Jeanne Sinclair
PhD

Jeanne Sinclair

Biography

Jeanne Sinclair recently received her PhD. 

Jeanne has a master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was a full-time bilingual teacher in Texas public schools from 2009-2014, primarily working with young students whose families had immigrated from Mexico and Central America. While at OISE, she was a teacher education program assistant supporting Master's in Child Study and Education Program pre-service teachers in their practicum field placements. She was also an English for Specific Purposes instructor at Seneca College.

Research interests

  • Language and literacy assessment validation to support effective, equitable pedagogies for linguistically and culturally diverse students with a range of learning differences
  • The validity of a new artificial-intelligence infused language and literacy assessment (Talk2Me, Jr.) to support appropriate interventions in elementary school
  • Longitudinal mixed-methods research that supports timely educational interventions and policy reform