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Jennifer Renn

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2009
Multilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and MorphologyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchSecond Language Learning and TeachingEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Publications

40

Citations

287

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Jennifer Renn studies language variation and education, with a focus on African American Language (AAL) development in children and how schools support multilingual and dialect-diverse students. Her work spans sociolinguistics (how speech patterns change over a person's life) and applied educational research, including teacher coaching and literacy instruction for bilingual and English-learning students. Much of her research bridges linguistic theory with practical classroom applications.

African American Language and dialect variationSociolinguistic development across the lifespanMultilingual and bilingual educationLanguage and literacy instruction in schoolsTeacher coaching and educator training

Publication output peaked sharply in 2020 (likely tied to a book project), dropped afterward, and has shown a modest resurgence from 2024 to 2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 15 publications1520212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×10
  • TESOL Quarterly×2
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)×2
  • International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism×2
  • Education Sciences×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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