Morelia Educational Experience
Field Experience to San Antonio
Claudia Peralta Nash, P.h.D.
Education:
2000 Ph.D.
University of Colorado, Boulder
Social, Multicultural and Bilingual
Education, Equity and Cultural Diversity
1994 M.A.
California State University, Chico, Multicultural and Bilingual
Education
1989 B.A.
California State University, Chico, Liberal Studies
Credentials:
1990
Multiple Subject Bilingual Credential
1990
Single Subject Spanish Credential
1990
Math Supplementary
Professional
Experience:
2003-Present Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Bilingual Education. Boise State University.
1999-2003
Assistant Professor, College of Professional Studies. Emphasis:
Curriculum, Bilingual Education, Equity Education and Cultural Diversity.
California State University, Monterey Bay.
1995-1999
Lecturer, Education Department, Literacy, Social Studies and Equity
Education. University of Colorado, Boulder.
1997-1998
Lecturer, Parent Involvement, Utah Department of Education, Utah
Summer Lecturer, Center for Regional and
Continuing Education, Introduction to Multicultural Education, California State
University, Chico.
1997-1998
Researcher on the development of positive community-based literacy
experiences for youth group of middle and high school Chicana/o students.
Principal investigator: Dr. María Fránquiz, University of Colorado, Boulder.
1995-1996
Researcher on the development and improvement of the bilingual /biliteracy
program in a middle school. Principal
investigator: Dr. Ofelia Miramontes, University of Colorado, Boulder.
1991-1996
Teacher, Bilingual Second Grade, Chapman School, Chico, California.
1990-1991
Teacher,
Bilingual First Grade, Chapman School, Chico, California.
1985-1989
Center Director/ Teacher, Migrant Head Start, a project of The Center for
Education and Manpower Resources, Chico, California.
1984-1985
Teacher, Migrant Head Start, a project of The Center for Education and
Manpower Resources Chico, California.
Areas
of Research Specialization:
Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Research
on Social Construction of Knowledge in Classrooms, Language and Literacy in
Bilingual Classrooms, Crosscultural Education.
Areas
of Teaching Specialization:
Language and Literacy,
Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Multicultural Education.
Language
Fluency:
Spanish
and English
Publications:
Articles
in Refereed Journals.
2000
Nash-Peralta, C. & Dutch, J. Literature Circles:
Creating an Environment for Choice.
Primary Voices, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 29-37. Urbana, IL: National
Council of Teachers of English.
2003
Peralta-Nash, C. Literature Circles in a Bilingual Classroom: The Power
of Language Choice. The New Advocate, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 57-62.
2003
Nash-Peralta, C. The Impact
of Home Visit in Students’ Perception of Teaching. Teacher Education
Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 111-125.
2005
Whang, P. & Nash Peralta, C. Reclaiming compassion: Getting to the
heart and soul of teacher education. Journal of Peace of Education,
2, 1.
2005
Christine Sleeter, Bob Hughes, Peggy Laughlin, Elizabeth Meador,
Linda Rogers, Patricia Whang,
Kani Blackwell and
Claudia Peralta Nash
. Working An Academically
Rigorous, Multicultural Program. Equity and
Excellence in Education, Vol. 38, 4.
2007
Peralta Nash, C. & Peralta, A. Children’s Issues in Uruguay. In
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues
Worldwide: Central and South America (GR3618) published by Greenwood Publishing Group,
Inc.
In Press
Peralta Nash, C. Grooming Better “Educated” Teachers. Current
Issues
In Teacher Education.
In Review
Relato de una experiencia pedagógica implementada en la California
bilingüe.
Nabe News.
Grants, Awards
& Fellowships
2007
Awarded Outstanding Professor 2006-2007 by the Idaho Association of
Bilingual
Education.
Inducted to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, April 15th,
Boise, Idaho
2007-2008
Project
Director of Grow Your Own Grant. Teacher Scholarship Program.
Funded
by Idaho State Board of Education ($138,936)
2006-2007
Project Director of Grow Your Own Grant. Teacher Scholarship Program.
Funded by Idaho State Board of Education ($101,000)
2005-2006
Project Director of Grow You Own Grant. Teacher Scholarship Program.
Funded by Idaho State Board of Education. ($ 95,459)
2004-2009
Project Director of the National Professional Development Program. Funded
by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
($749,930).
2001
CSU Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award
2000
CSU Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Award
1998-1999 Title VII Bilingual Education Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1998
Pear McPherson Spencer Award. Graduate
School University of Colorado, Boulder
1997
The Clifford Houston Scholarship School of Education Graduate Students. University of Colorado, Boulder
1995-1996 Graduate School University Fellowship University of Colorado, Boulder
1995-1996
Title VII Bilingual Education Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1992-1994 Title VII Bilingual Education Grant, Chico Unified School District,
California
Professional
Presentations:
Presentation at AERA Annual Meeting-March 24-28, 2008. NY.
“Domestication or Liberation: Better
prepared educators”
“Rural
education of Latinos”
Keynote Speaker for TESOL Arabia 2008 “Creativity
and English Language Acquisition through
Problem-Based Learning”
conference. March 13-15, 2008, Dubai, Arabia.
Presentation at NABE Annual Meeting-February 7-9,
2008. Tampa Bay, Florida.
“Creating
change: A dual language program flourishing in a rural area”
“Caring leaders: Why do we
need them?
Presentation at the “Civic Learning for Civic Engagement,”
Human Rights Education Center.
October 18, 2007 Boise State University.
Presentation Idaho Commission of Hispanic Affairs, “Evolution of
the Bilingual Education
Debate” October 17, 2007, Nampa, Idaho
(invited)
Keynote Speaker for the “Latinos in the Diaspora Education in
Rural Settings” conference. April
19-20, 2007, University of Wyoming,
Wyoming.
Presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting-April 9-13, 2007 Chicago,
Illinois
Professional
Opportunity: A Space where Latino and non Latino students can engage in
powerful conversation” (invited)
Chair and Discussant at the AERA Annual Meeting-April 9-13, 2007
Chicago, Illinois (invited)
Presentation
Third International Conference on Education, Labor and Emancipation:
September
28-October 1, 2006 La Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad
Juárez y la Universidad de
Texas en El Paso.
“En el siglo XXI la América Profunda Aún Nos
Interpela” (peer-reviewed)
Presentation Idaho Commission of Hispanic Affairs. October 24,
2006, Nampa, Idaho
“Increasing Protective Factors and Academic Achievement for Latino
Students” (invited)
Presentation at Boise State University Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians
and Allies for Diversity,
October 13, 2006
“Immigration issues faced by LGTB and
Straight International Students”
Presentations Idaho Association Bilingual Education, October 5
& 6, 2006 Nampa, Idaho
“Blaine County # 61 Dual Immersion”
“Examining Literacy through Literature
Circles”
Presentation SIOP training by the Eligible Partnership Grant, Mc.
Call, Summer 2006
“Books that Bring People Together”
Presentations at TESOL, Peru Teachers of English Speakers of Other
Languages, Iquitos-Loreto,
Peru. July 31, August 1 & 2, 2006.
“The
power and potential inherent in incorporating the in-and out-of school lives of
students into
the
life of the classroom”
“Promoting
an Environment for Choice in a 4th Grade Bilingual Class through
Literature Circles”
Presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting-April 7-11, 2006 San
Francisco, California
“Educational
Street Theater: Acting in the Public Interest” (invited)
Chair, Division K, Session 6.
Presentations at the AERA Annual Meeting- April 11-15, 2005
Montreal, Canada
"Moving for Social Justice: Embodied
Pedagogy as Critical Theory"
"The Complexities, Difficulties, and
Achievements of Two Social Reconstructionist
Teacher Education Programs."
(peer-reviewed)
"Spirituality Perspectives in Education."
(peer-reviewed)
"Resisting Niceness: Reflections on
the Gendered Mature of Mid-Career Academic Life."
"Working to Make the Strange
Familiar: Personal and Professional Journeys of Teachers Educators of
Color." (peer-invited)
Reactor/Respondent
at the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore,
November 2004. (peer-invited)
Bringing life into the
classroom via culturally and contextually relevant curriculum projects.
Division K - Section
4, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 2004.
(peer reviewed)
No Child is left behind when content in English is TAUGHT. Idaho
Association of Bilingual
Education, Twin Falls, Idaho, October
2003. (invited)
Beyond
conventional wisdom: Culturally and contextually relevant curriculum
development.
California Council on Teacher Education. San José,
California, March 2003. (peer reviewed)
The
power and potential inherent in incorporating the in-and out-of-school lives of
students into
the life of the classroom. National Council of
Teachers of English. San Francisco, California, November 2003. (peer reviewed)
Literacy
in Two Languages for All. International Reading Association. San Francisco,
California, 2002. (peer reviewed)
The Impact of Home Visit in Students’ Perception of Teaching.
American Educational
Research Association. New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2002. (peer reviewed)
Lecto-Escritura en Dos Lenguajes para Todos. California Association
for Bilingual
Educators. San José, California, 2002. (peer reviewed)
Developing Literacy Through family Stories and Photos: A Family
Literacy Project.
National Council of Teachers of English,
Baltimore, Maryland, 2001. (invited)
Learning
the Power of Two Languages. National Council of Teachers of English,
Baltimore, Maryland, 2001. (peer reviewed)
Examining Literacy as a Socially and Culturally
Inclusive Practice: Meeting the Needs of
Latino Students. American
Educational Research Association, Seattle,
Washington, 2001. (peer
reviewed)
Effect
of Controversies Over Language of Instruction: “When I Read in English, My
Heart Beats; When I Read in Spanish, I Dance”,
American Educational Research
Association Seattle, Washington, 2001. (invited)
Moving Beyond Rhetoric to Bridge Contexts: Home, Community, and
School in
Teaching Matters, National Council of
Teachers of English, Milwaukee, WI, 2000. (peer reviewed)
What Latino Students Say about Their Social and Academic
Identities, National Council
of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, WI,
2000. (invited)
Literacy
Practices for Latino Students: Remaining the Possibilities National Council of
Teachers
of English, Denver, Colorado, 1999. (peer reviewed)
On
the Path Toward Multicultural Literacy: What Does it Mean for Teachers and
Students?
28th Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education
Conference,
Denver, Colorado, 1999 (peer reviewed)
Examining
Literacy Practices for Latino Students: New Challenges American
Educational
Research Association Montreal, Canada, 1999 (peer reviewed)
Using History to Make History.
27th Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural
Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1998
(peer reviewed)
How
to Bring Life into the Social Studies Curriculum.
26th Annual International
Bilingual/Multicultural
Education Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997.
(peer
reviewed)
Professional
Service:
Reviewer for Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) from Sept
2006-Aug. 2009
Reviewer for Journal of Teacher Education Since 2005
Editor for Revista Cejil.
Debates Sobre Derechos Humanos y el Sistema Interamericano. Edited
by Center for Justice and International
Law
Co-chair Division K-Session 6-American Educational Research
Association- San Francisco,
California, 2006
Co-chair Division K-Session 6-American Educational Research
Association- Montreal, Canada,
2005
Reviewer for IPSI-2005 USA conference.http://internetconferences.net/usa2005/index.html
Reviewer of conference proposals for Bilingual SIG American Educational Research
Association (AERA), 2003-2004.
Reviewer of conference proposals for Bilingual Division American Educational Research
Association (AERA), 2003-2004.
Co-chair Division K, Section 6, Research on the Context of Preservice Education for American
Education Research Association
(AERA), 2004-2005.
Reviewer
for book manuscript, Holcomb Hathaway Inc., 2003.
Reviewer
for book manuscript, Princeton Hall, 2003.
Reviewer for book manuscript, Sunny Press, 2000.
University
and Community Service:
Advisor to Bilingual Education Student Organization in the
Bilingual Department (BESO), Boise
State University, 2004- Present.
Search committee member for Assistant/Associate Professor in the
Department of Bilingual
Education in the College of Education,
Boise State University, 2006.
Search committee member for Dean position in College of Education,
Boise State University,
2003-2004.
Search committee member for faculty position in Bilingual/ESL
Program. Boise State University.
2003-2004.
Treasurer of Idaho Association of Bilingual Education (IABE),
2003-2004 (elected).
Member of Technology Committee, Boise State University, 2003-2007.
Principal member of the Technology Standards Committee. California
State University
Monterey Bay, 2001-2002.
Modeling
Scaffolding Strategies for Reading: Supporting All Students. Welcoming
Day. California State University Monterey Bay, 2001
(invited).
Search
committee member for faculty position in Reading and Language Arts Methods.
California State University Monterey Bay, 2001.
Search
committee member for faculty position in Earth, Systems, Science and Policy
Institute. California State University Monterey Bay,
2001 (invited).
Search committee member for faculty position in Psychological
Foundations, California
State University Monterey Bay, 2000.
Cognitive and Affective Questions Asked in Read Alouds Western
Hills Inservice
Presentation, Mapleton School District,
CO., 1999 (invited).
Strategies
for Teaching Writing Seventh Annual Paraprofessional/Parent Institute
BUENO
Center for Multicultural Education University of Colorado, Boulder,
1998
(invited).
Developing Literacy Partnerships. Utah Department of Education, The
BUENO Center
for Multicultural Education, and the
Southwest Comprehensive Center St George, Utah, 1998 (invited).
Graduate mentor, Mc Nair program for undergraduate students.
University of Colorado at
Boulder,1998.
Advising member Vice Chancellor’s Committee on minority students.
University
of Colorado at Boulder, 1997-1999.
ESL Teaching Strategies for Adolescents Learners 6th Annual
Paraprofessional Institute,
University of Colorado BUENO
Center-University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997
(invited).
Weekly adult support and outreach, It’s
About YOUth!, Colorado, 1997-1999.
Professional
Organizations:
(AERA)
International Reading Association, Special Interest Groups: Research on
Bilingual Education, Language and Social Processes
(NABE)
National Association for Bilingual Education
(NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of English
(NABE)
National Association of Bilingual Education
(CABE)
California Association of Bilingual Education
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