About CAL
1995: Elizabeth Howard and Sandra Pereira
In 1995, two candidates were so closely matched in their qualifications that the decision was made to award two fellowships.
Elizabeth Howard was a doctoral student in the Harvard Graduate School of Education when she was awarded the 1995 Tucker Fellowship. While at CAL, she analyzed the Spanish and English writing samples of elementary school students enrolled in a two-way immersion program. This work contributed to her dissertation research, which explored the connections between writing ability in the first and second languages, looking for areas of interference or transfer.
Sandra Pereira was a Ph.D. student in policy sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, when she was named a co-recipient of the 1995 Tucker Fellowship. She was also working full time as a high school ESL teacher. Pereira’s dissertation research focused on educational policy development as it relates to language minority students. While at CAL, she analyzed educational policy and program development for secondary school language minority students with limited literacy and prior education. Part of her research involved interviews with administrators of programs for low-literacy students, seeking to determine the policy context in which these programs exist and to evaluate the kinds of obstacles they have encountered.
1994: Craig Dicker
A Ph.D. candidate whose research focused on content-based language instruction, Craig Dicker devoted his Tucker fellowship to analysis and evaluation of classroom behavior in classes that were implementing a content-based approach to the teaching of English as a second language. After receiving his Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University, Dr. Dicker went to work for the United States Government, first with the United States Information Service, then with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He has lived and worked in South Africa, Azerbaijan, and Indonesia. He currently lives in Budapest, where he works as the Regional English Language Officer for Central and Southeastern Europe for the Department of State.
1993: Grace Bunyi
A native of Kenya, Grace Bunyi spent her time at CAL interviewing administrators in content-ESL programs, visiting classes featuring integrated instruction, and observing the materials development process for a national research project. Her primary research interest involved the integration of instruction in mathematics and English. After leaving CAL, Bunyi completed her Ph.D. at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Bunyi now teaches curriculum studies in the Department of Educational Administration, Planning, and Curriculum Development at Kenyatta University in Kenya.
1992: Jennifer Li
Our first Tucker Fellow was Jennifer Li, who at the time was a graduate student in applied linguistics and TESL at UCLA. During her 8 weeks at CAL, Li conducted research for her dissertation on the factors contributing to retention and loss of Chinese language skills among Chinese Americans.
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