Press & Media
Dr. Jessica Berry is available for media interviews, podcast appearances, documentary consultation, and expert commentary on Gullah Geechee language and culture, linguistic diversity and education equity, speech-language pathology and dialect assessment, women's leadership, and higher education policy.
Media & Featured Appearances
Selected television appearances, publications, podcasts, documentaries, and invited expert presentations.
Television & Streaming
Film & Documentary
Invited Expert Appearances
Print & Online
Podcast
Sample Press Angles
Story ideas, interview angles, and conversation starters for media outlets, podcasts, publications, and documentary projects.
The Only Gullah Geechee-Born Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathologist
What that distinction means for how schools assess dialect-diverse students and the future of equitable language evaluation.
From Native Speaker to National Expert
How a Gullah Geechee speaker became a leading voice in language research—and what her work reveals about the misidentification of language disorders in Black children.
The Cultural Authenticity Gap in American Media
Why filmmakers, writers, and production teams are increasingly turning to community scholars for authentic Gullah Geechee representation.
From Huger, South Carolina to Hulu
The story of Gullah Geechee language survival and one researcher's work to document, preserve, and protect a living cultural legacy.