Gonzalez Honored for Scholarly Work in Bilingual Education
Virginia Gonzalez, a professor in the literacy and second language studies program in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, has been awarded the 2011-2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group (SIG). The award recognizes the achievements of Gonzalez as an outstanding scholar whose continuous contributions over the past 20 years have made a notable impact on the field of bilingual education research and practices, service at the national and local levels, and steady mentorship of beginning level scholars at the doctoral degree level.
The award, announced earlier this spring, was presented on April 13 at the 2012 Annual AERA meeting in Vancouver, Canada. This Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Gonzalez for her steady and strong contributions to bilingual education research and practice for over 20 years.
Gonzalezs interdisciplinary research speaks to two diverse research communities, both bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) educators, as well as mainstream and ethnic educational researchers. Gonzalez has authored 12 scholarly books and edited journal volumes, 26 articles published in journals, eight chapters in books and encyclopedia entries, as well as 18 other publications and a host of conference presentations.
Over the last two decades, she has served as co-editor of a leading journal for bilingual education, and chaired several committees for AERA and the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) .
For more information:
Full bio of Virginia Gonzalez
Literacy and Second Language Studies Program at UC
American Educational Research Association (AERA) awards page
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