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Fuhui Tong, Ph Rafael Lara-Alecio, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology College of Education and Human Development Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4225 Phone: (979)-845-3467 Facsimile: (979)-458-0192 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 1991 Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Major: Educational Psychology 1984 A.A.S Utah State College, Orem, UT Major: Business and Data Processing. 1974 M.S. Del Valle University, Guatemala Major: Measurement, Evaluation and Research in Education 1972 B.S. San Carlos University, Guatemala Major: Interdisciplinary Science Degree (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics). ACADEMIC LANGUAGES English, Spanish AWARDS & HONORS 2016 Received the 2016 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement award from Texas A&M University. National Competition sponsored by the Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama. 2015 Received the Regents Professor Award, Texas A&M System. (The Regents Professor Award is the highest honor bestowed by the A&M System on faculty and professional staff. Their performance is considered worthy of recognition of achievements that had an impact on and beyond their institution or agency as well as to state, national and international levels) 2014. Distinguished Achievement Award in Research. The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University. 2012 Outstanding Research Award, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University 2010 Texas Higher Education Honoree, Texas Association of Bilingual Education. 2010 Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. 2010 Chair, dissertation of Dr. Sandra Acosta. High Stakes Reading Assessment and English Oral Language Development for Third Grade English Language Learners. This dissertation study was awarded the Second Place Dissertation of the Year by the National Association Bilingual Education, New Orleans. 2009 Selected as Principal Investigator for the Costa Rica, President Oscar Arias Multilingual Foundation Project to conduct a national study for the acquisition of English as a second language. Rafael Lara-Alecio 2 2008 Requested by the Provost & Executive Vice President for Academics, Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter, to be a member on the Academic Master Plan Steering Committee, Texas A&M University 2007 Appointed by Texas Education Agency to be a Steering Committee member for the development of the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test standards. 2007 Chair, Dissertation of Dr. Fuhui Tong, Oral English Development and Its Impact on Emergent Reading Achievement: A Comparative Study of Transitional Bilingual and Structured English Immersion Models. This dissertation research study was awarded the Dissertation of the Year Award for the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition and appreciation of dedication, interest, enthusiasm, and attitude in accomplishing the assigned mission in extension, outreach, continuing education and/or professional development. The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University. 2005 Commissioned by the State Senate Education Committee, Senator Florence Shapiro, to conduct research on the cost effectiveness of dual language for Texas. 2004 Co-Chair, Dissertation of Dr. Holly Mohr, Reading Achievement of Bilingual First Grade Children Enrolled in Spanish Early Literacy Intervention Developed in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Public School Serving Pre-kindergarten Through Second Grade Students. This work was recognized as the Best Dissertation Study by the Bilingual Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. 2000 Diversity Award presented by the Offices of the Executive Vice-President and Provost and Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost, Texas A&M University. 1998 Co-Chair, Dissertation of Dr. Robert Johnson, Case Studies of Expectation Climate at Two Bilingual Education School. This dissertation study was awarded the Best Dissertation of the Year by the National Association Bilingual Education. 1998 Elected nationally as program chair for the Bilingual Special Interest Group (SIG), American Educational Research Association, 1998-1999 1997 Co-Chair, Dr. Ping Liu Dissertation, Comprehensive Reading Assessment of ESL Students: Examining Process and Language Integration. This research study was awarded the Dissertation of the Year for the Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. 1993 Teaching Excellence Scholar Award (university-wide award), Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University. RESEARCH INTEREST Academic Language, Dual Language Development and Literacy Acquisition (English and Spanish), Pedagogy, Theory and Validation. Academic content-areas of instruction, language of instruction, and classroom observation. Hispanic/Latino Parental Involvement, Hispanic/Latino Gifted Identification, Hispanic/Latino Education and International education. APPOINTMENTS/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/2015-Present Regents Professor, Texas A&M System. 9/2003-Present Professor. Department of Educational Psychology Rafael Lara-Alecio 3 College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University 8/2000-/ 2003. Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University 8/1998-2000. Associate Professor, Department of Teaching Learning and Culture (Formerly Curriculum and Instruction) College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. 9/1992-8/1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching Learning and Culture (Formerly Curriculum and Instruction) College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University 9/1991-8/1992 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Teaching Learning and Culture (Formerly Curriculum and Instruction), College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University 1/1974-11/1979 Professor, College of Humanities, San Carlos University, Guatemala 1972-1974 Mathematics Teacher. Normal Rural School (PK-12). Chimaltenango, Guatemala APPOINTMENTS/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE August 2013-Present Director, Center for Research & Development in Dual Language and Literacy Acquisition (CRDLLA) 1991-Present Principal Investigator and Project Director of over thirty three research, training and service grants and contracts totaling over $53,250,000 1992-8/31/2017 Director Bilingual Programs, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development. 1990-1991 Director, Division of Assessment and Evaluation Interface, Inc. Beaverton, OR 1980-1981 President, East Campus. (Centro Universitario de Oriente) San Carlos University, Chiquimula, Guatemala 1979-1980 Academic Director (Provost). Office of Academic Affairs East Campus. (Centro Universitario de Oriente) San Carlos University, Chiquimula, Guatemala. PUBLICATIONS (*denotes former/current advisee/mentee and/or published with students) A. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles *Garza, T., *Huerta, M., Lara-Alecio, R., Irby, B. J., & Tong, F. (2017). Pedagogical differences during a science- and literacy-integrated intervention for English language learners. The Journal of Educational Research. [2015 impact factor: 1.218] *Garza, T., *Huerta, M., *Spies, T. G., Lara-Alecio, R., Irby, B. J., & Tong, F. (2017). Science classroom interactions and academic language use with English language learners. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. [2015 impact factor: 1.104] *Huerta, M., *Tong, F., Irby, B. J., & Lara-Alecio, R. (2017). Measuring and comparing academic language development and conceptual understanding via science notebooks. Journal of Rafael Lara-Alecio 4 Educational Research. doi: 10.1080/00220671.2014.992582 [2013 5-year impact factor: 1.282] Irby, B., J., Boswell, J., *Abdelrahman, N., Lara-Alecio, R., & Tong, F. (2017). New Horizons for Mentoring Research: Exploring the Present and Past to Frame the Future. In D. A. Clutterbuck, F. K. Kochan, L.G. Lunsford, N. Dominguez & J. Haddock-Millar. The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring. SAGE Publications, London. Irby, B. J., Lara-Alecio, R., Tong, F., & *Guerrero, C. (2017). Making spaces for learning with maker spaces. [in Chinese]. Journal of World Education (Chinese Ministry of Education), 18, 6-9. Irby, B. J., Lara-Alecio, R., Tong, F., Guerrero, C., *Abdelrahman, N., & *Sutton-Jones, K. (2017, accepted, 2018, in press). Implementation of research-based ESL strategies with lower grade middle school ELLs in the science classroom: Findings from an experimental study. TESL-EJ. Irby, B. J., Lara-Alecio, R., Tong, F., *Sutton-Jones, K. L., & *Abdelrahman, N. (accepted). Implementation of research-based ESL strategies with lower grade middle school ELLs in the science classroom: Findings from an experimental study. TESL-EJ. Irby, B. J., Tong, F., & Lara-Alecio, R. (2017). The many faces of entrepreneurship [in Chinese]. Journal of World Education (Chinese Ministry of Education), 17, 18-21. *Spies, T. G., Lara-Alecio, R., Tong. F., & Irby. B. J., *Garza, T., & *Huerta, M. (2017). The effects of developing language and literacy on Spanish reading comprehension. The Journal of Educational Research. [2015 impact factor: 1.218] *Yang, P., Tong, F., Irby, B.J., Lara-Alecio, R.,*Ramos, N., & Walichoeski, M. (2016). The effect of storytelling and retelling on oral performance of elementary
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