Professor, Department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies, College of Education
Dr. Austin’s research draws on critical race and sociocultural theories. From a broader social perspective, as well as from a discursive microanalytic level, she examines language and literacy policies and planning for multilingual (bilingual+) learners and teachers. Her transnational scholarship addresses ethnolinguistic and cross cultural issues in planning language and literacy curriculum, teacher inquiry, technology-assisted learning, assessment and evaluation for learning second and world languages (African American English, ESL/EFL, Spanish, Japanese, etc).
She conducts sociohistorical research, ethnographies of communication, and critical discourse analysis for inquiry to responsibly address the instructional needs of diverse, historically underserved communities. Her most recent research examines multimodal learning within multiliterate and multilingual contexts.
Her scholarship appears in Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, Modern Language Journal, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Journal, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language Report, Journal of Educational Foundations, Foreign Language Annals, Teachers College Record, and others.Currently she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Dialogic Pedagogy. She has served on the editorial advisory boards of several journals: Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, among others.
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About Theresa Y. Austin
Dr. Austin’s research draws on critical race and sociocultural theories. From a broader social perspective, as well as from a discursive microanalytic level, she examines language and literacy policies and planning for multilingual (bilingual+) learners and teachers. Her transnational scholarship addresses ethnolinguistic and cross cultural issues in planning language and literacy curriculum, teacher inquiry, technology-assisted learning, assessment and evaluation for learning second and world languages (African American English, ESL/EFL, Spanish, Japanese, etc).
She conducts sociohistorical research, ethnographies of communication, and critical discourse analysis for inquiry to responsibly address the instructional needs of diverse, historically underserved communities. Her most recent research examines multimodal learning within multiliterate and multilingual contexts.
Her scholarship appears in Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, Modern Language Journal, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Journal, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language Report, Journal of Educational Foundations, Foreign Language Annals, Teachers College Record, and others.Currently she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Dialogic Pedagogy. She has served on the editorial advisory boards of several journals: Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, among others.
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Chancellor's Exceptional Merit 2013-14
- Nominated for the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2016), Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011-2012, 2010-2011, and Nominated for Outstanding teacher 2002-2003, 2000-2001
- 2017-18 faculty fellowship Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity & Equity (TIDE) Ambassadors
- Spring-Fall 2017 Student Centered Teaching & Learning (SCTL) Fellow
- Excellence in Leadership, Heritage Language Special Interest Group, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2015
- AERA Division K Innovations in Research on Diversity in Teaching & Teacher Education Award- ACCELA Alliance 2012 – Director, Bachelor of General Science Interdisciplinary Studies in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Communities
- Phi Kappa Phi, UMASS, Inductee 2011.
- AERA L2 Special Interest Group Service Award, 2011
- Service Recognition, AERA Bilingual Research Special Interest Chair, 2010
- Service & Leadership Award, AERA Bilingual Research Special Interest Group, 2009.
- Teachnology Award, Technology award for innovation teaching with technology. UMASS, 2004-05.
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow. Social Science Research Council /Japan Program - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. UMASS, 1997-99.
- New York State Association for Foreign Language Teaching, Leadership Award. NYU,1994
- Writing Across the Curriculum Participant, Queens College. 1990-91
- African American Enrichment Center, Certificate of Recognition, California State University, Northridge, 1987
- Graduate Advancement Research Assistantship. UCLA, 1985-86
- Charles F. Scott Fellowship. UCLA, 1984-86
- 1981-82
- Graduate Division Travel Grant. UCLA, 1982
- California State Scholarship. 1972-76
- Alumni Award of Merit. UCLA. 1972-72
Courses
- EDUC 611 Testing, Assessment, & Evaluation In Language Education
- EDUC 750 Apprenticing to Research in Language, Literacy & Culture
- EDUC 749 Seminar on (Bilingualism) Multilingualism & Society
- EDUC 792 Seminar on Language
- EDUC 615S Language & Literacy, Policy and Planning
- EDUC 615L Seminar on Crosscultural Communication Research in Education-Critical Race Theories
- EDUC 815 Researching Language, Literacy and Culture in Education (Ethnography)
- EDUC 734 Understanding Research in Language, Literacy, & Culture
Contact Information
260 Furcolo Hall
813 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: 413-545-0138
Tel 2: 413-545-0246
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