Date of Award
5-2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School
College for Community Health
Department/Program
Family Science and Human Development
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
David Schwarzer
Committee Member
Pearl Stewart
Committee Member
Katia Paz Goldfarb
Abstract
This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of multimodal Latinx multilingual interpreters (MLMIs) who navigate a dominant language (English), a minoritized language (Spanish), and a marginalized language (American Sign Language). Although the participants are interpreters, the study examined broader developmental, identity‐based, and translingual experiences that shape their lives. Grounded in a PVEST+ framework, this phenomenological case study intervention investigated how MLMIs understood their translingual repertoires, intersectional identities, and ecological realities within an online, collaboratively designed learning environment. Findings showed that participants drew on their linguistic and cultural knowledges to create strategies for translingual contexts where established conventions are largely absent. They also developed more nuanced understandings of how their multilingual identities were shaped across ecological systems. This study offers new insights into the ecological and developmental experiences of MLMIs and provides implications for multilingual development in family sciences and research on racialized multilingualism.
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Recommended Citation
Screven, Melissa Rivera, "Exploring Latinx Translingual Experiences across Signed and Spoken Language Varieties: A PVEST+ Intervention Case Study" (2026). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 1719.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/1719