Jenna Nilson
PhD student
Jenna is a PhD student and Chancellor’s International Scholarship recipient at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on translanguaging approaches and drama-based methods in language education with learners from migrant backgrounds. She holds an MFA in Theater for Youth and Communities from Arizona State University, where she led arts-based projects with community centers and schools supporting the local migrant community, and a double BA in Theater and International Studies-Sociology from the University of California, San Diego.
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Education
MFA in Theater for Youth and Communities, Arizona State University
BA in Theater and International Relations-Sociology, University of California San Diego
Research areas
Language teaching and learning, drama-based pedagogy, translanguaging, decolonizing language education, Arts-Based research
Publications
Scenario Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning and Research, “Drama and Critical Intercultural Pedagogy” (2021) https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.15.2.3
The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education, “Outcomes of Using Drama-Based Pedagogy in Language Teaching and Learning” (2022)
Conference presentations
International Association Applied Linguistics World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Performative Methods of Language Teaching and a Translanguaging Approach: A Decolonizing Framework,” August 2024
Scenario Conference, Dublin, Ireland, “Co-Prescence and Decoloniality in the Performative Language Classroom,” May 2024
UCETAM (Unión de Coorperatives de Enseñanza de Trabajo Asociado de Madrid) Bilingual Schools Annual Conference, Aranjuez, Spain “Embodied Learning and Theatrical Tools for Billingual Classrooms + Podcasting), May 2023
International Drama in Education Research Institute, online, Roundtable Discussion Presentation ”Ethical Implications of Exploring Critical Intercultural Pedagogy Online During a Pandemic,” July 2022
Awards
Chancellor’s International Scholarship Award