Rebecca Callahan

Assistant Professor, PHD
Curriculum & Instruction
Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Cultural Studies in Education

Office: SZB 436G

Phone: (512) 232-3528
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: callahan@prc.utexas.edu

Mailing Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum and Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700

Profile

Rebecca Callahan's primary research interests center on the academic preparation of immigrant, language minority adolescents as they transition from high school into young adulthood. She is presently involved in several research projects which explore the effects of school context, social and academic processes, and teachers' pedagogical practices on the academic and civic development of language minority students, as well as students identified with learning disabilities. Recent publications have focused on the effects of English as a second language (ESL) placement on college preparatory achievement outcomes among language minority adolescents; primary language use and college-going among language minority students; and school context and academic preparation on the political participation of immigrant young adults. Her recently published work appears in American Educational Research Journal, Educational Policy, Social Science Quarterly, Theory and Research in Social Education, and the Bilingual Research Journal.

Terminal Degree

Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 2003

Representative Publications

Callahan, R.M., Wilkinson, L., Muller, C., and Frisco, M. (2009). ESL placement and schools: Effects on immigrant achievement. Educational Policy 23(2), 355-384.

Riegle-Crumb, C., and Callahan, R.M. (2009) Exploring the academic benefits of friendship ties for Latino boys and girls. Social Science Quarterly 90 (3), 611-631.

Callahan, R.M., Schiller, K.S., and Muller, C. (2008). Preparing for citizenship: Immigrant high school students' curriculum and socialization. Theory and Research in Social Education 36 (2), 6-31.

Callahan, R.M. (2008) Latino college-going: Adolescent boys' language use and girls' social integration. Bilingual Research Journal 31(1-2), 175-200.

Callahan, R.M., Wilkinson, L., and Muller, C. (2008). School context and the effect of ESL placement on Mexican-origin adolescents' achievement. Social Science Quarterly 89 (1), 177-198.

Callahan, R.M. (2006). The intersection of accountability and language: Can reading intervention replace English language development? Bilingual Research Journal 30 (1), 1-21.

Callahan, R.M. (2005). Tracking and high school English learners: Limiting opportunity to learn. American Educational Research Journal 42 (2), 305-328.

Research Interests and Expertise

Bilingual Education, immigrant adolescents' academic preparation, language minority students and students identified with learning disabilities in the STEM pipeline, language policy in education, immigrant adolescents' civic development, the transition to young adulthood among immigrants.

Full Vita (download)

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/vitae/ci/RMCallahan_CV.pdf

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