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.
Education
B.A. College of Saint Benedict
M.A. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Ph.D. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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
Honors & Professional Memberships
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
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
