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CURRICULUM VITAEL. Quentin Dixon

352 Harrington Tower, 4232 TAMU, College Station, TX [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harvard University Graduate School of Education Ed. D., 2004Human Development and Psychology/ Language and Literacy Ed. M., 2000

University of California 1994Social Sciences Teaching CredentialTeaching English as a Second Language Certificate (Extension School)

Bryn Mawr College A. B., 1992Anthropology, awarded cum laude

ADVANCED TRAINING

2011 Hands-on Workshop in LCA, Rasch Models, Mixture IRT. American Educational Research Association. Presented by Matthias von Davier, Educational Testing Service.

2011 Symposium on Problems in Social Policy Research. Texas A&M University. Presented by Bruce Thompson, Trey Marchbanks, Ashley Bowers, Eric Camburn, Yvonna Lincoln, Hersh Waxman, Robert Capraro.

2010 Propensity Score Analysis. Texas A&M University. Presented by Felix Thoemmes.

2010 Structural Equation Modeling. Texas A&M University. Presented by Oi-Man Kwok.

2009 Meta-Analysis. Texas A&M University. Presented by Victor Willson.

2008 Quantitative Methods Seminar. Texas A&M University. Presented by Bruce Thompson.

2008 Qualitative Methods Seminar. Texas A&M University. Presented by Yvonna Lincoln.

2007 Cluster Randomized Trials Research Training Institute. Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Presented by Howard Bloom, Peg Burchinal, David Cordray, Larry Hedges, Fred Doolittle, John Graham, Mark Lipsey, Ina Wallace.

2007 Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals and Especially Confidence Intervals for Effect Sizes. American Educational Research Association. Presented by Bruce Thompson.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 – present Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

L. QUENTIN DIXON, page 2

2004-2006 Senior Analyst, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA2001-2004 Spencer Research Training Grantee, Harvard Graduate School of

Education, Cambridge, MA 2000-2003 Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education,

Cambridge, MA2000-2002 Research Assistant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA1995-1999 English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher, Lake Washington School

District, Kirkland, WA

PUBLICATIONS (*denotes graduate student collaborators; †denotes undergraduate student collaborators)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.,* Shin, J.-Y.,* Wu, S.,* Su, J.-H.,* Burgess-Brigham, R.,* Gezer, M. U.,* & Snow, C. (Accepted). What we know about second language acquisition: A synthesis from four perspectives. Review of Educational Research. (Journal Impact Factor: 3.127; 5-year: 5.664 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.,* Quiroz, B. & Shin, J.-Y.* (Accepted). Home and community factors influencing bilingual children’s ethnic language vocabulary development. International Journal of Bilingualism. (Journal Impact Factor: 0.862 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).

Dixon, L. Q., Wu, S.,* & Daraghmeh, A.* (In press). Profiles in bilingualism: Factors influencing kindergartners’ language proficiency. Early Childhood Education Journal. doi: 10.1007/s10643-011-0491-8

Chuang, H.-K.*, Joshi, R. M., & Dixon, L. Q. (In press). Cross-language transfer of reading ability: Evidence from Taiwanese ninth-grade adolescents. Journal of Literacy Research. doi: 10.1177/1086296X11431157 (Journal Impact Factor: 0.564; 5-year: 0.847 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).

Quiroz, B. G. & Dixon, L. Q. (Accepted for 2012). Mother-child talk in four language minority families: Education in a fractured bilingual environment. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 12.

Dixon, L. Q., Chuang, H-K. * & Quiroz, B. (In press). English phonological awareness in bilinguals: A cross-linguistic study of Tamil, Malay, and Chinese English-language learners. Journal of Research in Reading. (Journal Impact Factor: 0.938; 5-year: 1.586 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).

Dixon, L. Q. (2011). The role of phonological awareness in predicting English writing among Singaporean kindergartners. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 98-108. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2011.02.008 (Journal Impact Factor: 1.608 5-year: 2.081 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).


Dixon, L. Q. (2011). The role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among bilingual kindergarten children in Singapore. Applied Psycholinguistics, 32, 141-168. doi:10.1017/S0142716410000329 (Journal Impact Factor: 2.13 Thomson-Reuter 2008 Journal Citation Reports).

Dixon, L. Q. (2010). The importance of phonological awareness for the development of early English reading skills among bilingual Singaporean kindergartners. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13, 723-. doi: 10/1080/13670050903556014.

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.* & Joshi, R. M. (2010). Influence of L1 orthography on spelling English words by bilingual children: A natural experiment comparing syllabic, phonological, and morphosyllabic first languages. Learning Disability Quarterly, 33, 211-221. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.06 Thomson-Reuter 2008 Journal Citation Reports).

Dixon, L. Q. (2009). Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: Implications for language planning and second language acquisition. Language Policy, 8, 117-137. doi: 10.1007/s10993-009-9124-0

Dixon, L. Q. (2005). Bilingual education policy in Singapore: An analysis of its sociohistorical roots and current academic outcomes. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 8, 25-47.

Conference Proceedings Dixon, L. Q. (2003). The bilingual education policy in Singapore: Implications for

second language acquisition. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium in Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. Also ERIC document ED478019.Note: The International Symposium in Bilingualism is the premiere conference on research in bilingualism and bilingual development, convened every two years.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications Dixon, L. Q. (2001, Spring). The MCAS and bilingual education. Massachusetts

Association of Bilingual Educators Newsletter.

Dixon, L. Q. (1998, August/September). Connecting our global community: Motivating sessions. TESOL Matters 8(4).

SUBMITTED

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.*, & Joshi, R. M. (revision under review). Dialectal influence on morphological awareness as revealed by spelling: Evidence from Singaporean kindergartners. Manuscript submitted for publication to System.


Zhao, J.*, Joshi, R. M., & Dixon, L. Q. (under review). Spelling English words by Chinese and American children: The contribution of phonological, morphological and orthographic awareness. Manuscript submitted for publication to Cognition. (Journal Impact Factor: 3.708; 5-year: 4.323 Thomson-Reuter 2010 Journal Citation Reports).

IN PROGRESS

Chuang, H.-K.*, Dixon, L. Q., & Joshi, R. M. (in preparation). The comparisons of Mandarin Chinese and English reading knowledge. To be submitted to Reading Research Quarterly.

Chuang, H.-K.* & Dixon, L. Q. (in preparation). Future ESL educators’ perceptions of the use of media captioning facility in non-alphabetic-language ESL learners’ language comprehension. To be submitted to TESOL Quarterly.

Dixon, L. Q., Collins, T. E., Walters, L. M., Wu, S.* & Gezer, M. U.* (in preparation). The impact of television viewing on young children’s language acquisition in a multilingual society: The case of Singapore. To be submitted to Asian EFL Journal.

Dixon, L. Q., Burgess-Brigham, R.,* Silvia, S.,† Rivera, K.,† Joshi, R. M., Cantrell, E. B., & Washburn, E. (in preparation). Teaching reading skills around the world: What’s included in pre-service teacher reading textbooks? To be submitted to Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Quiroz, B., Zhao, J.,* & Dixon, L. Q. (in preparation). The role of linguistic difficulty in mother-child language interactions: Language complexity and variety of discourse functions. To be submitted to International Journal of Bilingualism.

Gezer, M. U.* & Dixon, L. Q. (in preparation). English language policy in Sweden: Sociocultural and foreign language teaching perspectives. To be submitted to Educational Policy.

Gezer, M. U.* & Dixon, L. Q. (in preparation). Turkey’s English language policy on the way to European union. To be submitted to Current Issues in Language Planning.

Zhao, J.*, & Dixon, L.Q. (in preparation). Phonological spelling skills in Chinese learners of English as a foreign language. To be submitted to Writing Systems Research.

Zhao. J.*, Quiroz, B, & Dixon, L.Q. (in preparation). Correlates of ELL spelling development: A meta-analysis. To be submitted to Scientific Studies of Reading.

PRESENTATIONS AT REFEREED CONFERENCES (*denotes graduate student collaborators)


International

Dixon, L. Q., Quiroz, B., & Zhao*, J. (2012, April). The relationship between receptive vocabulary and word reading among Head Start Spanish/English bilingual children. Paper in Y. Uchikoshi & S. Marinova-Todd (Chairs). Words, Palabras, 詞/词: Effect of Vocabulary on Literacy of ELLs from Pre-K through Grade Two. Symposium to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Dixon, L. Q., Liew, J., Daraghmeh*, A., & Smith, D. (2012, March). Pre-service teachers’ language learning beliefs and attitudes toward English language learners. Paper to be presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Boston, MA.

Burgess-Brigham, R.* & Dixon, L. Q. (2011, November). What the Threshold and Interdependence Hypotheses Can Tell Us about Intercultural Bilingual Education in Honduran Garifuna Communities. To be presented at the 3rd International Language, Education, and Diversity Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Burgess-Brigham, R.* & Dixon, L. Q. (2011, November). The English Language Outcomes for Native Spanish Speakers Educated in Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs in the U.S. To be presented at the 3rd International Language, Education, and Diversity Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Dixon, L. Q., Quiroz, B., & Zhao*, J. (2011, August). Home, community and individual factors in L1 development among bilingual kindergarten children in Singapore. Paper presented at World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2011), Beijing, China.

Zhao*, J., Joshi, R. M., & Dixon, L. Q. (2011, August). Models of meta-linguistic skills and spelling abilities in 3rd graders in the United States. Paper presented at World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2011), Beijing, China.

Dixon, L. Q., Foorman, B., & Joshi, R.M. (Chairs). (2011, July). Morphological awareness: What is it and how does it contribute to reading in English and Chinese? Symposium presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Zhao*, J., Yeh,* Y., Dixon, L. Q., Joshi, R. M., & McTigue, E. (2011, July). A cross-group and corss-lingustic study of the effect of morphological awareness on literacy skills in Chinese-English bilinguals. Paper in L. Q. Dixon, B. Foorman, & R.M. Joshi (Chairs), Morphological awareness: What is it and how does it contribute to reading in English and Chinese? Symposium presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.


Chuang, H.-K.* & Dixon, L. Q. (2011, April). Is closed-captioned exposure effective for second language acquisition? Perspectives from ESL educators. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Unal*, M., & Dixon, L. Q. (2011, March). Turkey’s English language policy on the way to European union. Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago, IL.

Zhao*, J., Dixon, L. Q., & Joshi, R. M. (2011, March). Influence of home factors on the development of English among eighth graders in China. Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago, IL.

Dixon, L. Q., Joshi, R. M., Cantrell, E. B., & Washburn, E. (2011, March). Teaching reading skills to English Language Learners (ELLs) around the world: What’s included in pre-service teacher reading textbooks? Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago, IL.

Chuang, H-K.*, Joshi, R. M. & Dixon, L. Q. (2010, July). Is Mandarin Chinese knowledge transferred to English reading proficiency among Taiwanese adolescents? Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Zhao, J.*, Quiroz, B., Dixon, L. Q., & Joshi, R. M. (2010, July). The effect of bilingualism on English spelling: A meta-analytic review. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.* & Joshi, R. M. (2010, March). Influence of orthographic differences on Singaporean bilingual children’s spelling performance. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Dixon, L. Q., Chuang, H-K.* & Quiroz, B. (2009, June). Vocabulary and phonological awareness in Singaporean kindergartners. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Quiroz, B. & Dixon, L. Q. (2009, April). Cultural and linguistic challenges to adapting and implementing a parent-child literacy curriculum for bilingual families in the US. Paper in Q. Dixon (Chair). Working with parents and teachers on language and literacy across the globe: The circle of knowledge from research to application and back again in diverse contexts. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Quiroz, B., Zhao, J.* & Dixon, L. Q. (2008, October). The role of linguistic difficulty in mother-child language interactions: Language complexity and variety of discourse


functions. Paper presented at the International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals, Bangor, Wales, UK.

Dixon, L. Q., Smith, W. C., Dwyer, M. C., Gamse, B. C. & Peabody, B. K. (2007, March). Training observers to use the IPRI. Paper in D. Francis (Chair). Designing and fielding classroom observations for the National Reading First Impact Study. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Dwyer, M. C., Smith, W. C., Dixon, L. Q. & Gamse, B. C. (2007, March). The development of the Instructional Practices in Reading Inventory. Paper in D. Francis (Chair). Designing and fielding classroom observations for the National Reading First Impact Study. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Dixon, L. Q. (2005, July). Does mother tongue vocabulary predict English vocabulary among Singaporean kindergartners? Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2005), Madison, WI.

Dixon, L. Q. (2005, March). Parents vs. TV: The relative importance of caregiver language versus TV language in predicting English vocabulary skills among bilingual kindergarten children in Singapore. Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB5), Barcelona, Spain.

Dixon, L. Q. (2004, October). The relationship of phonological awareness to English literacy skills among Singaporean kindergartners. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Pennsylvania State University, PA.

Dixon, L. Q. (2004, April). Starting schooling in a non-native language: Relationship of vocabulary to preliteracy among Singaporean kindergarten children. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Dixon, L. Q. (2003, April). The bilingual education policy in Singapore: Implications for second language acquisition. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), Arizona State University.

Dixon, L. Q. (2003, March). Language of instruction in multilingual countries: What works? Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA.

Dixon, L. Q. (2003, March). Educational success through a non-native medium: How can Singapore’s experience inform other multilingual nations? Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA.


Dixon, L. Q. (2003, March). Language-in-education policy in Singapore: Implications for L2 acquisition. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Arlington, VA.

National

Dixon, L. Q., Willson, V. & Zhu, L.* (2012, February). Effect of prekindergarten on Hispanic English-language learners’ reading achievement. Paper to be presented at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference, Dallas, TX.

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.,* & Joshi, R. M. (2010, December). Dialectal influence on the formation of English plurals as revealed by spelling. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Literacy Research Association (formerly National Reading Conference), Dallas, TX.

Zhao, J.,* & Dixon, L. Q. (2010, December). Spelling skills of Chinese students learning English as a Foreign Language. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Literacy Research Association (formerly National Reading Conference), Dallas, TX.

Dixon, L. Q. (2004, February). The challenges of collecting data abroad: A large-scale multi-site research project. Paper in T. Tivnan (Chair). Collecting original, large-scale quantitative data: Lessons from the field. Panel presentation presented at the Student Research Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Dixon, L. Q. (2002, February). Language of instruction in multilingual countries: What’s best for the children? Paper presented at the Student Research Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Dixon, L. Q. (2001, February). Bilingual education in a multilingual society: The case of Singapore. Paper presented at the Student Research Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Santos, M., & Dixon, L. Q. (2000, February). Examining bilingual research of the 1990’s. Paper co-presented at the Student Research Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Regional

Quiroz, B., Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.* & Chuang, H-K. (2009, February). Spanish-English bilingual prekindergartners' language skills in two languages: Home and school factors. Paper presented at Southwest Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (*denotes graduate student collaborators)


Dixon, L. Q., Wu, S.,* & Daraghmeh, A.* (2011, May). Profiles in bilingualism: Factors influencing kindergartners’ language proficiency. Talk presented for the Doctoral Training for English Language Learners group in the Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.

Dixon, L. Q., Chuang, H-K.* & Quiroz, B. (2010, October). Does vocabulary predict phonological awareness among English language learners? Evidence from Singapore. Talk presented for the Literacy Studies Group, a cross-university interdisciplinary inquiry group, Texas A&M University.

Dixon, L. Q., Zhao, J.* & Shin, J.-Y.* (2010, November). Home and community factors influencing bilingual children’s L1 vocabulary in Singapore. Talk presented for Language Matters, a cross-university interdisciplinary inquiry group, Texas A&M University.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2010-2012 Faculty Research Fellow, State of Texas Educational Research Center2010-2012 Council of Principal Investigators Catalyst Grant2010-2011 Pathways to the Doctorate Research Assistantship Award2007-2010 Mexican-American Latino Research Center Fellow2007 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Training Institute Fellow2006-2009 Mexican-American Latino Research Center Fellow2001-2004 Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant2001 Model Qualifying Paper Proposal2000-2001 Alternate, U. S. Department of Education Graduate Bilingual Fellowship1999-2000 Roy E. Larsen Fellowship1987-1991 Marie L. Rose Huguenot Scholarship1990 Ford Foundation Summer Linguistic Research Grant

GRANTS

Internal

Pending

2011 Loureiro, V., Moyna, M.I., Vaid, J., Dixon, L. Q., Eslami, Z., Imhoff, B., Villalobos, J. Bilingual Voices of Texas: A Project to Document and Disseminate the Experiences of Bilingual Texans. Texas A&M Budget Reallocation Activity 2: Integration of Multidisciplinary Research and Creative Activities into the Learning Experience. Submitted December, 2011. $168,660 (3 years).

Funded

2010 Dixon, L. Q. An Efficacy Trial of POWER Skills: Building Kindergarten Readiness for Low-Income Prekindergarten Children. Catalyst Grant to support proposal writing from the College of Education and Human


Development (Texas A&M University)’s Council of Principal Investigators (CPI). Submitted March, 2010; awarded June, 2010: $3,398.

2007 Dixon, L. Q. & Quiroz, B. Building Language and Preliteracy Skills in the Classroom: A Professional Development Program for Preschool Teachers of Spanish-speaking Children. Planning grant from Texas A&M University’s Mexican American Latino Research Center (MALRC). Submitted September, 2007; awarded October, 2007: $5,000.

2006 Quiroz, B. & Dixon, L. Q. Supporting Home Learning of School Readiness Skills: Project EASE in Spanish for Spanish-speaking Preschoolers. Proof-of-Concept grant from Texas A&M University’s Mexican American Latino Research Center (MALRC). Submitted September, 2006; awarded November, 2006: $10,000.

Unfunded

2011 Dixon, L. Q., Imhoff, B. Loureiro, V., Moyna, M.I., Vaid, J., Villalobos, J. Bilingual Voices of Texas: A Project to Document and Disseminate the Experiences of Bilingual Texans. Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Strategic Development Fund. Submitted April, 2011. $50,000 (1 year).

External

Pending

2011 Dixon, L. Q., Randel, B. & Waxman. H. Building POWER Skills for Academic Success: A Professional Development Program for Preschool Teachers. Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education. Submitted September, 2011. $1.75 million (3 years).

Unfunded

2011 Collaborator, Latino Family Storybook Reading Project (submitted through Barbara Bush Parent Center, College Station ISD). The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas Implementation Grant. Submitted March, 2011. $50,000 (1 year).

2010 Dixon, L. Q. The Language and Early Literacy Development of Chicano Children in Spanish and English. Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program. Submitted November, 2010. $150,000 (3 years).

2008 Dixon, L. Q., Quiroz, B. & Waxman. H. Building Language Together at School and at Home for Academic Success: A Classroom and Family Intervention for Spanish-speaking Preschoolers. Institute of Education


Sciences, US Department of Education. Submitted October, 2008. $1.5 million (3 years).

2007 Dixon, L. Q., Quiroz, B. & Waxman. H. Building Language Together at School and at Home for Academic Success: A Classroom and Family Intervention for Spanish-speaking Preschoolers. Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education. Submitted November, 2007. $1.5 million (3 years).

2007 Quiroz, B., Dixon, L. Q. & Waxman, H. Building Language Together: Language and Pre-Literacy Skills for Spanish-speaking Head Start Families. Head Start-University Partnership Research Grants: English Language Learners in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs, Department of Health and Human Services. Submitted May, 2007. $500,000 (3 years).

2007 Walters, L. M., Quiroz, B., Dixon, L. Q., Hammer, J. & Waxman, H. Project SI: Spanish for Instructors. National Professional Development Program, US Department of Education. Submitted March, 2007. $700,000 (3 years).

2006 Dixon, L. Q. Preparing Bilingual Children for School Success: Project EASE for Latinos in Texas. National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Submitted November, 2006. $55,000 (1 year).

PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2004-2006 Reading First Impact Study (Client: U.S. Department of Education)National evaluation of the impact of the Reading First program, using a regression discontinuity design with 250 schools (half Reading First, half comparison) in 13 states

2004-2006 Study of the Implementation of Reading First (Client: U.S. Department of Education)National study of the implementation of the Reading First program using a survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,000 Reading First and 500 comparison schools

2003-2004 Theory and Practice of Multilevel Modeling (Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation)Mentor: Professor John Willett

2002-2003 Research Design (Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation)Mentor: Professor Terry Tivnan

2003 The Relationship between English Oral-language and Preliteracy Skills among Kindergarten Students in Singapore (Funding Agency: Harvard Graduate School of Education), Dissertation StudyAdvisor: Professor Catherine Snow


2001-2002 Language Planning and Education Policy in Singapore (Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation)Mentor: Professor Catherine Snow

2001-2002 Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation StudyPrincipal Investigators: Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco

2000-2001 Transfer of Reading Skills from Spanish to English ProjectPrincipal Investigator: Maria Carlo

1991 “One Big Group of All Successes”: The Mediation of Individual and Community Needs at The Chase School, Senior Thesis, 1991Advisor: Professor Jean DeBernardi

1990 The Role and Status of the English Language among the Chinese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Funding Agency: Ford Foundation)Advisor: Professor Jean DeBernardi

TEACHING HONORS

2011 Nominated, Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award 10 graduate students spontaneously wrote a nomination letter

2011 Nominated, John J. Koldus Faculty and Staff Achievement Award for interest in student growth and education

2011 Nominated, Association of Former Students College Level Award for Teaching to recognize superior classroom teachers who maintain high expectations of

their students and who ensure academic rigor in their courses

GRADUATE STUDENT HONORS

2011 TLAC “Top-Off” Doctoral Student Award to Renata Burgess-Brigham (Advisor)

2011 Dissertation of the Year Award to Hui-Kai Chuang (Co-Chair)

2011 Dissertation Fellowship, Texas A&M University to Jee-Young Shin (Chair)

2011 George Kunze Award to Jing Zhao (Member) First COEHD student to receive this university-wide award for academic

excellence & good citizenship

2011 Lechner Scholar Award to Renata Burgess-Brigham (Advisor)

2011 Regents Fellowship to Renata Burgess-Brigham (Advisor)

2011 Diversity Fellowship to Renata Burgess-Brigham (Advisor)


2009 Barbara Bush 2009-2010 Doctoral Research Fellowship, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy to Jee-Young Shin (Chair)

TEACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2011 Enhancing Faculty Invovement with Graduate Studetns through Improved Mentoring Strategies. Texas A&M University. Presented by Dr. Howard G. Adams.

2011 Peer teaching evaluation. Evaluated Dr. Zohreh Eslami, was evaluated by Dr. Cindy Boettcher.

2011 Apple Education Seminar. Texas A&M University. Presented by Dr. James Kelley.

2011 Cyber Learning Conference. Texas A&M University. Presented by Dr. Dennie Smith, Dr. Yolanda Columbus, and others.

2010 Peer teaching evaluation. Was evaluated by Dr. Jack Helfeldt.

2009-2010 Virtual Instructor Certificate Program. Texas A&M University. Presented by Deborah Harrison, Dr. Yolanda Columbus, Ben Smith, & Paola Perez Guarda.

2009 Peer teaching evaluation. Evaluated Dr. Barbara Erwin, was evaluated by Dr. Pat Larke.

2008 Peer teaching evaluation. Evaluated Dr. Cindy Boettcher, was evaluated by Dr. Steve Carpenter.

2007 Peer teaching evaluation. Evaluated Dr. Mary Margaret Capraro, was evaluated by Dr. Zohreh Eslami.

NEW COURSES CREATED/ CURRICULAR REVISIONSEDCI 653: Education Policy for Language-Minority Students (approved as new course)EDCI 689: Cognitive Development in Young LearnersEDCI 614: ESL in International and Intercultural ContextsEDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture

COURSES TAUGHT

2011-2012EDCI 602: Cultural Foundations of Education (Fall) Online EDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture (Fall)

2010-2011EDCI 602: Cultural Foundations of Education (Spring) Online EDCI 689: Education Policy for Language-Minority Students (Fall) Hybrid EDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture (Fall) OnlineEDCI 685: English Language Policy of Turkey (Fall)

2009-2010


EDCI 602: Cultural Foundations of Education (Spring) Online EDCI 614: ESL in International and Intercultural Contexts (Fall) EDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture (Fall) Online

2008-2009EDCI 602: Cultural Foundations of Education (Spring) Online INST 332: Second Language Instruction and Assessment (Spring) EDCI 689: Education Policy for Language-Minority Students (Fall) Hybrid

2007-2008EDCI 689: Cognitive Development in Young Learners (Spring) Hybrid EDCI 614: ESL in International and Intercultural Contexts (Fall) EDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture (Fall)

2006-2007EDCI 689: Early Childhood Education of Language-Minority Students: Psycholinguistic and Policy Perspectives (Spring) EDCI 650: The Bilingual/Multicultural Child in Family and Culture (Fall)

GRADUATE COMMITTEES

DoctoralEsmeralda Lopez, EPSY (Member), graduated August, 2011Jing Zhao (Member), graduated May, 2011Ruth Brazile (Co-Chair), graduated August, 2010Hui-Kai Chuang (Co-Chair), graduated May, 2010Jung-Hsuan Su (Chair)Jee-Young Shin (Chair), to graduate May, 2012Melike Unal Gezer (Chair)Sue Wedde (Co-Chair)Shuang Wu (Chair)Zainab Abdulameer Ahmed Allaith (Member)Kathy Hogan (Member)Astri Julia (Member)Ahlam Musa (Member)

Master’s Noemi Arellano, EPSY (Member), to graduate May 2012Meagan Wilganowski (Member)Alane Blakely, EPSY (Member), graduated December 2011Suyeon Kim (Chair), graduated December, 2011Huidi Wang, EPSY (Member), graduated December 2010Paola Perez Guarda, EPSY (Co-Chair), graduated May 2009Catherine Matthews (Co-Chair), graduated December 2008Chao-Yu Hung (Co-Chair), graduated May 2008

SERVICE


2011-2012 Editorial Board, Malaysian Journal of Education and InstructionReviewer, Developmental PsychologyReviewer, Reading and WritingReviewer, Applied PsycholinguisticsReviewer, Language and EducationMember, Literacy Studies Group (university-level cross-disciplinary academic interest group)Member, Language Matters (university-level cross-disciplinary academic interest group)Member, COEHD Globalization CommitteeMember, ESL/Bilingual Education Collaborative Committee(Cross-Department committee dedicated to furthering collaboration across departments and disciplines)Member, Faculty/Staff Awards CommitteeMember, TLAC Seminar CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language and Reading Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Specialization Doctoral Program CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Doctoral Admissions Committee

2010-2011 Developed an efficacy instrument, an attitude instrument and a knowledge instrument for evaluating the Abriendo Puertas parent engagement programIn-Field Judge, Student Research Week 2011Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association annual conferenceReviewer, Applied PsycholinguisticsReviewer, Learning and Individual DifferencesMember, Literacy Studies Group (university-level cross-disciplinary academic interest group)Member, Language Matters (university-level cross-disciplinary academic interest group)Member, ESL/Bilingual Education Collaborative Committee(Cross-Department committee dedicated to furthering collaboration across departments and disciplines)Member, English as a Second Language and Reading Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Specialization Doctoral Program CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Doctoral Admissions Committee


2009-2010 Reviewer, Applied PsycholinguisticsChair, Writing: Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics Students (March 6, 2010, 10:10 – 11:50, Georgia 10). Session at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, GAMember, Literacy Studies Group (university-level cross-disciplinary academic interest group)Member, ESL/Bilingual Education Collaborative Committee(Cross-Department committee dedicated to furthering collaboration across departments and disciplines)Member, Early Childhood Education Search CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Program CommitteeMember, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Admissions CommitteeMember, Early Childhood Education Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Doctoral Admissions Committee

2008-2009 Reviewer, TESOL QuarterlyReviewer, Language and Education Member, Early Childhood Education Search CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Program CommitteeMember, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Admissions CommitteeMember, Early Childhood Education Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Doctoral Admissions Committee

2007-2008 Reviewer, Language and Education Chair, Early Childhood Education Specialization CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Program CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Admissions CommitteeMember, Studies in English as a Second Language and Early Childhood Education CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Specialization Committee

2006-2007 Reviewer, Asia Pacific Journal of Education Chair, Early Childhood Education Specialization CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Program CommitteeChair, Early Childhood Education Doctoral Admissions CommitteeMember, Studies in English as a Second Language and Early Childhood Education CommitteeReviewer, ERE Conference Proposals Member, English as a Second Language Specialization CommitteeMember, English as a Second Language Doctoral Admissions Committee

CONSULTING

2006 Lead Trainer, Instructional Practices in Reading Inventory Training, Reading First Impact Study. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. Contract


from Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Association of Applied LinguisticsAmerican Educational Research Association International Reading AssociationSociety for Research on Educational EffectivenessSociety for the Scientific Study of ReadingTeachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

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