My research examines how systemic oppressions, such as racism, ableism, and linguicism, impact the educational trajectories and outcomes of secondary students experiencing multiple marginalizations. She is particularly interested in how teachers play a role in perpetuating/disrupting inequities in their instruction and how critical and contemplative pedagogies may be used as tools for social justice in the classroom.
EDUC 4535 - Assessment for Bilingual Learners
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Fall 2025
Introduce students to the theory, methods, practice, and problems in the testing and assessment of bilingual students at the classroom and large-scale level. Topics include the specification of English Learners as a student population and the assessment of their language proficiency and academic achievement. The course additionally addresses reliability, validity, and fairness in the testing of linguistically diverse populations.
EDUC 8615 - Designing for Linguistic Diversity in Education Research
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Spring 2026
Examines ways in which issues of language can affect the validity of educational research. Discusses how language can be properly addressed with a multidisciplinary perspective through different stages in the process of an investigation, including design, sampling, data collection, and data analysis. Provides the conceptual basis for addressing linguistic diversity from a multidisciplinary perspective.
