Christine Leider
Areas of Expertise
Bilingualism, Multilingual learners, Teacher beliefs, Teacher education, Duoethnography
Degrees
PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from Boston College
MA in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College
BA in Psychology and Spanish from University of Portland
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Leider, C.M., Colombo, M.W., & Nerlino, E. (2021). Decentralization, Teacher Quality, and the Education of English Learners: Do State Education Agencies effectively prepare teachers of ELs? Educational Policy Archives Analysis, 29 (100). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5279
- Dobbs, C. L. & Leider, C.M. (2021). “Does this happen to everyone?": Women professors of color reflect on experiences in the academy, A Duoethnography. International Journal of Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2021.1930255
- Tigert, J. & Leider, C.M. (2021). Beyond the core: Preparing art educators to meet the needs of multilingual learners. TESOL Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3040
- Dobbs, C. L. & Leider, C.M. (2021). What values about language variation are communicated through writing rubrics? The English Journal, 110 (6), 60-68. https://library.ncte.org/journals/EJ/issues/v110-6/31315
- Ross, M. & Leider, C.M. (2020). Sustaining an asset-based approach in distance education. MATSOL Currents, 43 (1), 33-37.
- Colombo, M., Tigert, J. M., & Leider, C. M. (2019). Positioning teachers, positioning learners: Why we should stop using the term English learners. TESOL Journal, 10 (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.432
- Leider, C.M., Proctor, C.P., & Silverman, R. (2018). Language growth trajectories: Does immigrant generation status moderate linguistic interdependence? International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 5, 605-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2018.1500998
- For a full list of publications please visit her Google Scholar Profile.
Additional Information
Dr. Chris Leider is a former ESL teacher who has taught in Argentina and the United States. Her experiences growing up as a Filipina American and second generation immigration in southeast Alaska have largely shaped her pedagogical approaches and research perspectives. Chris is currently the Vice-President of MATSOL, the chair of the English Learner and Bilingual Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Associate Editor for the Journal of Multilingual Theory and Practice. She is active on Twitter (@cmleider). You can learn more about Dr. Leider and her work at: www.cmleider.com.