Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in applied linguistics, multilingual education, language teaching, and language policy, with a career spanning over three decades in academia, consulting, and teacher education. She is the Director of Crisfield Educational Consulting, where she leads research and training on multilingualism in education, EAL (English as an additional language) and bilingual education in international and state schools.
Eowyn’s research interests centre on inclusive approaches to multilingual education, language planning in schools, translanguaging, and leveraging home languages in diverse educational settings. Her published works, such as Bilingual Families: A Practical Language Planning Guide (2021), and contributions to practitioner and academic journals are widely recognized. She is also a frequent keynote speaker at both academic and practitioner conferences, presenting on topics related to aspects of multilingualism in education and ethical bilingual education. Her work bridges research and real-world application, empowering schools, educators, and families to understand and foster linguistic and cultural diversity in homes and schools.
Eowyn holds a BEd in TESOL (Concordia University), an MA in Applied Linguistics (Concordia University), and a PhD (Oxford Brookes University). She is an active member of professional organizations including BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics), ECIS (Educational Collaborative for International Schools), and CIS (Council of International Schools).