Jennifer D. Ewald

Jennifer D. Ewald, PhD, is a Professor and Director of the Linguistics Program in the Department of Languages and Linguistics. Her educational background includes a PhD in Spanish Linguistics and Pedagogy from the University of Minnesota, an MA in Spanish Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and TESOL from Indiana University, and a BA in Spanish and Philosophy from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Professor Ewald has authored two significant books:

• The Inbox: Understanding and Maximizing Student-Instructor E-mail (Equinox Publishing LTD, 2016)
• El español a través de la lingüística: Preguntas y respuestas (Cascadilla Press, 2008)

Her research encompasses six interconnected domains:

• Classroom Discourse: Examines teacher-student language interactions, question dynamics, power relationships, and learning environment impacts.
• Second Language Teaching Pedagogy: Focuses on methodology, curriculum design, assessment, and anxiety factors in language learning.
• Pragmatics: Investigates context-meaning relationships in real-world communication.
• Applied Linguistics: Bridges linguistic theory with practical applications including AI and language policy.
• Second Language Acquisition: Studies sequencing and mechanisms of language learning.
• Language Teacher Education: Develops training frameworks for pre-service and practicing educators.