Through historical analyses and participatory action research collaborations, my projects in assessment, education policy, and teacher education emphasize relationship building to improve education opportunities with(in) culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Assessment plays a large role across all these areas.
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Featured Articles
Schissel, J. L. (2025). Humanizing Assessment: Decolonizing, historicizing, and communing with language-minoritized communities. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 22(2), 128-145. is an umbrella term to tie together historicizing, decolonizing, and communing approaches.
Tian, Z., Schissel, J. L., Yin, C. H., & McConnell, J. W. (2025). Translanguaging for Equity and Justice in Assessment: A Systematic Review. Education Sciences.
Upcoming Invited Talks
AAAL 2026 Invited Colloquium with Dr. Kongji Qin, New York University: Critical PAR in Applied Linguistics and Language Education: Advancing Social Justice Through Decolonizing Research
MwALT 2026 Keynote Speaker.
Books
Social Consequences of Testing for Language-minoritized Bilinguals in the United States, 2019 Multilingual Matters.
Co-edited Envisioning TESOL through a Translanguaging Lens: Global Perspectives, 2020 Springer.
Co-edited The Racialized Nature of Academic Language: Disentangling the Raciolinguistic Power Structures, 2024 Bloomsbury.
Co-edited Multilingual Nations, Monolingual Schools: Confronting Colonial Language Policies Across the Americas, 2024 Teachers College Press.
Current Community Involvement
AMELI: Asociación Mexicana de Evaluación de Lenguas Indígenas was started in 2018 in Oaxaca, Mexico with Drs. Mario López-Gopar (Universidad Autónoma de “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, Mexico) and Constant Leung (King’s College, London, UK). We use a shared governance model and host meetings at UABJO that are free and open to the public.
ALTECA-DR: Association of Language Teachers for Classroom Assessment in the Dominican Republic was co-founded in 2025 in Rio San Juan with Dr. Angel Arias (Carleton University, Canada). We support professional learning communities and maintain an active community on WhatsApp.
Project Ignite: Professional Development for Bilingual Education Teacher Preparation at UNCG with Drs. Ye He and Melody Zoch Lead-PI
Spencer Foundation Large Grant: Individualized Language Plans for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Investigating Implementation and Stakeholder Perspectives, with Dr. Sara Kangas lead-PI, LeHigh University.
Recognition
2021 Early Career Award: American Education Research Association Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group
Jamie L. Schissel Ph.D. 