Lilliam M. Malave Lopez
Director, Second Language and Bilingual Education Programs
Associate Professor
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
Specialty/Research Focus
Access and Equity; Charter Schools; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Cultural Studies; Cognition; Diversity; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Learning Communities; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; School and Community Partnerships; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Neurocognition; Sociolinguistics; Organizational Change; Qualitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Politics of Education; Research Design; Research Methods
Education and Training:
- PhD, University at Buffalo, School Organization and Policy Analysis (1986)
- MEd, Teachers College Colombia University, Counseling and Educational Psychology (1973)
- MA, Teachers College, Columbia University, Elementary Education and School Guidance (1971)
- BA, University of Puerto Rico, Mathematics (1967)
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
- 1- "Language and Culture Immersion: A Case Study of Mandarin Language and Chinese Culture Immersion" (2024). NERA Conference. 2- Transformative learning: Immersion in second language and culture content” (2025) Oxford Research Symposium ‘2025. St. Anne’s College, Oxford, England. 3- Annual Northeast Conference Teachers of Foreign Language- A Study of Transformative Learning Experiences of the Participants in a Study Abroad Mandarin Language and Chinese Culture Content Immersion Program (2025) New York City. 4- Co-Presenter with Wen Guo, “Transformative Impacts of Performance-Based Tasks in a Virtual Exchange Program” (2025). NERA Conference;
Recent Grants:
Grant:
- UUP Professional Development Award; Local Government; UUP; Awarded; (10/16/2019-10/20/2019)
:
- 1- USDOE Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Project, USDOE ($88,000).; Federal Government; USDOE; Awarded; (08/01/2023-03/31/2025)