Deborah Palmer

Assistant Professor & BBE Master's Advisor
Curriculum & Instruction, Office of Bilingual Education
Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Cultural Studies in Education

Office: SZB 440

Phone: (512) 232-4015
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: debpalmer@mail.utexas.edu

Homepage: http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/dpalmer

Mailing Address

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

Office Hours

Wednesday: 2-3:30pm
Or by appointment

Profile

Research interests include ethnography and discourse analysis in diverse multilingual settings, bilingual education programs, policy and practice, dual language/two-way immersion education, and inservice bilingual teacher education. In particular, Dr. Palmer examines issues of race and class in bilingual settings, and the impact of critical awareness of teachers on mitigating hegemonic discourses. She also explores various ways to open spaces/opportunities in the discourse for learning for linguistically diverse children in school. She is interested in how bilingual children can be positioned or position themselves in academically powerful ways within a classroom.

Dr. Palmer is an affiliate faculty member in the Cultural Studies in Education program area, and a member of the Graduate Studies Committee for Foreign Language Education.

Research Interests and Expertise

Bilingual education policy, politics and practice, Multiliteracies, Dual Language Education, Discourse Analysis

Full Vita (download)

http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/dpalmer

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