The Bilingual/Bicultural Education (BBE) program provides expertise for students to become leaders in a field of growing importance. BBE students develop a critical perspective that allows them to advocate for bilingual educators, administrators, children, and families both in and outside the K-12 education system. Working alongside faculty, BBE graduate students develop a knowledge base in research and practice in the areas of: language policy and bilinguals’ educational program development; second language acquisition; biliteracy; effective bilingual and ESL instructional practices; bilingual and ESL teacher preparation; and theories of immigration. In addition, our thriving undergraduate Bilingual Teacher Certification program offers students extensive opportunities to experience research and theory in practice in the classroom.
Faculty
 Paty Abril-GonzalezAssistant ProfessorResearch interests include relationship building among bilingual Latinx elementary students, their families, and their teachers. |
 Lucy Camarillo-MayLecturerA member of the UT Proyecto Maestría Collaborative, she is a leader in Bilingual and Bicultural Education. |
 María FránquizProfessorExamines ethnographic language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms, specifically focusing on how Latinx critical race theory explains the relationship between heritage language and culture and the evolving identities of future teachers. |
 Elaine K. HorwitzProfessorStudies language acquisition from the perspective of second language learners, and how they affect the learning process. |
 Nayelli RamosClinical Assistant ProfessorFocuses on equitable dual language programs, biliteracy, and bilingual and ESL teacher preparation. |
 Haydeé RodríguezClinical Assistant ProfessorPrepares students to become educators in bilingual and ESL education and mentors novice bilingual educators. |
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