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Faculty Name

Research Interests & Expertise

Email

1

• Mathematics achievement
• Mathematics teaching Efficacy
• Arts-based instruction
• Interdisciplinary curriculum
• International comparative studies

saan@utep.edu

2

• Mathematics education
• Mathematics teacher preparation
• STEM Education
• Pre-service mathematics teacher preparation
• Mathematical modeling

dcarrejo@utep.edu

3

• Discourse and Communication in Science Education
• Dialogic Pedagogy
• Science Identity
• Youth Empowerment and Internship
• Project-Based Learning

phsu3@utep.edu

4

• Applied mathematics
• Curriculum development with a focus on STEM integration
• Mathematics education in teacher preparation
• Embedding technology in learning
• Cognitive growth in elementary and advanced mathematical thinking

olgak@utep.edu

5

• Cultural studies in science education
• Cultural border crossing in science education with an emphasis in Latin America
• Science curriculum
• Art and science
• Scientists and teachers

wjmedinajerez@utep.edu

6

• Teacher knowledge/knowing and its relation to teaching practice and student performance
• Cross-national studies in mathematics education
• Engineering of teacher learning
• Cognition and mathematical representation

mouratt@utep.edu

7

• Educational technology and instructional design
• STEM career pipeline and mainline
• STEM educator professional development
• Diffusion of innovations in K-12
• Virtual and physical simulations of learning systems

datillman@utep.edu

8

• Learning Sciences
• STEM Teaching & Learning
• Curriculum Development
• BioMaker Education
• Computer Science Education

jtwalker@utep.edu

No

Faculty Name

Research Interests & Expertise

Email

1

• Anthropology of education
• Transfronterizxs and schooling
• Visual and multimodal literacy
• Public school closures
• Youth/community media and adult literacy

ajbach@utep.edu

2

• Dual Language Education
• Engineering education in pre-K-12 and dual language settings
• Indigenous education
• Language and literacy practices in bilingual and indigenous communities
• Socio-cultural contexts of learning

mdelapiedra@utep.edu

3

• Underrepresented Groups and STEM pathways
• STEAM education
• Literacy education
• Teacher Professional Development
• Mentorship

 degolding@utep.edu

4

• Literacy Development
• Foundations of Literacy Instruction for Elementary Educators
• Literacy Assessments for Elementary Educators
• Reading Instruction for adult English language learners
• Word learning strategies to support reading accuracy among adult English language learners

rdkeller@utep.edu

• Bilingualism and biculturalism
• Bilingual education
• Diasporic belonging
• Language policy
• PBL in bilingual classrooms

• Critical Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education
• Acompañamiento
• Critical ethnographic methods
• Bilingual Teacher Preparation
• Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é/Community Partnerships

7

• Biliteracy
• Leadership in Dual Language and Districtwide Implementation
• Dual Language Teacher/Principal Competencies
• Transforming Schooling for Emergent Bilinguals/English Learners
• Contrastive Analysis in Second Language Learning

ielena@utep.edu

8

• Literacy development
• Culturally sustaining pedagogies
• Critical literacy
• Art education
• Discourse analysis 

sjjohnson2@utep.edu

9

• Multicultural education in young children’s classrooms
• Literacy development
• Early critical literacy practices
• Children's Literature
• Children's Language and Literacy Development

skim7@utep.edu

10

• Academic reading and writing in secondary/post-secondary settings
• Asset-based approaches to teaching and learning
• Literacy and community-based education in international contexts
• Literacy/Biliteracy practices of immigrant and Transfronterizo/a youth
• Adults across school community and civil society contexts

elmein2@utep.edu

11

• Communities of practice
• Literacy teaching and assessment
• Policy sense-making
• Special education
• Teacher development

kmein@utep.edu

12

• Dual language/bilingual education
• Language policy
• Social identification
• Linguistic anthropology of education
• Ethnographic methods

ksmortimer@utep.edu

13

• Empowerment education
• Identity
• Immigrant students
• Migrant education
• Sociocultural Influence on Learning

rreyes9@utep.edu

14

• Bilingual education
• Biliteracy
• Education of underrepresented minorities
• Second language acquisition
• Two-way dual language programs

tinajero@utep.edu

No

Faculty Name

Research Interests & Expertise

Email

1

• Educational anthropology
• Identity, space, and nation
• Policy
• Transnationalism
• Political economy

cconvertino@utep.edu

2

• Economic Education
• Educational policy
• Social studies education
• Texas history
• US History

jherrera13@utep.edu

3

• Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice
• Current Topics in Multiculturalism
• Diversity in Classroom Settings
• Social relations of power
• Critical pedagogy

crossatto@utep.edu

4

• Educational anthropology
• Transnationalism
• Identities and ideologies in education
• Critical approaches to TESOL
• Globalization and language use

cullman@utep.edu

5

• Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Education teacher stress and warmth
• Head Start
• Child outcomes in cognitive and socioemotional domains
• Teacher Voices

cawiltshire@utep.edu