UC Davis School of Education

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Yuuko Uchikoshi Tonkovich

Assistant Professor of Education
Phone: (530) 754-6271
Email: yuchikoshi@ucdavis.edu


Expertise
Bilingual Education; Educational Television; English Learners; Language Acquisition; Language development and socialization; Literacy development; Quantitative methods; Sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics

Education

  • Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology with a focus on Language and Literacy Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • M.S., Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
  • B.A. English Literature, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan.

Highlighted Publications

  • Uchikoshi, Y. (2006). English vocabulary development in bilingual kindergarteners: An individual growth modeling approach. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 9 (1), 33-49.
  • Uchikoshi, Y. (2006). Early reading development in bilingual kindergarteners: Can educational television help? Scientific Studies of Reading, 10 (1), 89-120.
  • Uchikoshi, Y. (2005). Narrative development in bilingual kindergarteners: Can Arthur help? Developmental Psychology, 41 (3), 464-78.
     
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Awards and Honors

  • Foundation of Child Development Young Scholars Program, Grant recipient, 2005-2008.
  • International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Finalist. 2005.
  • International Reading Association Jeanne S. Chall Dissertation Fellowship. 2002.
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education Action for Children’s Television Fellowship. 2002.
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education Advanced Doctoral Grant. 2001.
  • Itochu Foundation Fellowship. 1997-1998.
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education Entering Award. 1997.

Associations, Boards & Committees

  • Reviewer. Child Development, Applied Psycholinguistics, Bilingual Research Journal, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Studies in Language Sciences.
  • Member. Vocabulary Advisory Board. Between the Lions.
  • Member. Advisory Board. Early Childhood Education Center of Oak Park (EC2).
  • Member. Advisory Board. One Economy Corporation Zip Road Project.

Courses Taught at UC Davis

  • EDU173/LIN173 Language Development
  • EDU206B Inquiry into Classroom Practice: Intervention and Data Collection
  • EDU206C Inquiry into Classroom Practice: Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting
  • EDU206D Inquiry into Classroom Practice: Analysis
  • EDU242 Research on Text Comprehension
  • EDU245 Theory and Research in Early Literacy
  • FRS004-005 Television and the Developing Child

Funded Research

  • Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program 3 year grant (July 1, 2005- June 30, 2008) Total $160,000