ScholarWorks@GVSU

Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Culturally Responsive Teaching for African American Students, Haylee Batzer
Culminating Experience Projects

Making Space for Adolescents of Refugee Background in Public Libraries, Danielle S. deJonge
Culminating Experience Projects

Toward a Theory of an Integrated Theoretical Approach of Literacy for Black Boys, Aaron M. Johnson
Michigan Reading Journal

Restructuring a Developmental ESL Course at an Urban Community College: Asking the Right Questions, Deniz Gokcora, Raymond Oenbring
Michigan Reading Journal

The Role Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Plays in the Education of Refugee ELs, Peter A. Walblay
Masters Theses

Celebrating Multilingual Learners with Bilingual Children's Literature, Andrea Starr Karpf, Kathleen Hinman
Michigan Reading Journal

Ways to Increase Retention Rates Among American Indian/Alaskan Native Students at Community Colleges, Sarah R. Wheeler
Culminating Experience Projects

Why Not Sign? Classrooms as Sites of d/Deaf and Multilingual Literacy Development, Dawnavyn James, Brianne R. Pitts
Michigan Reading Journal

Connecting Dots: Using Learner Self-Narratives to Address the Disconnect between the Texts and English Learners' Prior Experience, Rui Niu-Cooper
Michigan Reading Journal

A Research-based Approach for Teaching Written Apologies to English for Academic Purposes Learners, Lisa Leopold
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

To Be Young, Black, and In the Academy: A Collection of Lessons, Yetunde Alabede, Jessica Reed, Blake Thompson
Michigan Reading Journal

Advocating for English Language Learners: The Role of the Literacy Educator, Briana Asmus, Austyn Sabin
Michigan Reading Journal

Supporting English Language Learners: Preparing Content Area Teachers to Promote Academic Achievement among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learner Populations., Molly K. Roesler
Culminating Experience Projects

Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Teaching for LL in the Mainstream Classroom: Planning Tools and Other Classroom Resources, Emily L. MacArthur
Culminating Experience Projects

Building Bridges: Culturally Relevant Teaching with Literature Circles and Multicultural Literature, Amber Lawson
Michigan Reading Journal

ELs in a Michigan 9-12 School: Educators’ Perceptions and Cultural Considerations, Melissa Lynn Dean
Masters Theses

English-for-Teaching in Higher Education: Discourse Functions and Language Exemplars, Eun-Young Julia Kim
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

Modern Languages, Modern Learning: Tandem Language Programs In K-12 Education, Sarah Cremin
Honors Projects

Using Interactive Notebooks to Help ELL Students Find Confidence in Writing, Jessica L. Horne, Rebecca Harper
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Graphic Novels for Multimodal Learning: Equity for English Learners, Katherine Suender, Susan Piazza
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

A TESOL Service Learning Program in Rural Michigan: An Innovative Approach to Preparing Pre-Service Teachers, April M. Burke, Sarah Case, Caitlin Hamstra
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

Enhancing Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness in Argument Writing Pedagogy through Effective Adaptations for English Learners: Insights from C3WP Resource Analysis and Three Experienced Teachers’ Practices, Katelyn Walsh, Katey Robinson, Rachel Deacon, Zuzana Tomaš
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Workplace English as Professional Development: The UW-Madison Model, Karen Parrillo
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

How Much is Enough to Learn? Exploring the Effects of an Abbreviated Implementation of the National Writing Project’s College, Career and Community Writers Program (C3WP) on English Learners’ Argumentative Writing Growth, Samantha J. Manzo, Kelsey DeCamillis, Sarah Lorenz
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

English in France - Linguistic Dominance and Ambivalence, Chloe Kampf
Honors Projects

Strengthening Spanish-Speaking English Learners’ Acquisition of English by Supporting Cross-Language Transfer During Early Childhood, Ashley Golin
Award Winners

Intersections at a Multiethnic High School: C3WP Meets Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Pedagogy, Amy Carpenter Ford, Maria G. Kioussis
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Scholastic Liberation: Schools' Impact on African American Academic Achievement, Aaron M. Johnson
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Empowering Teachers with the Tools of Linguistics: A Review of Razfar and Rumenapp's Applying Linguistics in the Classroom: A Sociocultural Approach, Lindsay Vecchio
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

The Quest for Respect: ESL Faculty and Programs in U.S. Higher Education, Ildiko Porter-Szucs
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

Real Boys Don't Do Language and Literacy--Or Do They?, Christen M. Pearson
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

If Not Us Then Who? Exploring the Role of HBCUs in Increasing Black Student Engagement in Study Abroad, Megan Covington
College Student Affairs Leadership

Black Voices Matter, Shenika Hankerson
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Why “Correcting” African American Language Speakers is Counterproductive, Alice Lee
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

A Wood Comes Toward Dunsinane: The Synthesis of Traditional and Constructivist Methodologies, Randall L. Kaplan
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Coming Home: How Identity Plays a Role in Students who Study Abroad in an Area That is Representative of Their Heritage, Mariana I. Naddaf
Masters Theses

Undocumented Latino College Students and Identity Development: A Qualitative Analysis of Undocumented Latino College Students’ Movement Towards Developing Purpose (Thesis), Theresa D. Lyon
Award Winners

Spanish Immersion Programs, Katie Gabier
Honors Projects

Librarians in the Midst, Barbara C. Harvey
Barbara C. Harvey

Preserving Euskera in a Globalized World: Determining the Long-term Efficacy of Multilingual Schools in the Basque Country, Spain, Olivia Destrades Mendoza
Masters Theses

A Study of Native Language Use in Classroom Contexts: Policy and Practice in the United States and the Netherlands, Jillian Crockett
Honors Projects

Mural, Painting and Art Education Project with African Refugees and the African Community Center of West Michigan, Carrie Schoenborn, Jill Eggers
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Multicultural Literature: The Need for Inclusion, Barbara Gripton
Masters Theses