Jeff MacSwan

Academic interests

Bilingualism, codeswitching; language minority education, theories of academic achievement

differences among English Learners.

Positions

Director, Applied Linguistics Ph.D. Program, Arizona State University, 2007-present.

Professor, Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of

Education, 2009-present.

Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School

of Education, 2004-2009.

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School

of Education, 1998-2004.

Education, Professional Credentials and Skills

Postdoctoral education

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-1998, Psycholinguistics Laboratory, UCLA Linguistics Department;

Professor Susan Curtiss, Sponsor. Funded by National Institutes of Health.

Doctoral program

Ph.D., Education, 1997, UCLA. Curriculum and Teaching Studies. Graduate School of

Education and Information Studies. Committee members: Concepci n M. Valadez (chair); Susan

Curtiss; Edward P. Stabler, Jr.; Alfredo Artiles; Reynaldo Mac as. Dissertation title: A Minimalist

Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching: Spanish-Nahuatl Bilingualism in Central Mexico.

Other degrees

M.A., Linguistics, 1987, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).

Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, 1985, CSULB.

B.A., English Language and Composition, 1985, CSULB.

A.A., English and German, 1986, Cerritos College.

A.A., Social Sciences and Humanities, 1984, Cerritos College.

Teaching credentials

Clear California Single Subject Credential, English.

English as a Second Language (supplementary authorization, California).

Language Development Specialist (LDS) Certificate (by California State exam).

California Community College Instructor Credential, Language Arts and Literature.

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Languages

Spanish, Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico (UNAM), summer & fall 1996; El Centro

Biling e, Cuernavaca, Mexico, summer 1991.

Nahuatl, Casa de la Cultura Jes s Reyes Heroles, Mexico City, summer 1996; Instituto de

Investigaciones Antropol gicas, Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico (UNAM), fall 1996.

Romanian, Summer Institute of Slavic Languages, UCLA, summer 1986.

Modern Greek, The Hellenic-American Center, Athens, Greece, summer 1988.

German, A.A., Cerritos College, June 1986.

Coursework in Latin and Classical Greek.

Awards and Distinctions

Visiting Researcher, University of Bangor, Wales, Bilingualism Centre, June, 2009 (scheduled).

Visiting Scholar, University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UCLMRI), UC

Santa Barbara. Summer and fall, 2006.

Fellow, Education Policy Research Unit, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State

University, 2005-present.

Fellow, Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC), University of Colorado, Boulder,

2007-present.

Gastwissenschaftler (Visiting Professor), Universit t Hamburg, Centre for the Study of

Multilingualism. Winter, 2004.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Summer

and fall, 2004.

Fellow, National Academy of Education, 2003 Recipient.

Mentor Appreciation Award, ASU Graduate College, 2002-2003.

Nominated, Dean s Excellence Award for Teaching, ASU College of Education, 2002-2003.

Nominated, Dean s Excellence Award for Research, ASU College of Education, 2001-2002.

Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles. Summer, 1999.

Boards and Editorship

Editorial Board member, Reading Research Quarterly, 2007-present.

Editorial Board member, International Multilingual Research Journal, 2006-present.

Editorial Board member, EPSL Review Board, 2005-present.

Editorial Board member, Bilingual Research Journal, 2002-2006.

Editorial Board member, Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2000-present.

Editorial Board member, Current Issues in Education, 1999-present.

Advisory Board member, Language Policy Research Unit, ASU, 2002-present.

Board member, Institute for Language Education and Policy (ILEP), 2006-present.

Associate Editor, Bilingual Research Journal, 1998-1999.

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Publications

Books

1. MacSwan, J. (Ed.) (Accepted for publication, 2009). Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Codeswitching.

Linguistics series. Cambridge: MIT Press. Scheduled to appear fall, 2009. 550 manuscript pages.

2. Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.) (2005). ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th

International Symposium on Bilingualism. Vols. 1-5. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. Xxiv+2,455

pages.

3. MacSwan, J. (1999). A Minimalist Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching. New York: Garland.

Xxvi+305 pages.

Refereed Articles

1. MacSwan, J. & Mahoney, K. (2008). Academic bias in language testing: A construct validity

critique of the IPT I Oral Grades K-6 Spanish Second Edition. Journal of Educational Research and

Policy Studies, 8(2), 85-100.

2. van Gelderen, E. & MacSwan, J. (2008). Interface conditions and code-switching: Pronouns,

lexical DPs, and checking theory. Lingua, 118(6), 765-776.

3. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (2006). How language tests mislead us about children s abilities:

Implications for special education placements. Teachers College Record, 108(11), 2304 2328.

4. MacSwan, J. (2005). Pr cis of a Minimalist Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching. Italian Journal of

Linguistics, 17(1), 55-92.

5. MacSwan, J., & Pray, L. (2005). Learning English bilingually: Age of onset of exposure and rate

of acquisition of English among children in a bilingual education program. Bilingual Research

Journal, 29(3), 687-712.

6. MacSwan, J. (2005). Codeswitching and generative grammar: A critique of the MLF model and

some remarks on modified minimalism. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 8(1), 1-22.

7. MacSwan, J. (2005). Comments on Jake, Myers-Scotton and Gross s response: There is no

matrix language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 8(2), 277-284.

8. MacSwan, J. & Rolstad, K. (2005). Modularity and the facilitation effect: Psychological

mechanisms of transfer in bilingual students. Hispanic Journal of the Behavorial Sciences, 27(2), 224-

243.

9. Mahoney, K. S., & MacSwan, J. (2005). Re-examining identification and reclassification of

English Language Learners: A critical discussion of select state practices. Bilingual Research Journal,

29(1), 31-42.

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10. Curtiss, S., MacSwan, J., Schaeffer, J., Kural, M., & Sano, T. (2004). GCS: A grammatical coding

system for natural language data. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 34(3), 459-

480.

11. Valadez, C., MacSwan, J., & Mart nez, C. (2002). Toward a new view of low achieving bilinguals:

A study of linguistic competence in designated semilinguals. Bilingual Review, 25(3), 238-248.

12. MacSwan, J., Rolstad, K., & Glass, G. V. (2002). Do some school-age children have no language?

Some problems of construct validity in the Pre-LAS Espa ol. Bilingual Research Journal, 26(2), 213-

238.

13. Thompson, M. S., DiCerbo, K., Mahoney, K. S., & MacSwan, J. (2002). xito en California? A

validity critique of language program evaluations and analysis of English learner test scores.

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(7), entire issue. Available at

http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n7/.

14. MacSwan, J. (2000). The Threshold Hypothesis, semilingualism, and other contributions to a

deficit view of linguistic minorities. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 22(1), 3-45.

15. MacSwan, J. (2000). The architecture of the bilingual language faculty: Evidence from

codeswitching. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 3(1), 37-54.

Reprinted in Malay as MacSwan, J. (2002). Reka Bentuk Fakulti Bahasa Penutur Dwibahasa:

Bukti daripada Pengalihan Kod Intraayat [The architecture of the bilingual language faculty:

Evidence from codeswitching]. Jurnal Bahasa, 2(1), 1-24.

16. Rolstad, K., MacSwan, J., McLaren, P. (2000). P dagogik und Sprache: Basil Bernsteins Werk und

Wirkung. [Pedagogy and language: Basil Bernstein s work and impact]. Sozialwissenschaftliche

Literatur Rundschau, 1, 5-11.

17. MacSwan, J. (1999). The argument status of NPs in Southeast Puebla Nahuatl: Comments on the

Polysynthesis Parameter. Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 17(2), 101-114.

Book Chapters (Refereed)

1. Krashen, S., Rolstad, K. & MacSwan, J. (Accepted for publication, 2009). Review of Research

summary and bibliography for Structured English Immersion programs of the Arizona English

Language Learners Task Force. In C. Faltis & B. Arias (eds.) English Learners in Arizona. Bristol,

UK: Multilingual Matters.

2. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (Accepted for publication, 2009). Impact of Proposition 203 on

student progress. In G. McField (ed.) Appropriate Action: English Learners in U.S. Schools. Bristol,

UK: Multilingual Matters.

3. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (Accepted for publication, 2009). The role of language in theories of

academic failure for linguistic minorities. In J. Petrovic (ed.) International Perspectives on Bilingual

Education: Policy, Practice, and Controversy. Carlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

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4. Mahoney, K., Garcia, D., MacSwan, J., & Haladyna, T. (Accepted for publication, 2009).

Casta eda s third prong: The achievement of Arizona s English Language Learners under

Proposition 203. In P. G ndara & G. Orfield (ed). Forbidden Languages. New York: Teachers

College Press.

5. Mahoney, K., Haladyna, T., & MacSwan, J. (Accepted for publication, 2009). The need for

multiple measures in reclassification decisions: A validity study of the Stanford English Language

Proficiency Test (SELP). In J. S. Lee, T. G. Wiley, & R. Rumberger (eds.), The Education of

Language Minority Immigrants in the USA. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

6. Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Accepted for publication, 2009). Bilingualism and education. In

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. (ed.), Handbook of Latinos and Education: Theory, Research & Practice. New

Jersey: John Benjamins.

7. MacSwan, J., & Stabler, E. P., Jr. (Accepted for publication, 2009). A minimalist parsing model

for codeswitching. In J. MacSwan (Ed.), Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Codeswitching. Cambridge:

MIT Press.

8. MacSwan, J. (Accepted for publication, 2009). Programs and proposals in codeswitching

research: Unconstraining theories of bilingual language mixing. In J. MacSwan (Ed.), Grammatical

Theory and Bilingual Codeswitching. Cambridge: MIT Press.

9. MacSwan, J. & Colina, S. (Accepted for publication, 2009). Some consequences of language

design: Codeswitching at the PF interface. In J. MacSwan (Ed.), Grammatical Theory and Bilingual

Codeswitching. Cambridge: MIT Press.

10. MacSwan, J. (Accepted for publication, 2009). The role of language in theories of academic

achievement differences: Negative consequences of some bad ideas. In K. Rolstad (Ed.),

Rethinking Language in School. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

11. Cantone, K., & MacSwan, J. (2009). The syntax of DP-internal codeswitching. In K. de Bot, D.

Winford, & L. Isurin (eds.) Multidisciplinary Approaches to Codeswitching. Amsterdam: John

Benjamins Publishing.

12. MacSwan, J. (2009). Generative approaches to codeswitching, pp. 309-335. In A. J. Toribio & B.

E. Bullock (eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Codeswitching. Cambridge University Press.

13. MacSwan, J. (2008). Stephen Krashen, pp. 413-414. In J. Gonzalez (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual

Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishers.

14. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (2008). Semilingualism: Theory and critique, pp. 737-739. In J.

Gonzalez (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishers.

15. Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (2008). BICS/CALP: Theory and critique, pp. 62-65. In J. Gonzalez

(ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishers.

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16. Mahoney, K., MacSwan, J., & Thompson, M. (2005). The condition of English Language

Learners in Arizona: 2005, pp. 1-24. In D. Garcia & A. Molnar (Eds.), The Condition of PreK-12

Education in Arizona, 2005. Tempe, AZ: Education Policy Research Laboratory, Arizona State

University. Available at http://epsl.asu.edu/aepi/Report/EPSL-0509-110-AEPI.pdf.

17. MacSwan, J. (2005). The non-non crisis and academic bias in native language assessment of

linguistic minorities, pp. 340-375. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.)

ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

18. Mahoney, K., Thompson, M., & MacSwan, J. (2004). The condition of English Language

Learners in Arizona, 2004, pp. 1-27. In A. Molnar (Ed.), The Condition of PreK-12 Education in

Arizona, 2004. Tempe, AZ: Education Policy Research Laboratory, Arizona State University.

Available at http://epsl.asu.edu/aepi/EPSL-0405-106-AEPI.pdf.

19. MacSwan, J. (2004). Code switching and linguistic theory, pp. 415 462. In T. K. Bhatia & W.

Ritchie (Eds.), Handbook of Bilingualism. Oxford: Blackwell.

20. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (2003). Linguistic diversity, schooling, and social class: Rethinking

our conception of language proficiency in language minority education, pp. 329-340. In C. B.

Paulston & R. Tucker (Eds.), Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings. Oxford: Blackwell.

21. MacSwan, J. (2002). Bilingualism, pp. 52-57. In B. J. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America: An

encyclopedia of history, theory, and practice. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers.

22. MacSwan, J. (2002). Language acquisition, pp. 273-276. In B. J. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America:

An encyclopedia of history, theory, and practice. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers.

23. Grinstead, J., MacSwan, J. Curtiss, S., & Gelman, R. (1998). The autonomy of number and

grammar in development. In A. Greenhill, M. Hughes, H. Littlefield, & H. Walsh (Eds.),

BUCLD 22: Proceedings of the 22nd Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville,

MA: Cascadilla Press.

Book Chapters (Not Refereed)

1. MacSwan, J. (2005). ISB4: Afterword and closing remarks. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad,

K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville,

MA: Cascadilla Press.

2. MacSwan, J., Rolstad, K., Cohen, J., & McAlister, K. (2005). Introduction, pp. xxi-xxiv. In

Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.) ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International

Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

3. MacSwan, J. (2001). Schools should employ bilingual education. In M. E. Williams (Ed.), Race

Relations: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. Same as February 28, 1999 Arizona

Republic editorial, Punished for Speaking Spanish? 'Immersion' Drowns the Hopes of Many

Hispanic Children"; reprinted at the request of the volume editor.

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Professional Newsletter Article

1. MacSwan, J. (2001). Implications of the New York City Schools research report for program-

restrictionist legislation in the U.S. NABE News, 24(4), 4-8, 16.

Reports

1. Krashen, S., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (2007). Review of Research summary and bibliography

for Structured English Immersion programs of the Arizona English Language Learners Task

Force. Takoma Park, MD: Institute for Language Education and Policy. Available at

http://www.elladvocates.org/documents/AZ/Krashen_Rolstad_MacSwan_review.pdf. (Same as

Krashen, MacSwan & Rolstad [2009] under Chapters.)

2. MacSwan, J., Thompson, M., de Klerk, G., & McAlister, K. (2007). Beyond Program

Effectiveness Research: Explaining Achievement Differences among Limited English Proficient

Students. Institute of Education Science, US Department of Education, final report for Field

Initiated Studies Program research grant.

3. MacSwan, J. (2006). Review of Lexington Institute Report Immersion, Not Submersion, Vol III: Can a

New Strategy for Teaching English Outperform Old Excuses? Lessons from Eight California School Districts.

Think Tank Review Project, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Education Policy Research

Unit, Arizona State University. Pp. 1-12. Available at http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/ttreviews/EPSL-

0612-223-EPRU.pdf.

Book Reviews

1. MacSwan, J. (1999). Review of Jeff McQuillan (1998), The literacy crisis: False claims, real solutions.

The Education Review, 36, entire issue. Available at http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/reviews /rev36.htm.

2. MacSwan, J., & McLaren, P. (1999). Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Language: Comments on Alan

R. Sadovnik's Knowledge and Pedagogy: The Sociology of Basil Bernstein (1995) and Paul Atkinson, Brian

Davis and Sara Delamont's Discourse and Reproduction: Essays in Honor of Basil Bernstein (1995).

Bilingual Research Journal, 21(4), 334-340.

Monographs

1. Curtiss, S., MacSwan, J., Schaeffer, J., Kural, M., & Sano, T. (2004). GCS: Grammatical Coding

System Manual. Psychonomic Society Archive of Norms, Stimuli, and Data. 66 pages. Available at

http://www.psychonomic.org/archive/. Distribution of effort: Curtiss, 40%; MacSwan, 30%;

Schaeffer, Kural and Sano, 10% each.

2. Mahoney, K. S., & MacSwan, J. (2005). Identification, Reclassification, and Assessment of English

Learners: A Survey of State Policies. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University Language Policy Research

Unit. Distribution of effort: 50% each.

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Grants

Externally Funded Research Grants

1. Field-Initiated Studies (FIS) Research Grant, Institute of Education Science (formerly Office of

Educational Research and Improvement), US Department of Education, $693,083, AY 2000-

2005. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan. Project title: Beyond Program Effectiveness

Research: Explaining Achievement Differences among Limited English Proficient Students.

2. National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, $50,000, AYs 2003-2005.

Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan. Project title: Understanding Language in Language

Minority Education: Toward a Theory of Language in Contact.

3. OERI/AERA Dissertation Fellowship, Kate S. Mahoney, Student Applicant. $17,000, AY 2002-

2003. Faculty sponsor/PI: Jeff MacSwan. Project title: Linguistic Influences on Differential

Item Functioning for English Learners on a Standardized Achievement Test.

4. Small Grant, Spencer Foundation, $35,000, AY 1999-2000. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

Project title: The Non-Non Crisis: Do Some School-age Children Know No Language?

5. Title VI National Resource Fellowship, $8,000, AY 1996-1997. Fellowship to conduct

dissertation research on less commonly studied languages (Nahuatl).

6. AERA/Spencer Predoctoral Fellowship, $2,500, AY 1995-1996.

Internally Funded Research Grants

1. Field-Initiated Studies Research Stimulus Grant, Arizona State University College of Education,

$30,000, AY 2003-2004. Principal Investigators: Douglas Clark, Eugene Garcia, Jeff MacSwan,

Wilhelmina Savenye. Project title: Technology Opening Diverse Opportunities for Science

(TODOS).

2. Institute for Advanced Study of Education Grant, Arizona State University College of Education,

$48,000, AY 2003-2004. Project title: Arizona Language Minority Education Research Institute.

Arizona State University faculty participants: Terrence G. Wiley, Josu Gonz lez, Jeff MacSwan,

Kellie Rolstad, Denis Viri, Carlos Ovando, Kay Hunnicutt; University of Arizona faculty

participants: Teresa McCarty, Luis Moll, Richard Ruiz, Mary Eunice Romero, Mary Carol Combs;

Northern Arizona University faculty participants: Mary McGroarty, Frances Riemer, Jon

Rehyner, Norbert Francis, Jim Wilce. Principal Investigators: Terrence G. Wiley and Teresa

McCarty.

3. Seed Grant, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Arizona State University, $8,000, AY 2001-

2002. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan. Project title: The Limits of Native Language

Attrition in Late Sequential Bilinguals.

4. University Faculty Incentive Award, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Arizona State

University. $11,550, AY 2000 until expended. Associated with IES/ED grant, referenced above.

Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

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Training Grants

1. Discipline-Based Scholarships in Education, Spencer Foundation, $500,000, AY 2002-2005. Jeff

MacSwan, chair, Linguistics and Education section. Principal Investigators: Joseph Tobin, David

Berliner, Gene Glass. Provides fellowship support for nine doctoral students each year in three

areas (linguistics, psychology, sociology) which bring together education and traditional

disciplinary research.

2. Instructional Improvement Grant, Arizona Board of Regents, ESL Teaching Methods Infusion

in Mainstream Classrooms, $25,000, AY 2002-2003. Principal Investigators: Billie Enz, Kellie

Rolstad, Jeff MacSwan. Provides funds for curriculum development for post-baccalaureate

program in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL/bilingual certification) for in-service

K-12 teachers.

Professional/Scholarly Service Grants

1. Support for Scientific Meeting, National Science Foundation (Linguistics/Behavioral and

Cognitive Sciences Division), $9,000. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan. Award 0236561.

Support for the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003.

2. Conference Grant (R13), National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development and National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders),

$9,000. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan. Award HD43850-01. Support for the 4th

International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003.

3. Ford Foundation, $16,000. Support for travel grants for participants in 4th International

Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Externally administered. Principal

Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

4. Arizona School Boards Association, $5,000. Support for the 4th International Symposium on

Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

5. California Association for Bilingual Education, $2,500. Support for the 4th International

Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

6. Multilingual Matters, $6,000. Support for the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism

(ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

7. ASU Office of the Vice Provost for Research, $10,000. Support for the 4th International

Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

8. ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $10,000. Support for the 4th International Symposium

on Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003. Principal Investigator: Jeff MacSwan.

9. Other ASU-internal organizations, $6,750. Support for the 4th International Symposium on

Bilingualism (ISB4), April 30-May 3, 2003.

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Grant Proposal in Preparation

1. National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

(NIH/NICHD), Major Research Grant, R01. $5,600,194, five years. Principal Investigator.

Project title: Individual Differences in Rate of Acquisition of English among U.S. Immigrants.

Proposal submitted, reviewed, and invited for resubmission.

Presentations

Invited Talks

1. MacSwan, J. (2009). Research programs in codeswitching. Centre for the Study of

Multilingualism, University of Bangor, Wales, June 27.

2. MacSwan, J. (2009). Research on codeswitching. Centre for the Study of Multilingualism,

University of Hamburg, Germany, July 3.

3. MacSwan, J. (2009). Language minority education. University of Bremen, Germany, July 5.

4. MacSwan, J. (2008). Proposals and programs in codeswitching research: New questions and new

directions. Plenary address, annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society, April 28-30.

5. MacSwan, J. (2008). Codeswitching: A focus on adjectives. Invited plenary speaker, Afternoon of

Codeswitching, University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Spanish, French, Italian and

Portuguese, April 24.

6. MacSwan, J. (2008). Casta eda s third prong. Panel on Proposition 227: 10 Years Later. Annual

meeting of the University of California Language Minority Research Insitute (UCLMRI),

Sacramento, California, May 2-3.

7. MacSwan, J. (2008). Proposals and programs in codeswitching research: Unconstraining theories

of language mixing. Linguistics Colloquium, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona,

April 9.

8. MacSwan, (2008). Facilitaiton theory and the time-on-task principle: Evaluating competing

theories of academic achievement differences among English Language Learners. California

Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) annual meeting, Panel on Proposition 227, March 6.

9. MacSwan, J. (2007). Explaining student success: Language and literacy in programs for English

Language Learners. Oregon Association for Bilingual Education, Salem, August 17.

10. MacSwan, J. (2007). The non-non crisis: How language testing misleads us about children s

ability. Achieving A+ Summit: Acquisition of English and Academic Achievement for All, Los

Angeles Unified School District, December 13.

11. MacSwan, J. (2007). Proposals, programs and paradigms: Unconstraining codeswitching research.

Workshop on Codeswitching, Ohio State University, Linguistics Department. December 5-8.

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12. MacSwan, J. (2006). Why some kids do better than others: The role of language in theories of

academic achievement differences among English Learners. Applied Linguistics Colloquium,

University of California, Santa Barbara. October 10.

13. MacSwan, J. (2006). Language proficiency and assessment: How our views of language affect

children. Applied Linguistics Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara. November 7.

14. MacSwan, J. (2006). Impact of second language acquisition on issues in language education

policy. Linguistics Department class visit, University of California, Los Angeles. November 14.

15. MacSwan, J. (2006). Grammatical constraints on language mixing below sentential boundaries:

What kind of theory should a theory of codeswitching be? Department of Linguistics

Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara. November 17.

16. MacSwan, J. (2006). Learning English at school: Do English-only and bilingual education

programs meet their respective goals for rate of acquisition of English? Featured presentation at

the annual meeting of the California Association for Bilingual Education, March 5-7, San Jose,

California.

17. MacSwan, J. (2005). Learning English bilingually: Age of onset of exposure and rate of

acquisition of English among children in a bilingual education program. A featured presentation

at the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) English Language Development

(ELD) conference, Cerritos, California, December 8.

18. MacSwan, J. (2005). Do some school-age children have no language? How language assessments

mislead us about the native language ability of English learners. Addressing Health, Educational,

and Socioeconomic Disparities of Children in Immigrant Families, a scientific meeting sponsored

and organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Demographic and Behavioral Sciences

Branch [DBSB] and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD]),

Bethesda, Maryland, May 25-26.

19. MacSwan, J. (2005). Codeswitching and grammatical theory. A plenary speech at the University of

Michigan Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Multidisciplinary Transatlantic

Luso-Spanish Conference, Ann Arbor, April 1-2.

20. MacSwan, J. (2004). The non-non crisis: How language assessments mislead us about the

native language ability of English Language Learners. English Language Learners Struggling to

Learn: Emergent Research on Linguistic Differences and Learning Disabilities, a National

Research Conference of the Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, Scottsdale,

Arizona, November 17-21.

21. MacSwan, J. (2004). Minimalism and codeswitching: On the edges of FI. Bergische Universit t

Wuppertal Wuppertaler Linguistisches Forum, Wuppertal University, Germany, December 13.

22. MacSwan, J. (2004). Codeswitching on minimalist assumptions. University of Hamburg Center

for the Study of Multilingualism, December 9.

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23. MacSwan, J. (2004). How media (mis)representations about bilingual education affect national

education policy decisions. Arizona State Convention of the League of United Latin American

Citizens (LULAC), Education Forum, May 21.

24. MacSwan, J. (2004). Non-nons in the classroom: Do some school-age children know no

language? Mini-conference in honor of Stephen B. Ross on the occasion of his retirement,

California State University, Long Beach, March 30.

25. MacSwan, J. (2004). Codeswitching and the theory of syntax. Linguistics Department, University

of California, Los Angeles, March 2.

26. MacSwan, J. (2003). All the news that's fit to print? Media coverage of student test scores after

Proposition 227. A featured speaker presentation at the California Association for Bilingual

Education annual meeting, Los Angeles, California, February 14.

27. MacSwan, J. (2002). English Learner test scores and language education policy under California s

Proposition 227. Forum on Bilingual Education, Harvard Civil Rights Project, Harvard

University, July 23.

28. MacSwan, J. (2002). Steinberg deceives the nation: Media coverage of English Learners test

scores after Proposition 227. California Association for Bilingual Education Teacher Conference,

Long Beach, California, October 30.

29. MacSwan, J. (2001). Codeswitching and the minimalist program. Symposium on Language

Interaction and Translation, Centre for the Study of Multilingualism, Hamburg University,

Germany, October 15.

30. MacSwan, J. (2000). The "non-non" crisis: Tracking language minority children with native

language assessment. Invited presentation, Relevance of Culture in Evaluation (RACE) 2000

Conference, Tempe, Arizona, January 6.

Colloquia Organized

1. Codeswitching and the Minimalist Program. 3rd International Symposium on Bilingualism,

University of the West of England, Bristol, April 18-20, 2001. Participants: Marcel den Dikken,

Daniel Finer, Silvia Milian Hita, Riny Huybregts, Jeff MacSwan, J rgen Miesel, Monica Moro,

Jacqueline Toribio.

2. Do some school-age children know no language? Rethinking native language assessment in

language minority education. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

(AERA), Seattle, April 9-14, 2001. Participants: Gene V Glass, Patricia Jarvis, Jeff MacSwan, Kate

S. Mahoney, Jessie Ortiz, Amado Padilla, Concepci n M. Valadez.

Paper Presentations (Last Ten Years)

1. Mahoney, K., MacSwan, J., & Haladyna, T. (2009). The need for multiple measures in

reclassification decisions: A validity study of the Stanford English Language Proficiency Test.

Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, March

24-28.

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2. Mahoney, K., Garcia, D., MacSwan, J., & Haladyna, T. (2008). The achievement of Arizona s

English Language Learners under Proposition 203: Testing Casta eda s third requirement.

Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, March

24-28.

3. MacSwan, J., Thompson, M., de Klerk, G., & McAlister, K. (2008). Facilitation theory and the

time-on-task principle: A structural equation modeling approach to evaluating bilingual and

English-only instructional policies. Annual meeting of the American Association of Applied

Linguistics, Washington, DC, March 29-April 2.

4. McAlister, K. T., de Klerk, G., & MacSwan, J. (2008). Ultimate Attainment and Academic

Achievement in School-age Children: Exploring the Role of Code Switching. ESCR Centre for

Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, University of Bangor, July 21, Bangor, Wales.

5. McAlister, K., de Klerk, G., & MacSwan, J. (2008). Bilingual acquisition in a codeswitching

environment: Effects on ultimate attainment in school-age children. International Congress for

the Study of Child Language (IASCL) Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 28-

August 1.

6. MacSwan, J., Thompson, M. S., de Klerk, G., & McAlister, K. (2007). Theory, research, and

theory-driven research: Explanations of academic achievement differences among English

Language Learners. Annual meeting of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research

Institute (UCLMRI). Arizona State University, Tempe, May 2-5.

7. Mahoney, K., Haladyna, T., & MacSwan, J. (2007). A validity study of the Stanford English

Language Proficiency Test (SELP) as used for classifying English Language Learners. Annual

meeting of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UCLMRI).

Arizona State University, Tempe, May 2-5.

8. Cantone, K. F., & MacSwan, J. (2007). Adjectives in codeswitching. Paper presented at the 6th

International Symposium on Bilingualism. Hamburg, Germany, May 30-June 2.

9. MacSwan, J. & S. Colina. (2007). Interface conditions on language mixing. Paper presented at the

6th International Symposium on Bilingualism. . Hamburg, Germany, May 30-June 2.

10. MacSwan, J., de Klerk, G., Thompson, M. S., & McAlister, K. (2006). Beyond program

effectiveness research: Explaining academic achievement differences among English Language

Learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association (AERA), April 7-11, San Francisco, California.

11. Mahoney, K., Haladyna, T., & MacSwan, J. (2006). A validity study of the SELP (Stanford

English Language Proficiency) test as a tool for reclassifying English Language Learners. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA),

April 7-11, San Francisco, California.

12. MacSwan, J. (2006). Native language proficiency testing as tacit ability grouping: Rethinking the

way we view children s home language. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the

Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UCLMRI), May 6, Irvine, California.

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13. MacSwan, J. (2006). What is a language? Theoretical foundations of construct validity in language

testing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

(AERA), April 7-11, San Francisco, California.

14. MacSwan, J. (2005). Construct validity in language assessments for English Language Learners.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Bilingual Education

(NABE), Phoenix, Arizona, December 20.

15. Mahoney, K., Haladyna, T., & MacSwan, J. (2005). A validity study of the SELP (Stanford

English Language Proficiency) test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National

Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), Phoenix, Arizona, December 20.

16. MacSwan, J. & Colina, S. (2005). Phonological effects in intersentential codeswitching. Paper

presented at Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2005, Barcelona, Spain, June 20-21.

17. MacSwan, J., & Rolstad, K. (2005). News as propaganda: All the news that s fit to print about

bilingual education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.

18. Colina, S., & MacSwan, J. (2005). Language mixing at the interface: How does phonology affect

the syntax of codeswitching? Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism

(ISB5), Barcelona, Spain.

19. Mahoney, K., Thompson, M., & MacSwan, J. (2004). The Conditions of Pre-K-12 Education:

English Language Learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Arizona Educational

Research Association (AERO), Tempe, Arizona, October 12.

20. Mahoney, K., & MacSwan, J. (2004). Identifying English Language Learners: Results of a survey

and of select state practices for identification and reclassification of English Learners. Paper

presented at the Language Minority Education Research Roundtable of Arizona (LMERRA)

Colloquium, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 23-24.

21. MacSwan, J. (2003). The non-non crisis and academic bias in native language assessment of

linguistic minorities. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4),

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 30-May 3.

22. MacSwan, J. (2003). Minimalism and the derivation of basic word orders in code switching. Paper

presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB4), Arizona State University,

Tempe, Arizona, April 30-May 3.

23. Mahoney, K., & MacSwan, J. (2003). A survey and critical evaluation of select state practices for

identification and reclassification of English Learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 21-25.

24. Pray, L. C., & MacSwan, J. (2002). Different question, same answer: How long does it take for

English learners to attain proficiency? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association (AERA), April 12-17.

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25. MacSwan, J., Mahoney, K. S., Thompson, M. S., DiCerbo, K. E., & Sockheld, S. (2002). Effective

programs for English learners: A longitudinal study of academic achievement of children in

bilingual and ESL programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association (AERA), April 16-24.

26. Yazzie, A., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (2002). (Mis)identifying limited English speakers of

Navajo heritage: Some problems with the Language Assessment Scales (LAS)-English. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA),

April 22-25.

27. Thompson, M. S., DiCerbo, K., Mahoney, K. S., & MacSwan, J. (2001). xito en California? A

critical reappraisal of achievement trajectories under California s Proposition 227. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE),

Phoenix, February 19-24.

28. MacSwan, J. (2001). The non-non crisis: Knowledge of language and problems of construct

validity in native language assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association (AERA), Seattle, April 9-14.

29. Glass, G. V., & MacSwan, J. (2001). Problems in applying traditional psychometric criteria in the

development of tests of normal native language ability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Seattle, April 9-14.

30. MacSwan, J., & van Gelderen, E. (2001). Checking theory and head movement in intrasentential

codeswitching. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Bilingualism, Bristol, UK,

April 17-24.

31. MacSwan, J., & Glass, G. V. (2000). Construct validity of the Pre-LAS Espa ol and other reasons

not to assess children s native language. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, April 24-28.

32. MacSwan, J. (1999). A minimalist approach to codeswitching. Paper presented at the 2nd

International Symposium on Bilingualism, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, April 15-17.

33. MacSwan, J. (1999). Bilingualism, mental architecture, and psychological mechanisms of transfer.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

(AERA), Montreal, Canada, April 19-23.

Teaching

Academic Program Development

Masters in World Languages, with faculty from the School of International Letters and Cultures

(SILC). Master s level program geared toward sudents interested in the teaching of English in

international contexts to children and adolescents and foreign languages in the U.S. In

development.

Graduate Certificate in Curriculum and Instruction: English as an International Language (with

Aya Matsuda). Certificate program geared toward sudents interested in the teaching of English in

international contexts to children and adolescents. In development.

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Masters in Family Education (with Kellie Rolstad), in partnership with the Maricopa County

Office of Education. In development.

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics. Developed a planning proposal and implementation proposal for a

university-wide Ph.D. in Applied Linguisics, housed in the College of Education. Coordination of

fifty faculty in multiple departments and colleges. Final ABOR approval granted January, 2008.

Program Director and chair of Program Oversight Committee.

Graduate Certificate in Linguistics (with Barbara Lafford, David Ingram, Sonia Colina, Aryeh

Faltz, and Marysia Johnson). Graduate certificate in Linguistics of the University Committee on

Linguistics. Fall, 2005.

Changed concentration in Reading to Language and Literacy for the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in

Curriculum and Instruction (with Jim Christie). Fall, 2001.

Course Development

APL 601 Introduction to Applied Linguistics (with Barbara Lafford), fall 2008. Requirement for

all Applied Linguistics Ph.D. students. Spring, 2008.

APL 691 Codeswitching and grammatical theory. Developed for the Applied Linguistics Ph.D.

Program, an overview of theories of bilingual codeswitching. Spring, 2008.

Applied for and obtained new APL (Applied Linguistics) course prefix, with planned

development of the following courses in collaboration with program faculty (fall, 2007):

o APL 610 Survey of Native American languages

o APL 620 World Englishes

o APL 621 Critical applied linguistics

o APL 630 Bilingual language acquisition

o APL 632 Language maintenance and shift

o APL 633 Curriculum design for English as a Foreign Language

BLE 335 Language Diversity in the Classroom, fall 2002. Developed with Carole Edelsky and

Kellie Rolstad for pre-service teachers in multiple undergraduate program majors.

Previous University-Level Experience in Teaching and Research

UCLA Psycholinguistics Laboratory, Graduate Student Researcher (GSR 4) and Post-graduate

Researcher (PGR). Professor Susan Curtiss, Principal Investigator. July 1994 to June 1997.

Department of Education, UCLA, Teaching Associate. Education 409, Language Structure,

Acquisition, and Development, with Professor Concepci n M. Valadez. Summer and fall, 1995.

Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Teaching Associate. Linguistics 10, History of English Words,

with Professor Robert Stockwell. Winter, 1995.

Department of Linguistics, UCLA, Teaching Associate. Linguistics 1, Introduction to Linguistics,

with Professor Nina Hyams. Spring, 1995.

Fieldwork, Tehuac n, Puebla, Mexico. As part of my dissertation research, I conducted

fieldwork on Spanish-Nahuatl code switching in Central Mexico while taking courses at

Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico (UNAM). June to November, 1996.

Lecturer, Department of Education, UCLA, 1997-1998.

Lecturer, Department of Graduate Education, California State University, Dominguez Hills,

spring, 1997.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Education, UCLA, summer, 1999.

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Student Advising

Master s Thesis Committees

1. Committee member, Tamara Fuster. Thesis title: English Immersion and Dual Language

Instruction in Kindergargen: English and Spanish Proficiency Outcomes. Master s degree,

Psychology in Education, College of Education, ASU. Ed Nelson, chair. Since fall, 2002.

2. Committee member, Cindy Loatman. Thesis title: Phonological Patterns of Mexican-American

Bilinguals. Master s of Science, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, ASU. David

Ingram, chair. Graduated May, 2001.

3. Committee member, Miriam Garlant. Thesis title: Spanish Phonological Patterns of Young

Spanish-English Bilinguals. Master s of Science, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences,

ASU. David Ingram, chair. Graduated August, 2001.

4. Committee member, Anju Kuriakose. Thesis title: Syntax of Code Switching:

Malayalam/English with Special Emphasis on Pronouns. Master s of Arts, Department of

English, TESOL Program, ASU. Elly van Gelderen, chair. Graduated May, 2001.

5. Committee member, Yue Chen. Thesis title: Feature Checking and Code-Switching of Chinese-

English Bilinguals. Master s of Arts, Department of English, TESOL Program, ASU. Elly van

Gelderen, chair. Graduated May, 1999.

Doctoral Students (Committee Chair)

1. Kara McAlister, Ph.D. student in Language and Literacy, Interdisciplinary Program in Curriculum

and Instruction, ASU. Status: Collecting data and writing dissertation. Graduation anticipated

spring, 2009.

2. Anju Kuriakose, Ph.D. student in Language and Literacy, Interdisciplinary Program in

Curriculum and Instruction, ASU. Status: Developing proposal. Graduation anticipated spring,

2009.

3. Chan Young Park, Ph.D. student in Language and Literacy, Interdisciplinary Program in

Curriculum and Instruction, ASU. Participant in PPF (Preparing Future Faculty) Program.

Dissertation examined effects of family language policy on language maintenance among Korean

adolescents. Graduated fall, 2007.

4. Katja Cantone, Ph.D. student in Romance Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Co-chair with Natascha M ller. Dissertation examined codeswitching and acquisition in young

Italian-German bilinguals living in Germany. Graduated fall, 2006.

5. Lisa C. Pray, Ph.D. student in Language and Literacy, Interdisciplinary Program in Curriculum

and Instruction, ASU. Dissertation examines validity of language proficiency tests used to identify

language disabilities in bilingual special education students. Participant in PPF (Preparing Future

Faculty) Program. Finalist, NABE Outstanding Dissertation Award. Graduated spring 2003.

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6. Kate Mahoney, Ph.D. student in Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Program in Curriculum

and Instruction, ASU. Dissertation used Item Response Theory to examine linguistic influences

on the validity of high-stakes English-medium academic achievement tests used with English

language learners. Recpient of OERI/AERA dissertation fellowship, 2002-2003. Graduated fall

2003.

Doctoral Students (Committee Member)

1. Yi-Ting Chen, student in English Ph.D., concentration in Rhetoric, Composition and Linguistics.

Dissertation examined aspects of Amis syntax. Elly van Gelderen, committee chair. Graduated

fall, 2008.

2. Kari Jordan-Dillar student in English Ph.D., concentration in Rhetoric, Composition and

Linguistics. Dissertation investigates the formation of a community-based literacy program

among Prai speakers who attend school in a Thai-majority language community. Karen Adams,

committee chair. Graduated fall, 2008.

3. Frank Ramirez, student in Language and Literacy, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Curriculum

and Instruction. Status: student is currently collecting data. Beatriz Arias, committee chair.

4. Gareth Morgan, student in Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science. Status: Developing proposal.

Laida Restrepo, committee chair.

5. Chien-Huei Wu, Ph.D. student in Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Program in

Curriculum and Instruction, ASU. Sarah Hudelson, chair. Dissertation examined language

attitudes among Chinese-English bilinguals in Phoenix. Graduated fall, 2007.

Service Activities

Service to the Profession

Editorial board member for Reading Research Quarterly, 2007-present; International Multilingual

Research Journal, 2006-present; EPSL Review Board, 2005-present; Bilingual Research Journal, 2002-

2006; Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2000-present; Current Issues in Education, 1999-

present; Language Policy Research Unit, ASU, 2002-present.

Member of the Board (Treasurer), Institute for Language Education and Policy (ILEP), 2006-

present.

Associate Editor, Bilingual Research Journal, 1998-1999.

Member, Steering Committee, International Symposium on Bilingualism, 2005-2007.

Member, Scientific/Organizing Committees, 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism

(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, March 20-23, 2005), 2003-2005.

Reviewed two book manuscripts, Cambridge University Press Linguistics, summer 2004; fall,

2008.

Chair, Scientific/Organizing Committee, 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona

State University, 2001-2003. Supervised all aspects of organization, oversaw development of

online proposal processing/registration system, obtained external and internal support; 653

participants from 32 U.S. states and nearly 50 countries; proceedings, 200 contributions.

Chair, Bilingual SIG session, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New

Orleans, 2002.

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Discussant, Division G, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New

Orleans, 2002.

Session Chair/Colloquium Convener, 3rd International Symposium on Bilingualism, University of

the West of England, Bristol, April, 2001.

Discussant, Second Language Acquisition Research Special Interest Group, AERA, 2001.

Session Chair, Relevance of Culture in Evaluation (RACE) 2001, Arizona State University,

Tempe, Arizona, January 2001.

Journal Editors Roundtable, Bilingual Research Journal, AERA, Montreal, Canada, April, 1999.

Co-presenter with Josu Gonz lez and Alfredo Benavides at NABE in a session unveiling the

online version of the Bilingual Research Journal, Denver, 1999.

Maintainer, BILING Electronic Discussion Listserv (approx. 800 subscribers), forum for

discussion of research on bilingualism and bilingual education, 1998-present.

Conference paper reviewer for Boston University Conference on Language Development. 1999-

2005.

Conference paper reviewer for annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, Bilingual SIG and Division G, 1998-2008.

Ad-hoc reviewer for Linguistic Inquiry; Lingua; Education Policy, International Journal of Bilingualism and

Bilingual Education; Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis; Education Policy; American Educational

Research Journal; Educational Researcher (ER); Bilingual Research Journal; International Journal of

Bilingualism; Southwest Journal of Linguistics; Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; Educational Theory;

Linguistics and Education.

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

Linguistics Society of America (LSA)

Division Committees

Member, Personnel Committee, 2008-present (second term, ends 2010).

Member, Personnel Committee, 2006-2008 (first term).

Member, Human Rights Committee, 2007-present.

Member, Interdisciplinary C&I Ph.D. Executive Committee, 2001-2003.

Member, C&I Division Programs Committee, 2001-2003.

Member, SLA/Bilingualism Faculty Search Committee, 2001-2002.

Member, C&I Division Director Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Member, Programs Committee, 2000-2001.

Chair, Language and Literacy Ph.D. Student Recruitment Committee, 2000-2002.

Member, Secondary Education Faculty Search Committee, 1998-1999.

Member, EED/ESL Program Integration Committee, 1998-1999.

College Committees

Member, College Council, 2001-2003.

Member, College Council, 2000-2001.

Member, Head Hunter Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Chair, Spring Symposium Organizing Committee, 1999-2000.

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University Committees

Member, Tenure and Promotion Ad-hoc Committee for an ASU West faculty member,

Department of Language, Cultures, and History, 2006-present.

Chair, Applied Linguistics Oversight Committee, 2007-present.

Chair, Joint CLAS/COE Applied Linguistics Program Development Committee, 2004-2007.

Member, ASU Committee on Linguistics, August, 1999-present.

Member, Graduate Council, 2001-2002.

Member, Graduate Council Programs Committee, 2001-2002.

Member, Committee on Linguistics Interdisciplinary Programs Planning Committee, 2000-

present.

Other Division Service

Manager/Maintainer of Language and Literacy and Applied Linguistics students and faculty

listservs, 2003-present.

Applied for and obtained two Graduate Scholars Awards for Language and Literacy Ph.D.

concentration in C&I, 2000-2001.

Researched and proposed new deadlines for doctoral program in Language and Literacy Ph.D.

concentration in C&I, 2000-2001.

Developed brochure, poster and accompanying web pages for Language and Literacy Ph.D.

concentration in C&I, 2000-2001.

Applied for and obtained two Graduate Scholars Awards for Language and Literacy Ph.D.

concentration in C&I, 1999-2000.

Developed, furnished and equipped Language and Literacy Research Lab for use by any C&I

faculty; lab facilitates transcription-based research in language and literacy. 1999-2000.

Regular participation and attendance at faculty meetings, 1998-present.

Other College Service

Presentation on bilingual education to participants in the University President's Club, 1998-1999.

Interim Associate Dean for Research, summer 2001.

Other University Service

Served as Graduate College representative for the final oral defense of doctoral student in

Educational Psychology. Elsie G. J. Moore, Chair. May, 1999.

Service to the Community

Interviewed for Horizon (TV Eight) program on English Language Learner education in Arizona,

fall 2007.

Wrote research review of Arziona ELL Task Force recommendations at the request of Eugene

Garcia, task force member appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano, summer spring 2008.

(Coauthored with Kellie Rolstad and Stephen Krashen.)

Panel discussant at press conference organized by the Center for Education Policy (based in

Washington, DC) upon the release of their study of Arizona s English Learners and the AIMS

test. November 13, 2007.

Published multiple editorials on the education of language minority children, including "Bilingual

Education an Asset that Can Offer Global Rewards," Arizona Republic, 6 August 1998; Punished

for Speaking Spanish? 'Immersion' Drowns the Hopes of Many Hispanic Children," Arizona

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Republic, 28 February 1999; Miracle or mirage? California Scores Are No Reason to Ax Bilingual

Ed, Arizona Herald Tribune, 28 August 2000; Arizonans Should Decide School Issue, Arizona

Republic, 12 June 2000; "Facts Elude Politician," Arizona Republic, September 13, 2000; "Prop. 203

Overlooks Bevy of Language Situations in Schools," Arizona Republic, October 26, 2000; Flawed

tests are ruining 'English only' choices, Arizona Republic, April 25, 2003; Bad data poison

language study, Arizona Republic, August 13, 2004.

Participated in public debates on Proposition 203 and related policy (opponents Ron Unz and

Margaret Garcia Dugan, ASU Law School, November 26, 2000; opponent Margaret Garc

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