Multi-/bilingual education

Dr. Di Stefano is a multilingual and multicultural educator, researcher, and advocate for historically marginalized groups in education.

Prof. Valdiviezo’s interest is in re-conceptualizing and reforming schools as loci of change for social justice.

Maria José Botelho is interested in how school literacy practices can be re-imagined to affirm children’s cultural and linguistic knowledge.

Dr. Austin’s research draws on critical race and sociocultural theories to examine language and literacy policies and planning for multilingual learners.