Language and Literacy Studies
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Language and Literacy Studies are called many things—English, Language Arts, Reading, Literacy—and its complexity and significance is increasing more than ever in the 21st century. Our faculty and students contribute to the ways literacy education is changing in digital environments within an increasingly diverse communication landscape.
Our master’s and Ph.D. programs focus on educational research in the ways children learn and re-learn how to read and compose in an evolving world. This includes an increase in the number of genres, media, cultures, and languages within a community. Our programs give educators the opportunity to think deeply about teaching and learning in diverse classrooms and communities. We provide students with theoretically sound, research-based ways of growing their knowledge of Language and Literacy Education. Students in our program go on to become certified teachers, professors, and policy influencers for education.
Faculty
Studies children's literature and researches the home literacy practices of families with young children in under-resourced communities.
Dr. Flores' research focuses on Latina mothers and daughters language and literacy practices, the teaching of young writers in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies.
Brings her experience in literacy education to UT with a specialization in preparing secondary teachers to work in urban schools.
Studies literacy, language, and multicultural education, especially involving new media and globalization.
Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs.
Focuses on secondary English and literacy education in urban contexts, including among transnational youth.
Literacy teacher preparation, coaching and mentoring, equity and justice in literacy instruction
Degrees
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Our Alumni
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Georgia Department of Education, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Atlanta, GA Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, 2004
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Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, 2015
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Assistant Professor of English and English Education, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Language and Literacy Studies, 2015
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Assistant Professor of Elementary Language Arts, The Ohio State University Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, 2015
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Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, 2015
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