Summary

Jenna A. Altherr Flores is a teaching assistant professor in the department of English. Her research concerns how adults with emerging literacy learn English as an additional w88 slot online and how they make meaning through print and multimodal texts. Jenna has worked internationally as a field archaeologist in Athens, Greece and as an English as a Second w88 slot online (ESL) and literacy teacher trainer in rural Belize with the U.S. Peace Corps.

In addition to her experience supporting fellowship applications, coordinating fellowship programs and community engagement at the University of Arizona, and teaching at the University of Nevada, Reno, she has taught high school Latin, taught ESL and literacy in adult education, and collaborated with students from refugee backgrounds on English and literacy curriculum development. Jenna chaired the Refugee Concerns Interest Section of TESOL International, and served on the inaugural board of directors for the Literacy Education and w88 slot online for Adults (LESLLA) international professional organization.

She is currently coordinating the University of Nevada, Reno's International w88 slot online Week and is developing opportunities for acknowledging student success as part of the Office of Undergraduate Fellowships.

Research interests

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• Multimodality
• Assessment
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• Adult L2 learners with emerging w88 slot online
• Refugee-background w88 slot online L2 learners
• w88 slot online engagement
• Teacher training

Selected publications

• Altherr Flores, J. A. (2021). The interplay of text and image on the meaning-making processes of adult L2 learners with emerging literacy: Implications for test design and evaluation frameworks. In B. Deygers (Ed.), w88 slot online testing for low-literate learners [Special Issue]. w88 slot online Assessment Quarterly: An International Journal. doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2021.1984491
• w88 slot online, J. A., & Pettitt, N. (2021). Review of Teaching adult immigrants with limited formal education: Theory, research, and practice, edited by Joy Kreeft Peyton and Martha Young-Scholten. w88 slot online Issues, 31(2), 142¬&w88 slot online;147.
• Altherr Flores, J. A. (2021). Assessing refugee-background adult second w88 slot online learners with emerging literacy: How a social semiotic analysis reveals hidden assumptions of test design. In D. S. Warriner (Ed.), Refugee education across the lifespan: Mapping experiences of w88 slot online learning and use (pp. 139–159). Educational Linguistics, vol. 50. Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79470-5_8
• Altherr Flores, J. A. (2021). The semiotics of writing: How adult L2 learners with emergent w88 slot online make meaning in assessment texts through writing. In N. Pettitt, L. Gonzalves, E. Tarone, & T. Wall (Eds.), Adult L2 writers with emergent w88 slot online: Theoretical and pedagogical considerations [Special Issue]. Journal of Second w88 slot online Writing, 51. doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100793
• w88 slot online, J. A., Hou, D., & Diao, W. (2020). Lingua francas beyond English: Multilingual repertoires among immigrants in a southwestern U.S. border town. w88 slot online Journal of Multilingualism, 17(2), 107&w88 slot online;133.
• w88 slot online, J. A. (2019). Messages and meaning in perceived and lived spaces: Semiosis, institutions, and landscapes. In A. Cirocki & R. Farrelly (Eds.), Current perspectives on teaching English to refugee-background students [Special Issue]. European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 8(1), 175&w88 slot online;202.
• Altherr Flores, J. A., Fogel, L., Shufflebarger Snell, A. M., & Van Roekel, K. (2019). Teaching and tutoring adult emergent readers with refugee backgrounds: Implementing a training program for community volunteers. In J. Sacklin & D. McParland (Eds.), Literacy Education and w88 slot online for Adults (LESLLA): Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium. (pp. 1&w88 slot online;18). LESLLA.
• w88 slot online, J. A. (2018). Decoding citizenship in USCIS naturalization test materials: A critical social semiotic analysis. Critical Multilingualism Studies, 6(1), 22&w88 slot online;50.
• Altherr Flores, J. A. (2017). Social semiotics and multimodal assessment of L2 adult emergent readers from refugee backgrounds. In M. Sosiński (Ed.), Alfabetización y aprendizaje de idiomas por adultos: Investigación, política educativa y práctica docente/Literacy education and w88 slot online by adults (LESLLA): Research, policy and practice. (pp. 9&w88 slot online;31). Universidad de Granada.

Courses taught

• ENG 100I - Composition Intensive
• ENG 114 - Composition for Multilingual w88 slot online
• ENG 102 - w88 slot online-Semester Composition
• ENG 101 - First Semester Composition
• ENG 113 - Composition for Multilingual w88 slot online
• ENG 281 - Introduction to w88 slot online and Linguistics

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• Ph.D., Second w88 slot online Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona, 2020
• M.A., English w88 slot online and Linguistics, University of Arizona
• M.A., Classical Languages and Classical Archaeology, Florida State w88 slot online
• B.A., Anthropology and Sociology; Greek and Roman Studies, Rhodes College