Johanna Tigert
Ph.D, Docent
johanna.tigert@utu.fi +358 29 450 2655 +358 50 470 7856 Seminaarinkatu 1 Rauma Office: PÄ 118 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2642-7064 |
Areas of expertise
Multilingual and immigrant students, culturally and linguistically responsive teaching, teacher education
Multilingual and immigrant students, culturally and linguistically responsive teaching, teacher education
Biography
Johanna Tigert, Ph.D., is University Lecturer of Education whose research focuses on the teaching and learning of multilingual and immigrant background students. Dr. Tigert earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the University of Maryland.
Publications 
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- Becoming Language Teacher Educators: Critical Friendships and CommunitiesSheltered Math for Emergent Bilinguals: A Case Study of a Novice High School Teacher (2026) Leider, Christine Montecillo; Tigert, Johanna M.
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Rising to the Challenge: Case Study of International Student Acculturation (2026) Rethinking Mobility, Access, and Belonging in International Higher Education Tigert, Johanna M.; Fotouhi, Golnar; No, Lugyi; Marcucci, Susannah
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Using Language Portraits to Promote Critical Self-Reflection for Teaching Multilingual Students (2026)
- Journal of Language, Identity and EducationJournal of participatory research methods (JPRM)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ‘Culture’ in Finnish migrant-background youth’s discourses constructing togetherness and distance (2025)
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Extending Funds of Knowledge to involve Funds of Identity: perspectives for practitionersSupporting Multilingual Learners: A Pilot Survey of Art Teachers (2025)
- Journal for Multicultural Education
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Integrative teaching and learning: reflections of a complex world in the curricula of primary teacher education programs (2025)
- Journal of Curriculum StudiesStudies in Art Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Linguistic diversity as a classroom superpower (2025) Moving from growth to asset-based mindsets Hardy-Skeberdis, Melanie; Peercy, Megan Madigan; Fredricks, Daisy E.; Tigert, Johanna M.; Crawford, Jessica; Jones, Loren D.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - 2025
- TESOL journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Negotiation of Plurilingualism by Teachers in a Finnish Heritage Language SchoolA transatlantic teacher educator: My life and career across two countries and languages (2025) Language Teacher Agency: Navigating Complex and Diverse Educational Contexts Tigert, Johanna M.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - “We expressed what we needed, and the center made changes…I think they listened:” Exploring complexities of participatory action research in adult English for Speakers of Other Languages program“I’m here, I can help”: Supporting Southeast Asian American Community College Students (2025)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - “Maintaining Our Integrity as Teachers and Human Beings”: How a Dialogic Research Partnership Created a Humanizing Space for Early Career Teachers of Multilingual Students (2024) Building a Culture of Research in TESOL: Collaborations and Communities Peercy, Megan Madigan; Fredricks, Daisy E.; Tigert, Johanna M.; Heard, Stephanie; Mallory, Andrew; Stutzman, Andrea
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners: A Content Analysis of Teacher Professional Organizations’ Position Statements (2024)
- Teachers College Record
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - From humanizing principles to humanizing practices: Exploring core practices as a bridge to enacting humanizing pedagogy with multilingual students (2023) Migrant Scholars Researching Migration Tigert Johanna
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Humanizing classroom management as a core practice for teachers of multilingual students (2023)
- Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and AdvancementTESOL Quarterly
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A space for culturally and linguistically diverse learners?: Using S-STEP to examine world language teacher education (2022)
- International Multilingual Research Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Beyond the “core” curriculum: expanding access to multilingual learners (2022)
- International Multilingual Research Journal
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - English language development specialists' views on emergency remote teaching (2022) Leider Christine, Tigert Johanna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2022)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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