UC Davis School of Education

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Barbara Merino

Professor of Education
Phone: (530) 752-3353
Email: bjmerino@ucdavis.edu


Expertise
Assessment; Bilingual Education; Classroom discourse; Elementary Education; English Learners; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Language Acquisition; Language assessment; Latina/o educational issues; Literacy development; Science Literacy; Secondary Education; Science Education; Sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics; Teacher education research and policy; Teaching of Spanish to native Spanish speakers

Education

  • Ph.D., Education and Linguistics - Stanford University, Stanford - 1976

Highlighted Publications

  • Merino, B. J. and Hammond, L. (2002). How do teachers facilitate writing for bilingual learners in “sheltered constructivist “ science? Electronic Journal of Literacy through Science. 1 (1). http://ejlts.ucdavis.edu/
  • Merino, B.J. & Hammond, L. (2002). Writing to learn: Science in the upper elementary bilingual classroom. In M. Schleppegrell and C. Colombi (Eds.) Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Language. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Merino, B.J. and Scarcella, R. (2005). Teaching science to English learners. Invited Essay. Language Minority Research Institute Newsletter. 14(4) 1-7.
  • Rumberger, R., Gandara, P. & Merino, B. (2006). Where California English learners attend school and why it matters. Statistical Brief. Language Minority Research Institute Newsletter. 15(2) 1-2.
  • Merino, B. J. & Holmes, P. (2006). Student teacher inquiry as an “Entry Point” for advocacy. Teacher Education Quarterly, 33 (3), 79-96.
     
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Awards and Honors

  • National Exemplary Program of Academic Excellence. United States Department of Education. 3rd - 5th grades. BICOMP 1991-1995.
  • Yolo County Office of Education BICOMP Project - Exemplary Program. 1992.
  • State Designate. Exemplary Program of Academic Excellence, California State Department of Education, 1991.
  • California Association for Bilingual Education - BICOMP Project - Exemplary Practice. 1990.
  • Senior Award of Distinction; Mortar Board; University of Southern California
  • Faculty Development Award. 1982.

Associations, Boards & Committees

  • AERA Division K Review. 1997.
  • Consultation for Public Advocates, San Francisco. 1995-1997.
  • Consultation California State Department of Education Assessment Issues. 1994-1997.
  • Keynote Speaker. Southwest Conference on the Teaching of Spanish to Native Speakers, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 1996.
  • Invited address. Multicultural Literature Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 1996.
  • AERA Division G Review. 1995.
  • Presenter. Research and Policy Issues Related to the Use of Examinations in Teacher Credentialing. 1994.
  • Member. Planning Committee for Conference. 1994.
  • Testimony to State Board of Education. 1995.
  • Advisory Committee for Teacher Education Programs
  • UC Representative Member, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. 1990-94.
  • Member. Linguistic Society of America
  • Member. National Association for Bilingual Education
  • Member. American Educational Research Association
  • Member. Association of Mexican American Educators
  • Member. American Council for Teachers of Foreign Language
  • Member. American Association for Teacher Education