
Dr. Kathryn Accurso
Biography
Kathryn is an applied linguist and former English teacher now working in teacher education. Her scholarship focuses on literacy, equity, and teacher education, particularly how to support K-12 teachers in developing beliefs, knowledge, and practices for teaching disciplinary literacies to multilingual students in the face of structural inequities.
Prior to joining the faculty of education at UBC, Kathryn worked at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC and in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Mount Holyoke College where she co-founded the initial licensure program for teachers of English learners.
She has earned awards from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF), in addition to being published in numerous books and journals for teachers, teacher educators, and second language and literacy researchers (e.g., Journal of English for Academic Purposes, TESOL Journal, International Journal of Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and practitioner-oriented journals MATSOL Currents and SPELT Quarterly).
Projects
Qualitative study of US/Canadian teacher candidates mobilizing their developing knowledge to support multilingual learners online.
A longitudinal mixed method study of pre-service teacher development of beliefs and knowledge for teaching English language learners.
Qualitative study of pre-service teacher development for designing and delivering multiliteracies curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
A mixed method study of multilingualism in high schools and the use of multilingual/ multimodal resources to support SLIFE refugee students’ disciplinary literacy development.
A mixed method study of development and impact in a U.S. teacher education program.
Awards
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