Educating Refugee-background Students: Critical Issues and Dynamic Contexts

About

Shawna Shapiro is an Associate Professor of Writing and Linguistics at Middlebury College Vermont USA where she also directs the Writing and Rhetoric Program. Her research interests include transitions from secondary to postsecondary education innovations in teaching writing to multilingual students and other asset-oriented approaches to teaching and research with linguistically diverse college students. In addition to her scholarly work she is involved in local initiatives benefitting English learners in her community. Raichle Farrelly is an Assistant Professor in the Applied Linguistics Department and MA TESOL Program at Saint Michaels College Vermont USA. She is a teacher educator and researcher with a focus on L2 teacher education reflective teaching and teaching English to adult refugee-background students. Her first co-authored book published by TESOL Press focuses on how instructors can support international students in higher education settings. Mary Jane Curry is Associate Professor Department of Teaching and Curriculum Warner Graduate School of Education University of Rochester New York USA where she also directs the Writing Support Services. She is co-editor of TESOL Quarterlys Brief Research Reports section and Multilingual Matters series Studies in Knowledge Production and Participation. Her research focuses on access to academic writing and knowledge production by scholars and students using English as an additional language.