Theresa Y. Austin, Professor
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976
M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1991

Professional Interests

Bilingualism Through Second and Foreign Language Education; Sociocultural Issues in Second Language Learning; Language and Literacy Policy and Planning; Cross-Cultural Pragmatics; Technology-Assisted Language Learning; Bilingual, Second and World Language Teacher Education; ESL/Bilingual Testing and Evaluation.

Maria José Botelho, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst (Elementary Education), 1984
B.A., (Cultural Anthropology), 1996
M.Ed., (Reading and Writing), 1996
Ed.D., (Language, Literacy, and Culture), 2004

Phone: 413-545-1110
E-Mail: mbotelho@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Critical literacies; the possibilities and challenges of multiliteracies pedagogies; critical multicultural analysis of children’s and young adult literature; critical collaborative inquiry as professional learning; and rethinking school literacy practices through the exploration and convergence of critical literacies, multiliteracies, and Waldorf language arts practices.

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Barbara Hruska, Lecturer

B.A. 1981 University of Massachusetts, Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum

M.A.1987 University of Houston, Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language

Ed.D 1999 University of Massachusetts, English as a Second Language

Phone: 212 545 7044

E-Mail: bhruska@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests
Classroom Interaction, Gender in the Classroom, Teacher Development, Teacher Mentoring, ELL and Bilingual Program Models

Denise K. Ives, Assistant Professor
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1994
M.A., Saginaw Valley State University, 2002
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2008

Phone: 413-545-0660
E-Mail: dives@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Literacy Education, Multiliteracies, African American Language, Critical Sociocultural Theory, and Ethnographic and Case Study Methodology.

Marie-Christine Polizzi, Lecturer and Advisor for ESL Licensure Program

B.S., Psychology, Universite de Toulouse Le Mirail, France, 1997
M.S., Social & Organizational Psychology, Universite de Toulouse, 1998
M.A., Hispanic Literature and Linguistics, Purdue University, 2005
PhD candidate, Spanish Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006-present

Phone: (413) 545-3675
E-Mail: mpolizzi@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Applied and Educational Linguistics, Sociocultural Theory (Vygotskyan Framework) and Critical Sociocultural Theories applied to L2 Learning/Teaching, Bi- and Multilingualism, SLA, L2 development, Concept-Based Pedagogy, Dynamic Assessment.

Masha Kabakow Rudman, Professor Emerita
B.A., Hunter, 1953
M.S., 1956
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970

Phone: 413-545-1116
E-Mail: rudman@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Issues in Children's Literature; Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature; Helping Children Cope with Loss/Bibliotherapy; Elementary Teacher
Education; Curriculum Integration; Multicultural Education.

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K.C. Nat Turner, Assistant Professor
B.A., Brown University, 1999
Ed.M., Harvard University, 2001
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2008

Phone: 413-577-0497
E-Mail: nturner@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Multimodal media production in the development of multiliteracies (especially critical media literacies);language and literacy practices of culturally and linguistically diverse urban adolescents (particularly African Americans) in school and non-school settings; racial justice/reparations in education; hip hop studies; community/school/university collaboration.

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Laura A. Valdiviezo, Assistant Professor
B.A., Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, 1993
M.A., Clark University, 1996
Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006

Phone: 413-545-7043
E-Mail: lav@educ.umass.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Professional Interests

Teachers' implementations of educational policy, in particular on their interpretations of language policy and policy that affirms multicultural education and diversity in schools. The research takes a socio-cultural approach to study the implementation of policy and conceives teachers as political actors who can inform both policy and practice. This research analyzes teachers' beliefs and practices in educational settings that host culturally and linguistically diverse students.

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Jerri Willett, Professor
Department Chair
B.A., Florida, 1967
M.A., San Francisco, 1971
M.Ed., Hong Kong, 1980
Ph.D., Stanford, 1987

Phone: 413-545-0246
E-Mail: willett@educ.umass.edu

Professional Interests

Second Language and Literacy Socialization; Home/School Connections; Second Language Teacher Education; Ethnographic Research Methods; Content Instruction for Second Language Development.

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