Barbara Bush Fellowship Accomplishments
Publications and Reports

Barbara Bush Fellowship 2010-2011 Academic Year Final Report: Executive Summary (Dr. Mary V. Alfred, Alicia Friday, Quinita Ogletree, Juana Vaquero, Harriet Vardiman Smith, Peggy Sue Durbin, July 2011)

Barbara Bush Fellowship 2009-2010 Academic Year Final Report: Executive Summary (Dr. Mary V. Alfred, Priya Darshini Kurup, Tiffany Lipsett, Rose Anna Santos, Jee-Young Shin, Harriet Vardiman Smith, and Peggy Sue Durbin, July 2010)

Barbara Bush Fellowship 2008-2009 Academic Year Final Report: Executive Summary (Dr. Mary V. Alfred, Marla Rea, Renata Russo, Megan Terry, Harriet Vardiman Smith, and Peggy Sue Durbin, July 2009)

Family Literacy: A Multimodal Approach – This blog was developed by the 2009-2010 Barbara Bush Family Literacy Doctoral Fellows at TCALL.

Alicia Friday, 2010-2011 Barbara Bush Fellow

Friday, A. R. (2011). Chiming in on technology: Family literacy teachers share perceptions
from the field. Paper presented at the National Center for Family Literacy Conference, Louisville, KY (April 3 – April 5, 2011).

Friday, A. R. (2011). Food N’ Thought Session: Using HRD theories to research across disciplines. Paper presented at the Academy of Human Resource Development Conference of the Americas, Chicago, IL (February, 2011).

Friday, A. R., & Gonzalez, E. M. (2011). The Role of white racial identity development: Examining the experiences of white organization leaders who supervise racially diverse teams. Paper presented at the Academy of Human Resource Development Conference of the Americas, Chicago, IL (February, 2011).

Quinita Ogletree, 2010-2011 Barbara Bush Fellow

Ogletree, Q. D. (2010). African American children and early childhood education: The history and the implications on current policy and programs. Paper presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA

Ogletree, Q. D. (2011). Evaluating children's literature: A component of a culturally responsive family literacy program. Paper presented at the National Center for Family Literacy Conference, Louisville, KY.

Ogletree, Q. D. (Under Review) The relationship between elementary, reading teachers' beliefs
about diversity and their selections of multicultural materials for instructional practices in one urban school district.Proposal submitted to the American Education Research Association.

Ogletree, Q. D. (2010). Using critical literacy to build culturally sensitive
classrooms. Paper presented at the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Ft. Worth, TX.

Ogletree, Q. D. (2010). Utilizing multicultural literacy in gifted classrooms. Paper presented at the Texas Association of Gifted and Talented. Ft. Worth, TX.
Ogletree, Q. D. (Under Review) What are our children reading? Submitted to Center for Urban School Partnerships Policy Briefs.

Ogletree, Q. D. (Under Review) You’ve been hoodwinked: The academic achievement of
middle class African American students. Submitted to CUSP Policy Briefs.

Vaquero, J., Friday, A. R., Ogletree, Q. (2011). Laying the groundwork: Cost-effective and
efficient home-based literacy interventions. Paper presented at the National Center for Family Literacy Conference, Louisville, KY.

Juana Vaquero, 2010-2011 Barbara Bush Fellow

Cano, M. A., Castillo, L., López-Arenas, A., Davis, M. J., Vaquero, J., Thompson, K., & Saldivar, I. M. (Under Review). The influence of acculturation, ethnic identity and contentiousness on Latino students’ educational expectations. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.

Lynch, P. & Vaquero, J. (Under Review). Barriers to Implementing Best Practices: Teachers
Share their Perspective. Proposal under review for the 2011 National Center for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Lynch, P., & Vaquero, J. (2010). Self-determination: A Strategy for enhancing postsecondary
outcomes for students with disabilities. (Training) 2010 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP): GEARING UP for Excellence: Linking Programs, Practice and Policy Conference, Washington, DC.

Lynch, P., Grenwelge, C., Vaquero, J., & Baker, M. (2010). Incorporation of self-determination training into gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs (GEAR UP) Project. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children 2010 Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.

Priya Darshini Kurup, 2009-2010 Barbara Bush Fellow

Kurup, P. D., & Alfred, M. V. (2010). Boundary-spanning of adult education: Facing the challenges by reaching across the dividing lines between stakeholders. American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Clearwater Beach, FL..

Kurup, P. D., & Alfred, M. V. (2010). Expanding stakeholder base: An in-depth look at how collaboration works in workforce literacy development. Adult Education Research Conference, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Kurup, P. D., & Alfred, M. V. (2010). Social value creation through collaborative and inclusive workforce literacy practices. Student Research Week: Texas A&M University.

Lipsett, T., Kurup, P., Santos, R., & Shin, J. Y. (2010). Literacy-Quest: Exploring multimodal family literacy. 2010 National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX.

Tiffany Lipsett, 2009-2010 Barbara Bush Fellow

Arcak, C., Lipsett, T. & Carpenter II, B. S. (2009). The spectacle of expulsion: A review of the theory and performance of the curricular big top. Paper presented at Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Decatur, Georgia.

Arcak, C., Lipsett, T. & Carpenter, II, B. S. (2009). Design and instillation of curricular big top. Lecture and performance for EDCI 644-600 graduate Curriculum Development.

Arcak, C., Lipsett, T. & Carpenter II, B. S. (2009). The spectacle of expulsion: A review of the theory and performance of the curricular big top. Paper presented at Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Decatur, GA.

Carpenter, II, B. S. and Lipsett, T. (invited refereed journal article; submitted). Blurring the lines, enacting democracy: Visual literacy as multimodal discourse and critical visual culture pedagogy. Reading Psychology.

Lipsett, T. (2009). Reading as social and cultural relationship: Visual modalities, sites, and practices of family literacy experiences. Texas Art Education Association Conference, Dallas, TX.

Lipsett, T. (2010). Sites of seeing: Visual methodologies and family literacy practices. Paper presentated at the COABE/ProLiteracy/IACEA Joint National Conference, Chicago, IL.

Lipsett, T., Kurup, P., Santos, R., & Shin, J. Y. (2010). Literacy-Quest: Exploring multimodal family literacy. 2010 National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX.

Lipsett, T. & Sourdot, L. (2009). Popular visual culture, race and ethnicity: Reflections about the man in the mirror in the era of hope. Paper presented at Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Decatur, GA.

Rose Anna Santos, 2009-2010 Barbara Bush Fellow

Lipsett, T., Kurup, P., Santos, R., & Shin, J. Y. (2010). Literacy-Quest: Exploring multimodal family literacy. 2010 National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX.

Santos, R. A., & Alfred, M. V. (resubmitted). Adults' dual roles as student and teacher in the literacy development of their children. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal.

Santos, R. A. (2010). Literacy in single parent households: Hispanic fathers and their children. Paper presented at the COABE/ProLiteracy/IACEA Joint National Conference, Chicago, IL.

Santos, R. A. & Alfred, M. V. (Accepted). Adult education students: Exploring the role of single Hispanic fathers. American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Clearwater Beach, FL. (2010, Oct.)

Jee-Young Shin, 2009-2010 Barbara Bush Fellow

Lipsett, T., Kurup, P., Santos, R., & Shin, J. Y. (2010). Literacy-Quest: Exploring multimodal family literacy. 2010 National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX.

Shin, J., Eslami, Z., & Chen, G.W. (2010). The development of EIL in the current international ELT textbooks. Paper presented at the TESOL 2010 convention program, Boston, MA.

Shin, J. & Quiroz, B. (2010). An intergenerational literacy connection model between ESL families and schools. Paper presented at the TALAE Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.

Shin, J. & Quiroz, B. (2010). Strengthening the home-school literacy connection between
languages minority families and teachers. Poster presented at the 2009 National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX.

Shin, J. (2010). Family literacy within language minority families. Paper presented at COABE/ProLiteracy/IACEA Joint National Conference, Chicago, IL.

Marla Rea, 2008-2009 Barbara Bush Fellow

Rea, M. (2008). Tips and strategies for working with adult English learners. Paper presented at the National Even Start Association (NESA) conference, Austin, TX.

Rea, M. (2009). The journey to English: Helping immigrants in their quest for biliteracy. Paper presented at the 58th Annual American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Conference, November 3-6, Cleveland, OH.

Rea, M. (2009). Invisible no more: How one campus increased ELLs’ success. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for Teachers of Limited English Speakers, Dallas, TX.

Terry, M., Rea, M., & Russo, R. (2009). Promoting emergent literacy and social and emotional skills through dialogic reading. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Family Literacy (NCFL), Orlando, FL.

Renata Russo, 2008-2009 Barbara Bush Fellow

Russo, R. (2008). Video clips in adult ESOL classroom. Why use them? Presented at the Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE), Corpus Christi, TX.

Russo, R. & Alfred, M. (2008). Persistence strategies in adult literacy programs supported by Community Colleges. Presented at the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), St. Louis, MO.

Russo, R. & Alfred, M. (2008). What motivates GED graduates to complete postsecondary education? Paper presentated at the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Denver, CO.

Megan Terry, 2008-2009 and 2007-2008 Barbara Bush Fellow

Haynes, B., & Terry, M. (2008). Variables of the home literacy environment and children’s emergent literacy skills. Poster presentation at the National Conference on Family Literacy, Louisville, KY (March 30-April 1).

Haynes, B., Robinson, P. & Terry, M. (2008). PACT/ILA curricula options. Paper presented at the National Even Start Association annual conference (October 19-21). (Joint effort by all three fellows)

Haynes, R., Terry, M. & Chlup, D. T. (2008). The relationship between parenting characteristics and oral language in preschool. Poster presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists.

Robinson, P., Terry, M., Haynes, R., Moore, E., & Chlup, D. T. (2008), One size does not fit all: Choosing the right PACT/ILA curriculum. Paper presented at the National Conference for Family Literacy (NCFL), Louisville, KY. (Joint effort by all three 2007-2008 fellows)

Terry, M., & Mason, R. (2009). The development of a measure of the home literacy environment. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Boston, MA.

Terry, M., Rea, M., & Russo, R. (2009). Promoting emergent literacy and social and emotional skills through dialogic reading. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Family Literacy (NCFL), Orlando, FL.

Joint Projects of 2007-2008 Fellows

One Size Does Not Fit All: Choosing the Right PACT Curricula (Rebekah Haynes, Petra Robinson, and Megan Terry, 2008)

PACT Curricula Matrix (Rebekah Haynes, Petra Robinson, and Megan Terry, 2008)

Rebekah Haynes, 2007-2008 Barbara Bush Fellow

Haynes, B., & Terry, M. (2008). Variables of the home literacy environment and children’s emergent literacy skills. Poster presented at the National Conference on Family Literacy, Louisville, KY (March 30-April 1).

Haynes, B., Robinson, P. & Terry, M. (2008). PACT/ILA curricula options. Paper presented at the National Even Start Association annual conference (October 19-21). (Joint effort by all three fellows)

Robinson, P., Terry, M., Haynes, R., Moore, E., & Chlup, D. T. (2008) One size does not fit all: Choosing the right PACT/ILA curriculum. Paper presented at the National Conference for Family Literacy (NCFL), Louisville, KY. (Joint effort by all three 2007-2008 fellows)

Petra Robinson, 2007-2008 Barbara Bush Fellow

Robinson, P., Terry, M., Haynes, R., Moore, E., & Chlup, D. T. (2008). One size does not fit all: Choosing the right PACT/ILA curriculum. Paper presented at the National Conference for Family Literacy (NCFL), Louisville, KY. (Joint effort by all three 2007-2008 fellows)

Robinson, P. (2008). Unsung adult education heroes of the Caribbean. Paper presented at the African Diaspora Pre-Conference of the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), St. Louis, MO.

Robinson, P., & Alfred, M. V. (2008). Making the invisible visible: Unsung heroes of adult education in the Caribbean. Paper presented at the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference (AAACE), Denver, CO.

Robinson, P., & Alfred, M. V. (2008). Literacy engagement and transformation through the even start program. Paper presented at the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference (AAACE), Denver, CO.

Robinson, P., & Alfred, M. V. (2008). Transformation as a result of participation in Even Start Programs. Paper presented at the 57th National Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.

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