Luciana de Oliveira
Associate Professor
Literacy and Language Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Research
Dr. de Oliveira’s scholarship focuses on three strands: Strand I, the teaching and learning of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the content areas; Strand II, teacher education for ELLs, advocacy, and social justice; and Strand III, nonnative English-speaking teachers.Education
| Ph.D. | University of California, Davis, 2006, Education (Language, Literacy, and Culture; Additional Specialization: Second Language Acquisition) |
| M.A. | California State University, East Bay, 1999, English (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) |
| B.A. | Sao Paulo State University, 1997, English and Portuguese |
Publications
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2011). Knowing and writing school history: The language of students' expository writing and teachers' expectations. Information Age Publishing.*
*Recipient of the David E. Eskey Award for Curriculum Innovation, California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
- de Oliveira, L. C., & Cheng, D. (in press, 2011). Language and the multisemiotic nature of mathematics. The Reading Matrix.
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2011). Strategies for nonnative-English-speaking teachers’ continued development as professionals. TESOL Journal, 2(2), 229-238.
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2011). A linguistic approach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms: A focus on teacher education. Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 4(2), 101-159.
- Shoffner, M.*, de Oliveira, L. C.*, with Angus, R. (2010). Multiliteracies in the secondary English classroom: Becoming literate in the 21st century. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 9(3), 75-89.
- Athanases, S. Z., & de Oliveira, L. C. (2010). Toward program-wide coherence in preparing teachers to teach and advocate for English language learners. In Lucas, T. (Ed), Teacher preparation for linguistically diverse classrooms: A resource for teacher educators (pp. 195-215). New York: Routledge.
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2010a). Nouns in history: Packaging information, expanding explanations, and structuring reasoning. The History Teacher, 43(2), 191-203.
- de Oliveira, L. C., & Dodds, K. N. (2010). Beyond general strategies for English Language Learners: Language dissection in science. The Electronic Journal of Literacy Through Science, 9(1), 1-14. Available online at http://ejlts.ucdavis.edu/article/2010/9/1/beyond-general-strategies-english-language-learners-language-dissection-science
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2010b). Focusing on language and content by examining cause and effect in historical texts. The Indiana Reading Journal, 42(1), 14-19.
- de Oliveira, L. C. (2010c). Enhancing content instruction for ELLs: Learning about language in science. In D. Sunal, C. Sunal, M. Mantero, & E. Wright (Eds), Teaching Science with Hispanic ELLs in K-16 Classrooms (pp. 135-150). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- de Oliveira, L. C., & Shoffner, M. (2009). Addressing the needs of English language learners in an English education methods course. English Education, 42(1), 91-111.
- Athanases, S. Z., & de Oliveira, L. C. (2008). Advocacy for equity in classrooms and beyond: New teachers' challenges and responses. Teachers College Record, 110(1), 64-104.
- Athanases, S. Z. & de Oliveira, L. C. (2007). Conviction, confrontation, and risk in new teachers' advocating for equity. Teaching Education, 18(2), 123-136.
- de Oliveira, L. C., & Athanases, S. Z. (2007). Graduates' reports of advocating for English language learners. Journal of Teacher Education, 58(3), 202-215.
Experience
| 2011-Present | Associate Professor of Literacy and Language Education |
| 2009-Present | Director, English Language Learning (ELL) Licensure Program |
| 2006-2011 | Assistant Professor of Literacy and Language Education |
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2007-2009 |
ELL Consultant, Community Schools of Frankfort |
| 2003-2005 | Linguistics Researcher, The History Project University of California, Davis, in conjunction with Grant Unified School District and Sacramento City School District, Davis, CA |
| 2001-2002 | Associate Instructor Undergraduate English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Department of Lingusitics, University of california, Davis, Davis, CA |
| 2000-2001 | Associate Instructor Graduate English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Department of Linguistics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA |
| 2000-2005 | Assistant Tester Graduate English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Department of Linguistics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA |
| 1999-2000 | Lecturer Critical Writing Program Department of English, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA |
| 1998-1999 | Associate Instructor Intensive Learning Experience (ILE) Writing Program Department of English, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA |
Courses
| EDCI 530 |
English Language Development |
| EDCI 370 | Teaching English as a New Language |
| EDCI 526 | Language Study for Educators |
| EDCI 559 | Academic Language and Content Area Learning |
| EDCI 612 | Seminar in Literacy |
| EDCI 623 | Seminar in Genre Studies |

