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Faculty Members


Doctor Lara

 Rafael Lara-Alecio, Ph.D.
 Director of Bilingual   Programs
 Professor
 107H Harrington Tower
  MS 4225
 Phone: 979.845.3467
 Email: a-lara@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

 Primary Areas of Interest  Research:
 • Bilingual Assessment and     Evaluation
 • Bilingual Pedagogy
 • Theory and Validation
 • Bilingual Content Areas of     Instruction
 • Hispanic Parental Involvement
 • Hispanic Gifted Identification
 • International Bilingual Education
 • Multicultural Education


Doctor Padrón

 Yolanda N. Padrón, Ed. D.
 Professor
 Undergraduate Bilingual   Coordinator
 107E Harrington Tower
 MS 4225
 Phone: 979.845.5625
 Email: ypadron@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

 Primary Areas of Interest
 Research:
 • Resiliency
 • Reading comprehension for     Bilingual Students
 • Parent Involvement
 • Classroom Instruction in Bilingual     Settings
 • Multicultural Education


Doctor Durodola

 Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola,
  Ed.D.
 Assistant Professor
 107G Harrington Tower
 MS 4225
 Phone: .979.862.4663
 Email: sdurodola@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

  Primary Areas of Interest
 Research:
 • Early Literacy (Spanish & English)
 • Vocabulary Acquisition     (Spanish/English)
 • Literacy Interventions (Spanish &     English)
 • Beginning Reading
 • Curriculum Development
 • Reading Interventions
 • Teacher Quality
 • Vocabulary Acquisition


Doctor Fuhui Tong

 Fuhui Tong, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor
 107I Harrington Tower
 MS 4225
 Phone: .979.845.7979
 Email:fuhuitong@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

  Primary Areas of Interest
 Research:
 • Program effectiveness for
    language minority students
 • Quantitative methodology in     Bilingual/ESL education
 • Second language acquisition and     linguistic transfer among ELLs
 • Assessment and testing


Doctor Miranda Walichowski

 Miranda Nava-Walichowski,
  M.Ed., ABD
 Clinical Assistant Professor
 Field Placement Coordinator
 107J Harrington Tower
 MS 4225
 Phone: 979.862.4612
 Email: nava-walichowski@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

  Primary Areas of Interest
 Research:


Doctor Sandra Acosta

 Sandra Acosta, M.A., M.Ed.,   ABD
  Assistant Professor
 107F Harrington Tower
 MS 4225
 Phone: 979.458.4211
 Email: sacosta@tamu.edu
 Professional Page

  Primary Areas of Interest
 Research:
 • Bilingual Education
 • Leadership
 • Parent Involvement
 • Teacher Training