Project Team
Principal Investigator
Trish Stoddart is a Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Stoddart is an expert at improving the teaching of science in culturally and linguistically diverse classroom. She has extensive experience in research on instructional innovation and science education and has led several large federally funded projects including the NSF funded Local Systemic Initiative LASERS (Language Acquisition through Science Education for Rural Schools) which brought together seven school districts to improve the teaching of science to English Language
Co-Principal Investigators
Marco Bravo is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at San Francisco State University. Dr. Bravo is an expert in the integration of science language literacy and teaching science to ELL and has published seven articles on this topic in the past five years. He is an expert curriculum developer and teacher educator. He previously served as a postdoctoral researcher on the NSF funded Seeds of Science: Roots of Reading project.
Alberto J. Rodriguez is a Professor in the Department of Policy Studies in Language and Cross-Cultural Education at San Diego State
Jerome Shaw is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz where his research focuses on the assessment of student learning in science. Dr. Shaw received his doctorate from the Stanford University School of Education and has extensive experience working with K-12 science educators to enhance science teaching and learning, especially for English Language Learners.
David Whitenack is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Elementary Education at San José State University, where he teaches courses on meeting the needs of English language learners and teacher leadership, and advises MA students in the Critical Research Academy (CRA) and Literacy Across the Curriculum for an Equitable Society (LACES) programs. Dr. Whitenack's research focuses on professional development that integrates academic English language development and content-area instruction, including in professional development school (PDS) contexts.
Project Team
UC Santa CruzTrish Stoddart, Principal Investigator Jerome Shaw, Co-Principal Investigator Graduate Student Researchers: Preetha Menon Collaborators: Sara Tolbert, Ed Lyon, Jorge Solis, |
San Diego State UniversityAlberto Rodriguez, Co-Principal Investigator San Francisco State UniversityMarco Bravo, Co-Principal Investigator San Jose State UniversityDavid Whitenack, Co-Principal Investigator Alie Victorine |