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Judith A Scott

Judith A Scott

Professor Emerita, Research Professor

Education Department

Areas of expertise: Education, Language Development, Learning and Learning Theory, Social Justice, Teacher Education, Writing, Language Processing, School Reform and School Policy, Indigenous Peoples


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a Learning & Instruction emphasis. 1991. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading. M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction. 1986. Education Department, UC-Davis. B.A. in American Studies, UC- Davis. 1977. Emphasis in American Education.   Credentials: Multiple Subject Teaching Credential; Specialist Instruction Credential in Reading; Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science. UC Davis.   ... more »


Areas of expertise: Heritage Languages, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Language Development, Bilingualism, Multilingualism


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Spanish Linguistics, UC Davis (2004)


Areas of expertise: Education, Language Development


Biography, Education and Training

Kip Téllez (retiring Summer 2025) is Professor in the Education Department at UCSC, where he served as Chair from 2007-2014.  Prior to coming to UCSC, he taught elementary and high school in east Los Angeles county. His instructional focus has always been on teaching multilingual Learners. An interest in educational linguistics led him to earn his PhD at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA. After graduate school, he began his first academic position at the University o... more »

Bryan Donaldson

Bryan Donaldson

Professor, French & Applied Linguistics

Languages and Applied Linguistics

Areas of expertise: French, Language Development, Linguistics, Language and Linguistics, Sociolinguistics


Biography, Education and Training

PhD, French linguistics, Indiana University (Bloomington), 2008

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