Assistant Professor, Secondary Education 

Ph.D, Curriculum & Instruction (2005) Kansas State University 

M.S., Secondary Education (2000) Kansas State University (Multicultural/Urban Education
Emphasis) ESL/Dual Language Certification (2002) 

B.A., Psychology (1995) B.A., Spanish (1995) William Jewell College

Peer-Reviewed Articles

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Benefitting the educator and student alike: Effective Publications strategies for supporting the academic language development of English learner (EL) teacher candidates, Issues in Teacher Education (2011)

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Teaching English language learner students in US mainstream schools: Intersections of language, pedagogy, and power, International Journal of Inclusive Education (2010)

This study explored to what extent two groups of mainstream teachers in the midwestern region...

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Building on the cultural and linguistic capital of English learner (EL) students (with K Brooks), Multicultural Education (2009)

Approaches and strategies that value and build upon the cultural and linguistic capital of English...

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Exploring US mainstream teachers’ perspectives on use of the native language in instruction with English language learner students, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (2009)

In the US, public school teachers are currently experiencing an unprecedented increase in the number...

Critical reflection in teacher education (with M Aminy), Academic Exchange Quarterly (2008)

Contributions to Books and Monographs

English language learners’ perceptions of instructors’ feedback on their academic writing in university content-area courses (with D D. Mena), English learners in higher education: Strategies for supporting students across academic disciplines (2009)

Enhancing the academic writing skills of ELL future educators: A faculty action research project (with D D. Mena), English learners in higher education: Strategies for supporting students across academic disciplines (2009)

What do you do when the teacher is an ELL? (with M Aminy), English learners in higher education: Strategies for supporting students across academic disciplines (2009)

Conference Presentations

Enhancing multidisciplinary faculty members’ capacities to support the academic writing skills of ELL (with D D. Mena), The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE (2009)

Providing instructional feedback to ELL student writers in the mainstream classroom (with D D. Mena and K Brooks), The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) (2009)

Non-native speaking teachers: Issues and practices. (with S Frazier, S Phillabaum, H Langdon, and J Yang), San José State University Research Colloquium presented at the Northern Regional CATESOL Conference, SJSU (2008)

Technology strategies to support postsecondary English learners in their content classes. (with D D. Mena and M Lu), The Regional Conference on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, CSU Fresno (2008)

Teacher practices with ELL students in the mainstream classroom: Intersections of language, pedagogy and power, The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Conference (2008)