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Assistant Professor Christina DeNicolo

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

My broad research interests include equity and the literacy education of culturally and linguistically diverse students, biliteracy in multilingual classrooms, and student use of cultural and linguistic resources in language arts classrooms. An additional focus of mine is the development of cross-cultural understandings by teachers and students in multicultural settings.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Social, Multicultural & Bilingual Foundations, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004
M.A., Elementary Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994
B.A., Spanish and Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1988

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • García, G.E. & DeNicolo, C.P. (In press). Making informed decisions about the language and literacy assessment of English language learners. In L. Helman (Ed.) Literacy instruction with English learners in the elementary grades: What, why and how? New York: Guilford Press.
  • DeNicolo, C. P. & Fránquiz, M. E. (2006). "Do I have to say it?" Critical encounters with multicultural children's literature. Language Arts, 84(2), 157-170.
  • McGinley, W., Meacham, S., DeNicolo, C., & Conley, K. (2000). Learning to teach and the pedagogy of adult mentors in an urban after-school program. National Reading Conference Yearbook, 49, 487-499.