Barbara Bush Fellowship
Past Recipients
2011-2012
Juana Vaquero, a doctoral student in school psychology, is interested in bilingual language development and migrant populations. She will extend the shared book reading study she conducted as a 2010-2011 Fellow, to investigate whether young Hispanic children in the intervention group showed qualitative gains in their oral language skills. [View accomplishments]
Mattyna Stephens, a doctoral student in adult education and human resource development, will explore the participation in family literacy programs of grandparents who are primary caregivers of their grandchildren and how new skills are incorporated into family life. [View accomplishments]
Feyi Obamehinti, a doctoral student in K-12 school administration, will investigate the perception of family literacy among non-English speaking families and help to correct inaccurate perceptions that create barriers to setting and meeting family literacy goals. [View accomplishments]
2011-2012 Barbara Bush Fellows are (left to right),
Juana Vaquero, Mattyna Stephens, and Feyi Obamehinti.
2010-2011
Alicia Friday
Doctoral student in human resource development, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development.
Research topic: integration of technology for instruction in Texas family literacy programs. [View accomplishments]
Quinita Ogletree
Doctoral student specializing in urban education, Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture.
Research topic: the relationship between the services offered by family literacy programs and the verbal and nonverbal intelligence and thinking skills of young children. [View accomplishments]
Juana Vaquero
Doctoral student in school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology.
Research topic: examined the effects of a 15-week, parent-delivered shared book reading intervention on the literacy and language skills of low-income, preschool English language learners participating in Head Start. [View accomplishments]
Dr. Mary Alfred welcomes 2010-2011 Barbara Bush Fellows to TCALL
L-R: Dr. Mary Alfred,
Juana Vaquero, Alicia Friday, and Quinita Ogletree.
2009-2010
Rose Anna Santos
Doctoral student in higher education administration, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development.
Research topic: literacy development, particularly how fathers facilitate literacy development within their families; how fathers in family literacy programs, specifically Hispanic fathers, view parenting and literacy role-modeling to their children. [View accomplishments]
Priya Darshini Kurup
Doctoral student in human resource development, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development.
Research topic: the effect of work-life balance on parental participation and retention in family literacy programs. [View accomplishments]
Tiffany Lipsett
Doctoral student in curriculum and culture with an emphasis on visual literacy, Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture.
Research topic: the interaction between parents and children, and the social and cultural context in which literacy skills are learned in the home. [View accomplishments]
Jeeyoung Shin
Doctoral student in English as a Second Language, Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture.
Research topic: conducted an intervention study with language-minority families using a conceptual framework to identify key issues to understand their literacy patterns and experiences. [Accomplishments coming soon]
L-R: Rose Anna Santos, Priya Darshini Kurup, Tiffany Lipsett & Jeeyoung Shin
2008-2009
Marla Rea
Doctoral student in bilingual education, Department of Educational Psychology.
Research topic: how immigrant families’ access to continuing education opportunities affects their children’s success in school. [View accomplishments]
Renata Russo
Doctoral student in adult education, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development.
Research topic: the impact of the four components of a family literacy program on parents’ literacy development in obtaining their GED. [View accomplishments]
Megan Terry
Doctoral student in school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology.
Research topic: retested and analyzed the measures she created as a 2007-2008 Fellow, for a Home Literacy Environment Test that was administered to Head Start parents in Brazos County. [View accomplishments]
Megan Terry, Renata Russo, and Marla Rea
2007-2008
Rebekah Haynes
Doctoral student in school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology.
Research topic: literacy found in the home environment, such as shared book reading, as well as factors contributing to the parent-child relationship. [Accomplishments coming soon]
Petra Robinson
Doctoral student in adult education, Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development.
Research topic: the impact family literacy programs have on various elements of the participants' family life, including economic impact, community involvement, parental engagement, personal development and self-esteem, safety and health environment and accountability, and literacy levels in family units. [View accomplishments]
Megan Terry
Doctoral student in school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology.
Research topic: planned to create measures for a Home Literacy Environment Test so that it can be used by a variety of researchers and professionals to improve literacy in the home . [View accomplishments]
Becki Haynes, and Megan Terry. Missing from the picture is Petra Robinson.
