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Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Jessica Jocelyn

Jessica Jocelyn standing in front of a brick wall and green landscape

Jessica Jocelyn

Director of Graduate Studies, Assistant Professor

Full-time

School: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Contact:

2115 G Street NW Washington DC 20052

Dr. Jessica Jocelyn obtained her Ph.D. from Howard University with a specialization in child language. She has worked in the field as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and educator. As a licensed speech-language pathologist, Dr. Jocelyn has provided evaluation and intervention services to bilingual and monolingual children from birth to adolescence. Her research focuses on assessing and treating culturally and linguistically diverse populations with a special interest in Haitian Creole speakers. In addition, she has an interest in global research and culturally responsive service. Dr. Jocelyn has presented at national and international conferences. She has participated in interprofessional international service-learning and research trips to Haiti, Ecuador, and Guadeloupe. She serves on the executive board for the Haitian Caucus of ASHA and as a member of the professional development committee for ASHA’s Special Interest Group 17, Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders.

  • Child Language
  • Bilingual Language Development
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Global and International Engagement 

Ph.D., Communication and Sciences and Disorders, Howard University, 2022

M.Ed., Communication and Sciences and Disorders, Valdosta State, 2015

BA, Communication and Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, 2010

Publication

Jocelyn, J., Elie, M., Lucker, J. R., Harris, O., Perry, V., & Telford Rose, S. (2024). The perspective of Haitian parents on heritage language maintenance in children with speech-language disorders. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 9 (6), 1768-1790 https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-23-00196

Jocelyn, J., Elie, M., Lucker, J. R., Harris, O., Perry, V., & Telford Rose, S. (2024). The perspectives of Haitian parents on heritage language maintenance. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 33 (4), 1880-1901.https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00272

Conference/Talks

Jocelyn, (2023, November). Is language a right, resource, or problem? The perspective of Haitian parents on language maintenance [Technical Session]. American Speech-language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Boston, MA

Middleton, E., Lee, S. C, & Jocelyn, J. (2023, April). Feeling seen: The Importance of faculty of color in preparing a culturally inclusive world for minority students in CSD. National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Jocelyn, (2023, April). Pale Kreyol? The perspective of Haitian parents on heritage language Maintenance in children with speech-language disorders [oral-session]. National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing 2023 Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Elie, M., Jocelyn, J., Fertil, C., & Gaspard-St. Cyr, D. (2022, November). The Haitian Caucus: Creating Partnerships for Change Locally and Globally [Invited Oral-Seminar]. American Speech-language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, New Orleans, LA 

Jocelyn, J. (2022, July). Tim! Tim! Bwa sèk! Story retelling of bilingual Guadeloupean- Creole-French children [Oral Session]. NSF IRES Conference. Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

Elie, M., & Jocelyn, J. (2019, November). Working with Haitian Creole speakers in the U.S. Strategies for the next decade [Invited Oral Seminar]. American Speech-language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Orlando, FL 

Elie, M., & Jocelyn, J. (2019, August). Mwen pale Kreyol: Linguistic considerations for the assessment of Haitian Creole speakers [Poster Session]. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) 2019 World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan.

Jocelyn, J. (2015, May). Assessing Narratives in Bilingual English-Haitian Creole Children. Master’s Thesis Defense at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA         

Jocelyn, J. (2013, July). Code Switching in simultaneous and sequential Haitian Creole English bilingual children [Poster Session] presented at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Jocelyn, J. (2013, July). Code Switching in simultaneous and sequential Haitian Creole English bilingual children [Poster Session]. Georgia Speech Language Hearing Association (GSHA), Atlanta, GA. 

 

 

  • Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Member: National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP
  • Haitian Caucus of ASHA Executive Board Member
  • SIG 17 Professional Development Committee Member
  • 2025 ASHA Convention AAC Topic Committee Member
  • 2024 ASHA Convention Leadership and Professional Issues Topic Committee Member
  • 2019, 2020, 2023 Global Issues and Practice Topic Committee Member
  • ASHA Convention Global Issues and Practices Topic Co-Chair 2021   
  • SLHS 1072 Cultural Responsive Practices in Human Communications
  • SLHS 6230 Pediatric Language in Speech Disorders I
  • SLHS 6231 Pediatric Language in Speech Disorders II
  • SLHS 6282 AAC