Assistant Professor, Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education, College of Education
Alex Reyes is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education at Georgia Southern University. She joined Georgia Southern in 2018. Her scholarly interests include critical multilingual and multilingual education, identity, language, culture, and arts integration.
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About Alexandra J. Reyes
Alex Reyes is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education at Georgia Southern University. She joined Georgia Southern in 2018. Her scholarly interests include critical multilingual and multilingual education, identity, language, culture, and arts integration.
| 2018 - Present | Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ College of Education | |
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| Present | Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education | |
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Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2022 - Present | Co-Chair, Faculty Senate Inclusive Excellence Committee, GS | 2022 - Present | Member, Faculty Senate Inclusive Excellence Committee, GS | 2022 - Present | Member, Latinx Achievement Celebration Committee, GS | 2021 - Present | Member, Academic Standards Committee, GS | 2021 - Present | Member, President’s Diversity Advisory Council (PDAC), GS | 2021 - Present | Director, Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (TCLD) Program | 2021 - 2022 | Chair, College of Education Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Committee, GS | 2020 - 2022 | Alternate, Faculty Senate Committee, GS | 2020 - 2022 | Member, Planning, Budget, and Facilities Committee, GS | 2020 - 2022 | Member, Senate Elections Committee, GS | 2019 - 2022 | Member, College of Education Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Committee, GS | 2021 | Fellow, Inclusive Excellence Workgroup, Office of Inclusive Excellence, GS | 2021 | Presenter, “Meeting Your Major Halfway,” SOAR student orientation event, GS | 2020 - 2021 | Alternate, Undergraduate Committee, GS | 2018 - 2021 | Diversity & Inclusion Faculty Fellows (DIFF), Office of Inclusive Excellence, GS | 2019 | Reader, Fall Commencement (Statesboro Campus), GS | 2018 | Member, Fulbright campus interview committee, GS |
Honors and Awards
- Nominee, AERA Hispanic Research Interests SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award (2019)
- Awardee, Georgia Southern Faculty Development Award (March 2020)
- Nominee, Georgia Southern University’s Award for Excellence, Team Award, as part of COE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2021)
- Nominee, Georgia Southern University’s Institutional Values Award for Openness and Inclusion (2022)
- Nominee, Commitment to Diversity Award, Georgia Southern University (2022)
- Nominee, Jack Miller Award for Service, Georgia Southern University (2022)
- Nominee, Jack Miller Educator of the Year Award, Georgia Southern University (2023)
- Nominee, Commitment to Diversity Award, Georgia Southern University (2023)
| 2018 | Ph.D., Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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| 2009 | M.Ed., Bilingual and Multicultural Education (ESL Emphasis), Northern Arizona University | |
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| 2003 | B.S., Spanish (7-12), Southern Connecticut State University | |
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