Winston School of Education and Social Policy

Faculty

Lisa O'Brien

Academic Title

Assistant Professor, Education

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Research Interests

Educational Equity
Elementary and emergent bilingual children’s disciplinary literacy
Multimodal literacies
Technology integration
Teacher professional development

Research Summary

My research focuses on ways to provide all children equitable opportunities for learning and supporting families and teachers in understanding and implementing these practices. This work includes examining ways to leverage resources (digital and no

Education

Ed.D., Language and Literacy, Boston University
M.Ed., Reading, University of New Hampshire
B.A., Elementary Education and Psychology, Rowan University

Areas of Expertise

Educational Equity
Elementary and emergent bilingual children’s disciplinary literacy
Multimodal literacies
Technology integration
Teacher professional development

Recent Publications

Journals (refereed)

O’Brien,M., Paratore, J.R., Salinas, A., & Blodgett, S. (under review), Leveraging Multimodal Resources to Support Interdisciplinary Learning: Shifting from participant to co

Honors and Awards

American Educational Research Association Graduate Seminar and Scholarship Award, AERA (2011)
Steven Stahl Award, International Reading Association (2011)
Women’s Guild Award, Boston University (2011)

Faculty

Lisa O'Brien

Academic Title

Contact Information

Research Interests

Research Summary

Education

Areas of Expertise

Recent Publications

Honors and Awards

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