Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
My research focusses on languages, literacies and communication writ large as they relate to learner identities, educational experiences, and broader social processes (e.g., of inclusion or exclusion). While this research has primarily focused on adolescent immigrant and refugee learners in public K-12 institutions, as well as their families, and teachers, I also explore language access and equity in other community and institutional contexts, such as immigrant-serving organizations, and in medical education.
Overarching research foci:
- Multilingualism and learning in school and society
- Intersections of language and literacy, race, ethnicity, gender, and social class
- Qualitative research in applied linguistics: ethnographic methods, discourse analysis, sensory/embodied methods
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Award Date: May 1 2010
Teaching English as a Second Language, M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Award Date: May 1 2005
Comparative Education, MA, University of Minnesota
Award Date: May 1 2000
Anthropology, French, BA, Grinnell College
Award Date: May 1 1996
Keywords
- L Education
- LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
- LB2361 Curriculum
- P Philology. Linguistics
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Embodied reflexivity and researching the literacy practices of an adolescent multilingual refugee who is d/Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
Dávila, L. T., Apr 15 2025, Innovative Qualitative Methodologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities. Kibler, A. K. & Karam, F. J. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 184-205 (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Immigrant-serving leaders’ perspectives on bridging home and school in crisis situations
Dávila, L. T. & Kolano, L. Q., Feb 10 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Equity in Education Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Affect-Centered Analysis of Congolese Immigrant Parent Perspectives on Past-Present-Future Learning in School and at Home
Davila, L. T. & Ogwal, S. A., Jun 1 2024, Educating African Immigrant Youth Schooling and Civic Engagement in K–12 Schools.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Immigrant Outreach and Language Access During First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
T. Dávila, L., Jun 1 2024, In: Applied Linguistics. 45, 3, p. 449-463 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘It has to be in a natural way’: a critical exploration of co-teaching relationships in trilingual preschool classrooms in Hong Kong
Sanders-Smith, S. C. & T. Dávila, L., 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 4, p. 1182-1196 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Honors & Recognition
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, College of Education
Thorstensson Davila, L. S. (Recipient), May 2020
Prize: Prize/Award
Activities
- 1 Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Chair, Second Language Research SIG
Thorstensson Davila, L. S. (Recipient)
2021 → 2023Activity: Other activity types › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups