Opportunities for Graduate Students
Position Openings at STEPS to Literacy Research Project
2 Doctoral Research Fellow position openings and 1 to 2
Graduate Assistant position openings to participate in a
federally-funded research intervention project to support Latino
Adolescents' academic literacy. Click here for job descriptions.
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Announces Doctoral Student Fellowships
The City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute at The City
College (CUNYDSI), the only university-based research unit in the United
States devoted exclusively to the gathering, dissemination, and production
of knowledge on Dominicans and their culture and society, is offering four
(4) one-year fellowships for research-related work in Dominican Studies at
the CUNY DSI for qualified doctoral students completing their studies at
universities in the United States. More info >>
AAHHE Fellowships for Latino Graduate Students
The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Inc. is now accepting applications for the AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows Program. Fellows will attend the 2010 AAHHE National Conference: "Raices y Alas / Roots and Wings: A Mal Tiempo / Buena Cara." The conference will be held March 4-6, 2010 at the Hilton Costa Mesa Hotel in Costa Mesa, CA. Participation in the AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows Program will begin on March 2nd, continue throughout the conference, and end at noon on March 7th. More info >>Faculty News
Professors Receive $1.5 Million
Award from the Institute for Educational Sciences
Professors Jo Anne Kleifgen
and Chuck Kinzer have received a $1.5 million, three-year award from
the Institute of Educational Sciences (Department of Education), for
their project entitled STEPS to Literacy: A Digital Writing Space
for English Language Learners. Both are affiliated with the Center
for Multiple Languages and Literacies (Professor Kleifgen is Co-Director
of the Center). The project begins September 1, 2009.
STEPS to Literacy will
develop a technology-based intervention with a curricular approach to
support and increase ELL students’ academic writing attainment in
English. This intervention will specifically seek to improve the writing
of English Language Learners (ELLs), who are emergent bilinguals, through
multimodal, web-based software based on an anchored instruction/situated
model that incorporates the best knowledge about teaching writing and
the ELL adolescent population. Read more >>
Fall 2009 Events
“The Educational Needs and Strengths of Mexican Youth and Families”A Multidisciplinary ConferenceOctober 2 and 3, 2009 at Teachers College, Columbia UniversityConference Theme: The
goal of the conference is to explore the educational opportunities and
experiences—from early childhood to adulthood—of Mexican youth and
families in the tri-state area. Our aim is to incorporate diverse
backgrounds and perspectives. For this reason, researchers, teachers,
community organizations, Mexican families, and students are encouraged
to respond to this call for proposals.
Friday October 2nd Events:
Roundtable Discussion:
What We Can Learn from Mexican Americans
and U.S. Education from International Comparisons
Richard Alba, Graduate Center, CUNY
Margaret Gibson, University
of California, Santa Cruz
Carola Suárez-Orozco,
New York University
Maurice
Crul, University of Amsterdam
The
Pedagogical Imagination and Mexican American Youth:
Teaching toward
Possibility
Kris Gutierrez Professor
and Provost's Chair University of Colorado at Boulder
President Elect of AERA Saturday October 3rd Events:
State Dream
Acts and Latino Immigrant Youth:
Public Policy, College Access, and Geography
Stella FloresAssistant Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education at Vanderbilt University
