Studies community-based early literacy education programs for ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse groups of children.
Mitchell D Ingram, Ph.D., expected 2019 (Committee Member)
Mitch's research interests include the role of humor as a site for the mobilization of community cultural wealth, relajo in bilingual contexts and he is passionate about the different linguistic varieties, dichos, refranes, modismos, and chistes of the Spanish-speaking world. In addition, he is fascinated by how minoritized mono/bilingual Spanish-speakers leverage humor in both affiliative and disaffiliative ways to navigate hegemonic systems and what this could mean for theory, pedagogy, and practice.
Chrysta Naron (Supervisor)
Lo DeWalt (Co-supervisor)
I am interested in research on children's literature, in-service teacher professional learning, and literacy coaching.