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Lucinda Pease-Alvarez

Lucinda Pease-Alvarez   
    Title:  Associate Professor of Education
    Specialization:  Language, Literacy and Culture
    Email:  pease@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-3369 Office
    Office:  Social Sciences 1, 205
    Office Hours:  Fall 2009 Quarter: Tuesdays 11:00-2:00

Education History 
Ph.D., Education
Stanford University

Courses Taught 
EDUC 141 Bilingualism and Schooling
EDUC 220 Reading and Language Arts for Elementary Classrooms
EDUC 271 Theoretical Perspectives on Learning and Using Literacy
EDUC 276 Theory and Practice of Writing

Research Focus 
Language and literacy development, bilingual language socialization, bilingual/multicultural education, teacher development and community involvement.

Selected Publications 

Transforming Perspectives on Bilingual Language Socialization. In R. Bayley and S. Schecter (Eds.), Language socialization in bi- and multi-cultural societies. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, forthcoming.

Moving Beyond Linear Trajectories of Language Shift and Bilingual Language Socialization. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2002, 24(2), 114-137.

Spanish Proficiency and Language Use in a California Mexicano Community (with K. Hakuta and R. Bayley), Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1998, 1&2(15), 137-152.

Null Pronoun Variation in Mexican-descent ChildrenÍs Narrative Discourse (with R. Baley), Language Variation and Change, 1997, 349-371.

Attributes of Effective Programs and Classrooms Serving English Language Learners. With D. August. S anta Cruz: National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, University of California; Washington, D.C.; U. S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Resources Information Center, 1996.

Cuando el Maestro No Habla Espaöol: ChildrenÍs Bilingual Language Practices in the Classroom. With A. Winsler TESOL Quarterly, 1994, 28(3), 507-535.

Pushing Boundaries: Language and Culture in a Mexicano Community. With O. A. Vasquez and S. M. Shannon. Cambridge, England, and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Moving In and Out of Bilingualism: Investigating Native Language Maintenance and Shift in Mexican-Descent Children. Santa Cruz: National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, University of California, 1993.