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Deborah Short

D.ShortSenior Research Associate, Center for Applied Linguistics

Associate Director, CREATE

Co-Principal Investigator, The Impact of the SIOP Model on Middle School
Science and Language Learning

 

 

Deborah J. Short, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate affiliated with the Center for Applied Linguistics, a non-profit organization for language education research, policy, and practice in Washington, DC. She co-developed the research-validated SIOP Model for sheltered instruction and has directed quasi-experimental and experimental studies on English language learners funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Dept. of Education. She recently chaired an expert panel on adolescent ELL literacy and co-authored the policy report: Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners. As director of Academic Language Research & Training, Dr. Short consults with districts in the U.S. and abroad on professional development and curriculum design for sheltered instruction and academic literacy. She has authored numerous publications, including books on the SIOP Model and Hampton-Brown’s series: Edge, High Point, and Avenues. Her research articles have appeared in the TESOL Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Research, Educational Leadership, Education and Urban Society, Social Education, and Journal of Research in Education.

 

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Featured Presentations

Dr. Short presented Linking Science and Academic English: Teacher Development and Student Achievement at the 2008 CREATE conference.

 

Dr. Short presented Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science at the 2007 CREATE Conference.

 

Dr. Short's webcast seminar, Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs, can now be viewed online.