Faculty profile
Jean Ann
Professor
Contact
234 Wilber Hall
315.312.2635
jean.ann@oswego.edu

Publications
- Nonaka, Angela, Jean Ann & Keiko Sagara. 2020. Linguistic & Cultural Design Features of the Manujal Syllabary in Japan. Visible Language. v. 54, n. 1-2, 31-64.
- Ann, Jean. 2016. “‘Back in St. Olaf…’: American Dialects in The Golden Girls.” In Watching TV with a Linguist. Fågersten, Kristy Beers. 66-84. (Ed.). Syracuse University Press: Syracuse, NY.
- Ann, Jean. 2014. A linguist’s family artifacts: memories of language and identity. In Second and third generation: integration and identity in children of migrants and mixed couples. Marchesini, Simona, Nicoletta Martinelli, Anna Paini, Mariaclara Rossi (Eds.) 169-177. On-line publication for Progetto Alteritas. Verona, Italy.
- Ann, Jean. 2006. Frequency of occurrence and ease of articulation in sign language handshapes: the Taiwanese example. Gallaudet University Press: Washington, DC.
Conferences
- 2/20 "Teachers' View on Language and Literacy Development." A talk presented with Long Peng at Conference for Academic Resaerch in Education (CARE), Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 2/20 "Using Contrastive Analysis (CA) to teach ELLs using Young Adult Literature (YAL)." A talk presented with Long Peng at Conference for Academic Research in Education (CARE), Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1/20 "Puzzles in second language learning in young adult literature." A talk presented at Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. I the Linguistics in the School Curriculum (LiSC) session entitled Meeting Teachers Where They Are: Linguistics at School.
- 5/19 "Teaching phnology through comedy." A talk presented wtih Taylor Miller at the Fringe Meeting (Teaching Phonology: The state of the Art) of the Mangchester Phonolgy Meeting (mfm 27), University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 10/18 "Psst! Written English is trying to tell you something!" A talk presented at The Reading League Conference in Syracuse, New York.
Awards and honors
- 1/21 $16,500 TIP Grant (with Peng, Russo & Knack) for new TESOL Program iPads, SUNY Oswego
- 3/20 $2,250 Faculty Scholarly & Creative Activity Grant for Japan's manual syllabary, SUNY Oswego
- 3/16 Creative Wrting Residency-Alternate, Saltonstall Arts Colony, Ithaca, NY
Education
- Ph.D. University of Arizona 1987-1993, Tucson, AZ, Linguistics. Major: Phonology Minor: Syntax
- M.A. SUNY Stony Brook 1985-1986, Stony Brook, NY, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- B.A. SUNY Stony Brook 1978-1980, Stony Brook, NY, Major: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Minors: Women's Studies, Linguistics, magna cum laude