PATRICIA AZUARA Assistant Professor

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PATRICIA AZUARA Assistant Professor Curriculum Vitae May 2010 University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education and Human Development Department of Bicultural- Bilingual Studies One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249

Office: (210) 458-5572 Fax: (210) 458-5962 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. Language, Reading and Culture 2009 University of Arizona, Tucson Dissertation: Literacy Practices in a Changing Cultural Context: The development of two emergent Mayan-Spanish bilingual children Committee: Norma González, Luis Moll, Iliana Reyes (chair), and Yetta Goodman M.A.

Special Education and Rehabilitation Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing University of Arizona, Tucson

B.A.

Licenciatura en Comunicación Humana 1998 Areas of Specialization: Language and Speech Pathologies, Learning Disabilities and Education for the Hearing Impaired Universidad de las Américas, Mexico City

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Assistant Professor University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education and Human Development Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

2000

2009- present

Program Coordinator University of Arizona 2008- 2009 Western Hemisphere Institute for Training and Development Director: Alberto Arenas, Ph.D. Program Coordinator University of Arizona Spanish Proficiency Exam Department of Language, Reading and Culture

2007-2009

Instructor

fall 2006, 2007

University of Arizona

Department of Language, Reading and Culture An Introduction to Structure English Immersion

2008, summer 2006

Teacher Assistant

University of Arizona Department of Language, Reading and Culture Course: Biliteracy Associate Professor: Iliana Reyes

fall 2007

Teacher Assistant

University of Arizona Department of Language, Reading and Culture An Introduction to Structured English Immersion Associate Lecturer: Mary Carol Combs

fall 2005, spring 2006

Literacy Bilingual Teacher

Poudre School District Harris Bilingual Immersion School Literacy and Title I teacher k- 6

2001 - 2004

Itinerant Teacher

Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind Southeast Regional Cooperative, Tucson, AZ Itinerant teacher- Hearing Impaired Parent Advisor – Hearing Impaired

2001

Student Worker

Project Origins Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona Work with adults with special needs

1999-2000

Third Grade

Colegio Reina Elizabeth Mexico City, MX

1997-1998

First Grade Teacher Assistant

IPPLIAP: Instituto Psicopedagógico para Problemas 1997-1998 de Lenguaje y Aprendizaje School for the Deaf, Mexico City, MX

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant University of Arizona 2004-2007 Project: Emergent Literacy and Language Development in Latino Children (ELLD) Principal Investigator: Iliana Reyes, Ph.D. Invited Participant

UC-MEXUS: University of California, San Diego and Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México Project: Primary Education, Culture, and Cognitive

fall 2006

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Processes of Yucatec Mayan Children Community of Learners in Maya-Spanish Bilingual Programs Principal Investigators: Michael Cole and Juan Carlos Mijangos CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Language and Clínica OIRA: Educación, Psicología y Salud Speech Therapist Mexico City, MX

1997-1998

Therapist Special Ed. Teacher

Centro de Desarrollo Integral Mexico City, MX

1997 - 1998

Volunteer

Hospital Juárez de México Volunteered in the area of Language and Speech Pathologies

1995

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Reyes, I. & Azuara, P. (2008). Emergent Biliteracy n Young Mexican Immigrant Children. Reading Research Quarterly, 43(4), 374-498. Reyes, I., Alexandra, D., Azuara, P. (2007). Home literacy practices in Mexican households. Cultura y Educación, 19 (4) 396-407. Azuara, P. (under review). Negotiating Worlds: A Young Mayan Child Developing Literacy at Home and at School in Mexico. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Azuara, P. (May, 2010). The Literacy Development of Two Mayan-Spanish Bilingual Children. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO. Azuara, P. (March, 2010). Emergent Biliteracy: The Literacy Practices of Two Mayan Households. Invited Lecture at the University of Colorado. Boulder, CO. Azuara, P. (April, 2009). The Literacy Development of an Emergent Bilingual Child: Using Private Talk as a Tool of Analysis. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. Azuara, P. (February, 2009). Biliteracy Development: An Ecological Perspective. Invited Lecture at the University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. Page 3 of 6

Azuara, P. (February, 2009). A Holistic Perspective toward Biliteracy Development. Invited Lecture at the University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX. Azuara, P. (January, 2009). The Literacy Development of Young Emergent Bilingual Children. Invited Lecture at Towson University. Towson, Maryland. Reyes, I. & Azuara, P. (November, 2008). From Bilingualism to Biliteracy: Learning to Read in Two Languages. Paper presented at Teachers Applying Whole Language. Tucson, AZ. Azuara, P. & Reyes, I. (September, 2008). Transcultural Literacies: A comparative case study of Mexican Families in Mexico and the US. Paper presented at International Society of Cultural and Activity Research. San Diego, CA. Azuara, P. (November, 2007). Literacy development in a changing cultural context: A study of Literacy practices in Mayan households in Yucatan, Mexico. Paper presented at 106th American Anthropological Associations Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Azuara, P. (November, 2007). El Desarrollo de la Lectoescritura: Un estudio de las prácticas de alfabetización en una comunidad maya en Yucatán, México. Paper presented at IX Congreso Nacional de Investigación Educativa. Merida, Mexico. Azuara, P. (March, 2007). Biliteracy Development: Children’s Understandings about Print in a Bilingual Spanish-English Context/ Desarrollo de la Alfabetización en Dos Idiomas: Conceptualizaciones sobre la Escritura en un Contexto bilingüe EspañolInglés. Poster presented at Second Binational Symposium. Monterrey, Mexico. Azuara, P. (February, 2007). Literacy Development in a Changing Cultural Context: A study of literacy practices in Mayan households in Yucatan, Mexico. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Language, Reading, and Culture Graduate Colloquy. Tucson, AZ. Reyes, I., Soltero, L. & Azuara, P. (November, 2006). The Development of Emergent Biliteracy in Preschool Children. Paper at the 56th National Reading Conference. Los Angeles, CA. Azuara, P. (November, 2006). Literacy Events in Mayan Speaking Households in Chacsinkin, Yucatan. Report presented at Tinker Symposium: Graduate Research in Latin America. Tucson, AZ Reyes, I., Alexandra, D., & Azuara, P. (April, 2006). Home Literacy Practices in Mexican Households. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA. Page 4 of 6

Azuara, P., Quintos, B. & Soltero, L. (March, 2005). The Power of Authentic Literature: Struggling Readers’ Responses to Latino Literature. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Literature and Literacy for Children and Adolescents. Tucson, AZ. Azuara, P. (February, 2006). The Role of Private Speech in the Literacy Development of an Emergent Bilingual Child. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Language, Reading, and Culture Graduate Colloquy. Tucson, AZ. Reyes, I., Azuara, P., Alexandra, D., & Soltero, L. (January, 2006). Emergent Bilingual Preschoolers: A Report of Home and School Literacy Practices. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Bilingual Education. Phoenix, AZ. Baker, P., Reyes, I., McPheeters, P., Habib, M., Soltero-González, L., Alexandra, D., Azuara, P. (October, 2005). Giving Voice and Visibility to Hopes and Dreams: Families and teachers in Southern Arizona share hopes and dreams for the young children in their lives. Project presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. Vail, AZ. TEACHING ACTIVITY (at the University of Texas at San Antonio) Courses Taught Undergraduate Courses BBL 3403 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in a Pluralistic Society BBL 3143 Children’s Literature for Bilingual Learners (Taught in Spanish) BBL 4073 Language Arts in Bicultural- Bilingual Programs (Taught in Spanish) Graduate Courses BBL 5173 Sociocultural Issues and the Teaching of Reading Dissertation Committee Member Mónica Lara. (2010). The Structure of an Early Reading Test in Grade 1: In Search of a Relationship with Reading Spanish. Culture, Literacy, and Language. HONORS AND AWARDS Spring 2007 Karp Scholarship Summer 2006 Literacy Events in Mayan Speaking Households in Chacsinkin, Yucatan Tinker Humanities Summer Field Grant Program 2004-2006 Mary & Maude Miller Scholarship 2004-2006 University of Arizona College of Education Fellowship 1996 - 1998 Beca de Excelencia Académica, SEP Excellency Scholarship given by Secretaría de Educación Pública of México Page 5 of 6

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Anthropological Association (AAA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Reading Association (IRA) International Society of Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR) National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) LANGUAGES English (Fluent) Spanish (Native

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