S. (2019). “It’s not enough to move your hands beautifully”: Teaching and learning at a school for deaf students in Mexico. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Scott, J.A., & Hoffmeister, R.H. (2018). Superordinate precision: An examination of academic writing among bilingual deaf and hard of hearing students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 23(2), 173-182. DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enx052
Scott, J.A., & Hoffmeister, R. (2017). Factors predicting the reading comprehension of bilingual deaf and hard of hearing students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education,22(1), 59-71.