Leah Shepard-Carey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education - Graduate Studies
Contact Information
Email: leah.carey@drake.edu
Phone: 515-271-3697
Address: 2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
Office: Collier-Scripps Hall,121
Education
B.A. College of Saint Benedict
M.A. University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Ph.D. University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Honors & Professional Memberships
Honors
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship- University of Minnesota (2020-2021)
- Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2019-2020
- 2018 Graduate Student Award-American Association of Applied Linguistics
- TESOL International Association Research Mini-Grant Award, September 2018
- Curriculum & Instruction Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper Award: Equity in Education, University of Minnesota, 2019-2020
Professional Memberships
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
- TESOL International
- Literacy Research Association
Prior Positions
- Adjunct Faculty at The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
- Invited Instructor for Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Summer Institutes
- English as a Second Language Teacher (K-12 schools)
- Bilingual Head Start Teacher
Areas of Expertise
Leah's research and teaching spans the areas of language and literacy education. She is interested in culturally-sustaining approaches to education, multilingualism, and elementary literacy for younger multilingual children. She also focuses on critical approaches to teacher education. Her research has been featured in The Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Linguistics and Education, TESOL Quarterly, and TESOL Journal.
Courses Taught
- Urban Trends in Literacy Education
- Educational Research
- Methods of Linguistic Differentiation for English Language Learners
- Interdisciplinary Literacy
- Various ESL and World Language education courses
