Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-2015 Literacy Practices among Migrant Teachers: Educator Perspectives and Critical Observations Briana Asmus Western Michigan University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Chicana/o Studies Commons, and the Latina/o Studies Commons Recommended Citation Asmus, Briana, "Literacy Practices among Migrant Teachers: Educator Perspectives and Critical Observations" (2015). Dissertations. 732. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/732 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LITERACY PRACTICES AMONG MIGRANT TEACHERS: EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS by Briana M. Asmus A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy English Western Michigan University August 2015 Doctoral Committee: Karen Vocke, Ph.D., Chair Estrella Torrez, Ph.D. Susan Piazza, Ed.D. Jonathan Bush, Ph.D. LITERACY PRACTICES AMONG MIGRANT TEACHERS: EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS Briana Asmus, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2015 This research builds upon scholarship that explores the unique needs of Latina/o migrant students and the teachers who serve them. Situated within the overlapping fields of migrant education, critical literacy, and Latina/o critical theory, this narrative examines the practices and perspectives of three teachers, each with more than a decade of experience teaching migrant students in a summer migrant education program (SMEP) in Michigan.