Jessica Trussell

Jessica Trussell

Associate Professor
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Office of the President
Master of Science in Secondary Education

2023 Submissions

Journal Paper

Williams, Jessica, Thomastine Sarchet, and Dawn Walton. "What Can Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing First-Year Community College Students Teach Us About Reading?" Communication Disorders Quarterly. (2023): 0. Web. «

Invited Paper

Basas, Michella, et al. "It’s Time to Rethink Our Future: “Radical” Perspectives on Deaf Education in the United States and Beyond." American Annals of the Deaf. (2023). Print. * ∆

2022 Submissions

Journal Paper

Williams, Jessica, Thomastine Sarchet, and Dawn Walton. "Reading and writing instruction for academically at-risk deaf and hard of hearing first-year college students." Community College Review 50. 1 (2022): 30-50. Print. «

Beal, Jennifer S., Jessica Williams Trussell, and Dawn Walton. "Four American Sign Language Learner Groups: Are They Really Different?" The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 27. 3 (2022): 283-296. Print. «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Williams, Jessica. "Fostering STEM literate DHH students." Deaf Blind Limitless. Alabama Institute for the Deaf and BLind. Mobile, AL. 20 Mar. 2022. Conference Presentation.

Williasm, Jessica. "Purposeful texts and purposeful planning: Raising the bar for reading instruction." Deaf Blind Limitless. Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Mobile, AL. 20 Mar. 2022. Conference Presentation.

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

Williams, Jessica, Thomastine Sarchet, and Dawn Walton. "Reading and writing instruction for academically at-risk deaf and hard of hearing first-year college students." Community College Review. (2021): in press. Print. «

Beal, Jennifer S., Jessica W. Trussell, and Dawn Walton. "Incoming Deaf College Students' Sign Language Skills: Self-awareness and Intervention." Journal of Language, Identity & Education. (2021): 1-14. Web. «

Beal, Jennifer S., Jessica W. Trussell, and Dawn Walton. "Incoming Deaf College Students' Sign Language Skills: Self-awareness and Intervention." Journal of Language, Identity & Education. (2021): 1-14. Web. «

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Alonzo, Oliver, et al. "Methods for evaluating the fluency of automatically simplified Texts with deaf and hard-of-hearing adults at various literacy levels." 21 Sep. 2021. TS - typescript (typed). *

Grants

Williams, Jessica and Thomastine Sarchet (2021-2022). Summer Transition Education Program (STP) 2021. Grant received/funded by Foundation Funding, Daisy Marquis Jones. ≠

2020 Submissions

Journal Paper

Trussell, Jessica W. "Learning social studies vocabulary via morphological instruction in the itinerant model." American Annals of the Deaf 165. 1 (2020): 52-71. Print. «

Trussell, Jessica W., Thomastine Sarchet, and Dawn Walton. "Reading and Writing Instruction for Academically At-Risk Deaf and Hard of Hearing First-year College Students." Community College Review. (2020): in press. Print. «

Beal, Jennifer S., Jessica W. Trussell, and Dawn Walton. "Incoming Deaf College Students' Sign Language Skills: Self-awareness and Intervention." Journal of Language, Identity & Education. (2020): in press. Print. «

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Trussell, Jessica W. and Jason Nordhaus. "Effects of Metacognitive Reading Strategy on Retell Ability: A Replication Study." 10 Nov. 2020. TS - typescript (typed). «

Alonzo, Oliver, et al. "Comparision for Methods for Evaluating Complexity of Simplified Texts among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals at Different Literacy Levels." 2 Sep. 2020. TS - typescript (typed). «

2019 Submissions

Journal Paper

Schley, Sara and Jessica W. Trussell. "Deaf Students with Disabilities: A Functional Approach for Parents and Teachers." ODYSSEY. (2019): 76-80. Print. ˜

Book Chapter

Cannon, Joanna E. and Jessica W. Trussell. "Connections, Research, and Recommendations for the Importance of Morphosyntax in Literacy Acquisition across Languages for Learners who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing." "The Oxford Handbook on Literacy for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing." New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 0. Print. ˜

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Trussell, Jessica W. "Learning Social Studies Vocabulary via Morphological Instruction in the Itinerant Model." 19 Sep. 2019. TS - typescript (typed). «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Trussell, Jessica W. and Camille Ouellette. "Reading to learn in STEM: Strategies for reading and conceptually accurate signing." California Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing conference. Cal Ed. Riverside, CA. 6 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation. ˜

2018 Submissions

Journal Paper

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "Interactive Storybook Reading Instruction for Preschoolers Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Multiple Probe Across Behaviors Analysis." Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 49. (2018): 922-937. Print. *

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "Morphology Instruction in the Science Classroom for Students who are Deaf: A Multiple Probe Across Content Analysis." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 23. 3 (2018): 271-283. Print. *

Borgna, Georgianan, et al. "Numerical and Real-world Estimation Abilities of Deaf and Hearing College Students." Deafness & Education International 20. 2 (2018): 1-27. Print. *

Beal, Jennifer S., et al. "University American Sign Language learners: Longitudinal self and faculty evaluation ratings." Journal of Interpretation 26. 1 (2018): 1-27. Web. *

Walton, Dawn, et al. "I am not Unskilled and Unaware: Deaf and Hearing Learners’ Self-assessment of Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Skills." European Journal of Special Needs Education. (2018): 1-27. Web. *

Grants

Nordhaus, Jason and Jessica W. Trussell (2018-2023). Lost in Translation: Removing the Most Significant Barrier Preventing Deaf participation in STEM. Grant proposal submitted to Special Projects, Moore Foundation. ≠

2017 Submissions

Journal Paper

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "The Effects of Interactive Storybook Reading with Preschoolers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing." Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 37. 3 (2017): 147-163. Print. *

Book Chapter

Trussell, Jessica W. and M. Christina Rivera. "Word identification and the adolescent deaf and hard-of-hearing reader: Going back to learning to read." "Evidence-based practice in deaf education." New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018. 237-262. Print. *

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "Morphology Instruction in the Science Classroom For Students Who Are Deaf: A Multiple Probe Across Content Analysis." Jul. 2017. TS - typescript (typed). *

Grants

Trussell, Jessica W. (2018-2021). Improving Reading Outcomes of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. Grant proposal submitted to NCSER Goal 2 Development and Innovation under Reading, Writing, and Language topic - Research Training Program in Special Education: Early Career Development and Mentoring, Institute of Education Sciences. *

Trussell, Jessica W. (2018-2020). Improving Literacy Outcomes for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. Grant proposal submitted to NIDCD, NIH. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Trussell, Jessica W. "Supporting Early Reading Skills at Home and School." Great Start 2017. Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. State College, PA. 23 Jun. 2017. Conference Presentation.

Trussell, Jessica W. "Reading a Language You Can't Hear." Canadian Educators of the DHH Conference. Canadian Educators of the DHH Conference. Vancouver, BC. 20 Oct. 2017. Keynote Speech.

Trussell, Jessica W. "Decoding For Adolescent Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Readers." Teaching Deaf Learners Conference. Royal Dutch Kentalis. Amsterdam, NL. 24 Mar. 2017. Conference Presentation. ˜

2016 Submissions

Journal Paper

Trussell, Jessica W. and Susan R. Easterbrooks. "Morphological Knowledge and Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-hearing: A Review of the Literature." Communication Disorders Quarterly. (2016): 1-11. Web. *

Uninvited Presentations

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "Interactive Storybook Reading and Picture Vocabulary: A Replication Study." Association of College Educators- Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference. Association of College Educators- Deaf/Hard of Hearing. New York City, NY. 14 Feb. 2016. Conference Presentation. *

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "The Effects of Interactive Storybook Reading with Preschoolers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing." 16 Aug. 2016. TS - typescript (typed). *

Trussell, Jessica W., et al. "The Effects of Interactive Storybook Reading on the Word Meaning Knowledge of Preschoolers’ who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing." 6 Oct. 2016. TS - typescript (typed). *

Grants

Trussell, Jessica W. (2017-2020). Improving Reading Outcomes of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. Grant proposal submitted to Research Training Program in Special Education: Early Career Development and Mentoring 84.324B, Institute of Educational Sciences. ≠

Trussell, Jessica W. (2016-2017). Morphology Instruction for DHH Students. Grant received/funded by Scholarship Portfolio Development Initiative (SPDI), Internal Funding- NTID.

2015 Submissions

Journal Paper

Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer and Jessica W. Trussell. "Classifiers and Constructed Action: Necessary Narrative Components in Deaf Adults' Storybook Renditions." Sign Language Studies 16. 1 (2015): 5-29. Print. *

Book Chapter

Easterbrooks, Susan R., Joanna Cannon, and Jessica W. Trussell. "Many Languages, One Goal: The Future of Research and Practice in Language Mastery by Deaf Learners." "Educating Deaf Learners: Diverse Ways, One Goal." Ed. Marc Marschark, Venetta Lampropoulou, and Emmanouil Skordilis. New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016. 00-00. Print. *

Uninvited Presentations

Trussell, Jessica W. "Literacy and Evidence-Based Practices In Deaf Education." The 29th Annual ESSP Conference. Education Support Service Personnel. Corning, NY. 14 Nov. 2015. Conference Presentation. ˜

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer, Nanci Sheetz, and Jessica W. Trussell. "Longitudinal American Sign Language Skills of Pre-Service Interpreter and Teacher Candidates." 30 Nov. 2015. TS - typescript (typed). *

Trussell, Jessica W. and Susan R. Easterbrooks. "Morphological Knowledge and Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: A Review of the Literature." In Press. TS - typescript (typed). *