Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies Faculty
RICKY LEE ALLEN
Associate Professor, Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies
Program Coordinator, Educational Thought & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Hokona Hall 209
Telephone: 505-277-7247
E-mail: rlallen@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., UCLA
Background: Secondary science teacher.
Research Interests: Sociology of education; critical studies of whiteness; critical race theory; and critical pedagogy.
Scholarship Interests: Theoretical aspects of these areas, most specifically on the racial politics of critical educational and social thought.
Courses: Whiteness Seminar; Critical Race Theory; Seminar in Educational Studies; Paulo Freire; and Philosophy of Education.
REBECCA BLUM MARTINEZ
Professor, Bilingual/ESL
Director, Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE)
Office: Hokona Hall 248
Telephone: 505-277-4972
E-mail: rebeccab@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of California Berkeley
Background: ESL/Bilingual teacher in New Mexico and Mexico.
Research Interests: Bilingualism; second language acquisition; language maintenance and use in immigrant and indigenous communities.
Courses: ESL Methods; Research Issues in Bilingual Classrooms & Communities; 1st & 2nd Language Development; La Ensenanza de la Lectoescritura; Naturalistic Inquiry; Dual Language Immersion Programs.
GREG CAJETE
Associate Professor, American Indian Education
Director of Native American Studies
Office: Mesa Vista Hall 3080
Telephone: 505-277-3917
E-mail: Gcajete@aol.com
Education: Ph.D., International College Los Angeles
Background: Secondary and adult education; social science education.
Research Interests: Indigenous science/culturally based curricula; arts in education; multicultural environmental education; creative teaching/learning; transformational education.
Courses: Environmental Science for the Elementary Teacher; Science in Native American Education; Art in Native American Education; Educational Foundations of Native American Studies; Teaching the Native American Child; American Indian Leadership Studies and the Building of Native Nations; The Culturally-Based Curriculum; Theoretical Models of Curriculum for Community and Environmental Renewal; The Pedagogy of Native American Games.
J. ANNE CALHOON
Associate Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Program Coordinator of Literacy and Language Arts
Office: Hokona Hall 246
Telephone: 505-277-9601
E-mail: acalhoon@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., Marquette University
Background: English and choral music teacher; elementary classroom teacher K-3; learning/reading specialist; LD/MR advocate.
Research Interests: Cognitive processes in early literacy development; developmental aspects of learning and their social construction.
Courses: Teaching of Reading; Oral and Written Language.
SYLVIA CELEDON-PATTICHIS
Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL
Program Coordinator, Bilingual/TESOL
Office: Hokona Hall 232
Telephone: 505-277-2536
E-mail: sceledon@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Background: Curriculum and instruction (bilingual and mathematics education)
Research Interests: Linguistic and cultural influences on the teaching and learning of mathematics by second language learners and/or minority student populations; a recent interest involves the study of my daughter's language acquisition of Spanish, Greek, and English.
Courses: Seminar in the Education of the Bilingual Student; Supervision of Student Teachers; History and Theory of Bilingual Education; Teaching Issues in Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies; Language, Culture, and Mathematics; Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School; Master's Seminar in LLSS (CIMTE 590).
ELAINE DANIELS
Lecturer, Literacy and Language Arts
Phone: 505 277-0577
Email: edaniel1@unm.edu
Education: M.A., Northwestern University
Background: Teaching middle level language arts and literacy in public schools; pre-service education (graduate and undergraduate), literacy courses, program development, and student advising; staff member at The Walloon Institute for teachers; educational consultant for PBS and BBC on the development of the young children’s program “Animalia.”
Research Interests: Literature circles; reading and writing in the content areas; children and adolescent literature; letter writing in the classroom; reading and writing process.
Courses: Children’s Literature; Adolescent Literature; Reading and Writing in the Content Fields; Reading, Writing, and Diversity.
CARLOS A. LOPEZ LEIVA
Associate Professor, Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies; Bilingual/ESL
Office: Hokona Hall 292
Telephone: 505-277-7260
E-mail: callopez@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Background: TESOL, elementary, and secondary school teacher in Guatemala; ESL instructor, math club coordinator, and research fellow at the Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinas/os (CEMELA) in Chicago.
Research Interests: Social construction of culturally and linguistically diverse learners; dis/ability construction and positioning; social dimension of teaching, learning, and doing mathematics in different environments; critical pedagogy; identity development of Latinas/os and/or Hispanics as bilingual speakers and as doers of mathematics; mathematization processes; and practitioner and participatory action research.
Courses: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School; Integrating Mathematics, Science, & ESL; Education Across Cultures of the Southwest; Curriculum Development in Multicultural Education; The Teaching of Reading in the Bilingual Classroom (La Enseñanza de la Lectura).
HOLBROOK MAHN
Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL
Office: Hokona Hall 212
Telephone: 505-277-5887
E-mail: hmahn@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Background: Taught high school in inner city schools in Los Angeles for five years before coming to UNM.
Research Interests: ESL literacy and language acquisition; Vygotskian theory; professional development for practicing teachers.
Courses: Second Language Literacy; Teaching English as a Second Language; Literacy Across Cultures; Educating Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students; Vygotsky Seminar.
GLENABAH MARTINEZ
Associate Professor, Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies
Program Coordinator, Social Studies
Office: Hokona Hall 206
Telephone: 505-277-6047
E-mail: glenie@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Background: Rio Grande High School social studies teacher; former director and instructor of Native American Studies at UNM; curriculum writer.
Research Interests: Critical educational studies; historical literacy; Indigenous studies.
Courses: Sociocultural Foundations of Education; Sociology of Education; History of Education; Native American Studies; Secondary Social Studies Methods; School and Society; Comparative Education.
LOIS MEYER
Professor, Bilingual/ESL
Department Chair, Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Office: Hokona Hall 267
Telephone: 505-277-7244
E-mail: lsmeyer@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, UCLA
Background: ESL/Bilingual teacher, program coordinator, and curriculum specialist in California and Mexico; professor of elementary education, San Francisco State University.
Research Interests: Second language acquisition; bilingualism and bilingual education; teacher preparation and curriculum development for linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms; language policy in Mexico and the U.S.; the ethnography of indigenous bilingual education in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Courses: ESL Methods; History and Theory of Bilingual Education; Curriculum Development for Multicultural Education; Seminar in Issues of Language and Literacy.
Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Office: Hokona Hall 256
Telephone: 505-277-6376
E-mail: rmeyer@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
Background: Reading; taught primary grades for 16 years; grades 4-6 and high school teaching experience (Upward Bound Program).
Research Interests: Emerging literacy, school-based inquiry; teacher study groups; written language; intertextuality; politics of teaching and learning.
Courses: Family Literacy; Reading Seminar; Written Language Development; Critical Literacy; High Desert Writing Project director/instructor for coursework.
ELIZABETH (BETSY) NOLL
Associate Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Office: Travelstead Hall
Telephone: 505-277-9610
E-mail: enoll@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
Background: Taught language arts, reading, & other subjects at the middle school level for 16 years; have lived and taught overseas.
Research Interests: Literacy, culture, & schooling; academic writing; children's, adolescent, & multicultural literature.
Courses: Teaching of Oral & Written Language; Topics in Academic Writing; Children's and Young Adult Literature; Case Study Methodology.
TRYPHENIA B. PEELE-EADY
Assistant Professor, Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies
Office: Hokona Hall 210
Telephone: 505-277-5221
E-mail: tbpeele@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Anthropology and Linguistics
Background: Elementary classroom teacher; ethnographer.
Research Interests: Qualitative and ethnographic research; education of African American children in school and non-school community settings; teaching and learning practices in the African American community.
Courses: Introduction to Qualitative Research Mehods; Advanced Qualitative Research Methods; Education and Arican American Children; Education and Anthropology; Ethnography; Discourse Analysis.
LUCRETIA (PENNY) PENCE
Associate Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Office: Hokona Hall 201
Telephone: 505-277-6959
E-mail: ppence@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Background: Middle school teacher for 18 years; worked for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium as a consultant on teacher assessment.
Research Interests: Assessment and culture; composing; applications of literacy theory in the classroom
Courses: Teaching of Writing; Teaching of English; Sex and Gender in Education; Teaching of Literature; Creative Drama.
CHRIS SIMS
Assistant Professor, Educational Linguistics/American Indian Education
Office: Hokona Hall 216
Telephone: 505-277-3175
E-mail: simsacoma@aol.com
Education: Ph.D., University of California Berkeley
Background: Joint appointment with LLSS and Linguistics.
Research Interests: Keresan languages; language policy and planning; language pedagogy.
Courses: Issues in Language Literacy Sociocultural Studies; Curriculum Development Native American communities; Language & Education in SW Native American Communities.
YOO KYUNG SUNG
Assistant Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Office: Hokona Hall 208
Telephone: 505-277-1411
E-mail: yookyung@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
Background: Early childhood educator; children's literature and media specialist.
Research Interests: Politics in children's literature; cultural studies; immigration literature and young readers; ideology and identity in language studies; postcolonial studies and children’s literature; translation studies and international children’s literature.
Courses: Children’s Literature; Seminar in Children’s Literature.
RUTH TRINIDAD GALVAN
Associate Professor, Educational Thought & Sociocultural Studies
Office: Hokona Hall 203
Telephone: 505-277-0094
E-mail: trinidad@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Utah
Background: Adult ESL instructor and elementary bilingual teacher in Los Angles inner city schools.
Research Interests: Global, transmigrant, and transnational issues of Latin American immigrants; Latina education in the U.S.; womanist/feminist epistemologies and pedagogies.
Courses: Feminist Epistemologies and Pedagogies; Perspectives on Sex and Gender in Education; Latino/a Identities & Schooling; Introduction to Qualitative Research; Anthropology of Education.
Assistant Professor, American Indian Education
Office: Hokona Hall 201
Telephone: 505-277-1832
E-mail: vwerito@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Background: Elementary & Secondary education Teacher, Navajo Language Teacher, Language & Cultural Resource teacher, Native American Studies, Native American History and Navajo Curriculum Writer/Developer, Native Language assessment development, and Navajo and Indigenous Education.
Research Interests: Dine Education, Dine Language, Indigenous Pedagogy, Critical Indigenous Theory, Indigenous Language revitalization, Indigenous Research, Critical Race Theory, Critical Pedagogy, Multicultural Education, decolonization, and Transformative educational Models.
Courses: Issues in American Indian Education, History of American Indian Education, Education Across Cultures of the Southwest, Topics in Navajo Bilingual Education Curriculum development, and Teaching the Native American Child.
DON ZANCANELLA
Professor, Literacy and Language Arts
Coordinator of Educational Media & Library Science
Office: Hokona Hall 143
Telephone: 505-277-7782
E-mail: zanc@unm.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Missouri
Background: High school and middle school language arts teacher
Research Interests: Teaching & learning of literature; English language arts curriculum; writing in literary forms.
Courses: Teaching of English; Studies in Reading & Literature; Studies in Rhetoric Composition; Seminar in English Curriculum & Instruction; Literature for Adolescents; Teac