Lisa O'Brien

Academic Title

Assistant Professor, Education

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)