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Rebecca M Callahan
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center, College of Liberal Arts
Fellow, Sid W. Richardson Regents Chair in Community College Leadership

Phone: +1 512 471 8347
Email: callahan@prc.utexas.edu
Office: SZB 374C
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Dr. Callahan's primary research interests center on the academic preparation of immigrant, language minority adolescents as they transition from high school into young adulthood. She is presently involved in several research projects which explore the effects of school context, social and academic processes, and teachers' pedagogical practices on the academic and civic development of language minority students, as well as students identified with learning disabilities. She also heads the NSF-DRK-12 Project, Design Technology in Engineering education for English Learners-DTEEL . Recent publications have focused on the effects of English as a second language (ESL) placement on college preparatory achievement outcomes among language minority adolescents; primary language use and college-going among language minority students; and school context and academic preparation on the political participation of immigrant young adults. Her recently published work appears in American Educational Research Journal, Educational Policy, Social Science Quarterly, Theory and Research in Social Education, and the American Journal of Education. Dr. Callahan is also a Faculty Research Affiliate with the Population Research Center, Education in the Transition to Adulthood Group . In addition, she is a Public Voices Fellow in the OpEd Project; recent public scholarship can be viewed here and [https://thehill.com/opinion/education/426549-an-education-forward-democratic-platform-democracys-silver-bullet] here .




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