Jeff MacSwan
Member, Maryland Language Science Center
Affiliate Professor, Linguistics
Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
macswan@umd.edu
2311 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742
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Education
Ph.D., Curriculum and Teaching Studies; Linguistics (cognate area)., UCLA
M.A., California State University - Long Beach, Linguistics.
B.A., English Language and Composition (Linguistics)., California State University - Long Beach
Research Expertise
Bilingualism
Education
Language Policy
Syntax
Jeff MacSwan is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education in the Division of Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry in TLPL and in the Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland. He is an affiliate Professor in the Linguistics Department and the Center for the Advanced Study of Language (CASL). MacSwan’s applied research program is focused on the role of language in theories of school achievement and on education policy related to English Language Learners in U.S. schools. His basic scientific research program focuses on the linguistic study of bilingualism and codeswitching. Collaborators: Yu Bai Katja Cantone Holly Cashman Sonia Colina Susan Curtiss Christian Faltis Rochel Gelman John Grinstead Natalia Guzman Steve Krashen Kate Mahoney Margaret Marcus Kara McAlister Peter McLaren Lisa Pray Alex Ralph Kellie Rolstad Edward Stabler Marilyn Thompson Gene V Glass Guadalupe Valdes Elly van Gelderen Qin Yao