About the Authors

Raquel T. Anderson

Raquel T. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington.  Her areas of research include typical and atypical grammatical development in monolingual Spanish and bilingual Spanish-English preschoolers.

Michael Brunn

Michael Brunn teaches literacy and language acquisition in the College of Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He was educated in linguistic anthropology and education and his research focuses on sociolinguistics and language issues. He also has a background working with minorities and indigenous people in Washington and Alaska.

Rita Brusca-Vega

Rita Brusca-Vega is a professor at Northeastern Illinois University in the Department of Special Education. With the support of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education, OSERS, she initiated and continues to coordinate the university's teacher preparation programs in bilingual/ESL special education at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Norbert Francis

Norbert Francis teaches courses in language learning and language teaching at Northern Arizona University. His research interests include first and second language literacy learning and language development in bilingual children. He is presently director of the project Oral Narrative, Intercultural Communication, and Indigenous Language Maintenance, sponsored by the US/Mexico Fund for Culture.

Stephen B. Kucer

Stephen B. Kucer is an associate professor of language and literacy education in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University at Lincoln Center. He teaches courses on the interdisciplinary dimensions of literacy and psycholinguistics.

Aida A. Nevárez-La Torre

Aida A. Nevárez-La Torre is an associate professor of education in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology at Temple University.

Karen L. Newman

Karen L. Newman is pursuing doctoral studies in language education, with a minor in TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. Ms. Newman received her B.A. in Psychology and German at the University of California, Irvine, and her M.A. in Germanic Studies from Indiana University. She currently teaches foreign language and ESL/bilingual methods courses for pre-service teachers. She has also taught learning skills courses at Indiana University's Student Academic Center, as well as college-level German. Additionally, she taught EFL in Austria and Germany. Research interests include language teaching methodology, language policy, aesthetic and social reform movements, and alternative education.

Martha Nyikos

Martha Nyikos is chair of the Language Education Department at Indiana University, Bloomington, and director of Foreign and Second Language Education. She serves on the editorial board of the Modern Language Journal, and has lectured and taught teacher education courses in Australia, Africa, Europe, and Asia. She has published large-scale studies on language learning strategies. In teacher education her research includes collaboration, constructivist approaches, and teacher resistance to change in bilingual, multilingual and multicultural settings. Her webpage may be found at: http://php.indiana.edu/~nyikos

Sandra L. Pucci

Sandra L. Pucci is an assistant professor of bilingual education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where she teaches in, and directs the Bilingual Education Program. Her research interests include primary language maintenance in inmigrant contexts and predicting second language reading success.

Pamela Reyes-Wasson

Pamela Reyes-Wasson is a bilingual special education teacher at Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies in Chicago, Illinois. Her current research involves teachers' perceptions of inclusion in the Chicago Public Schools. She completed her M.A. in Special Education, Learning Disabilities (bilingual/ESL concentration) at Northeastern Illinois University.

Cecilia Silva

Cecilia Silva is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Christian University, School of Education. Her research interests focus on bilingual, English as a second language (ESL), and multicultural education.

Nydia I. Torres-Burgo

Nydia I. Torres-Burgo is an early childhood teacher who works with the Hispanic population in the communities of Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois. She coordinates the parent program for the children served in these communities. She completed her M.A. in Special Education: Learning Disabilities (Bilingual/ESL Concentration) at Northeastern Illinois University.

Sharon H. Ulanoff

Sharon H. Ulanoff is an associate professor of multilingual/multicultural education at California State University, San Marcos. Her research interests include literacy and biliteracy, second language writing acquisition, and the teacher as researcher.