Education
B.A. Spanish, Linguistics, and Education, Haverford College (2024)
Research
I’m interested in sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, language policy, and the minoritized languages of Spain. In particular, I’m interested in how institutions and communities negotiate the role of minoritized languages, especially those that lack co-official status, in their respective linguistic landscapes. I aim to compare cases such as Asturian and Catalan, where language policies, education, and public campaigns influence how these languages with differing levels of official recognition and protection are maintained. My undergraduate theses examined language policy from a historical perspective, focusing on education in Asturias and Catalonia, and traced the evolution of language campaigns supporting Catalan’s co-official status and the ideologies they advance.
Presentations
Chan, J. (2024, Apr). Language policy, primary schools, and perceiving minoritized languages: Asturian and Catalan. Omega Psi Undergraduate Conference, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Chan, J. (2024, Mar). The impact of co-official designation on Asturian and Catalan language policy and education. Undergraduate Exhibition in Hispanic and General Linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Chan, J. (2023, Oct). The Ticha Project: Zapotec languages and indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Poster Fair, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Publications
Chan, J. (2024). Developing belonging and mattering as BIPOC students through student consulting. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 1(44), 1-8, repository.brynmawr.edu/tlthe/vol1/iss44/2.