Trini Lewis

Associate Professor - Department of Teacher Education
Coordinator of Dual Language Development Master of Arts Degree Program - Department of Teacher Education

Office: ED2 - 256
Phone: 562-985-2078
Email: tlewis2@csulb.edu

Website: http://www.csulb.edu/~tlewis2

Office Hours

By Appointment Only

Degrees

Ed.D (Developmental Studies-Literacy & Language) , Boston University , 2002
M.Ed.(Elementary Education) , Bridgewater State College , 1990
Teacher Credential-Multiple Subject , UCLA , 1978
BA (Political Science) , UCLA , 1977

Research Interests

Parental involvement and parent-teacher communication in urban school settings, the role of leadership in children's literacy development, the role of the reading specialist in elementary school teachers' professional development, and preservice teachers' motivations and dispositions in pursuing a career as an elementary school teacher in English only, English learner, and bilingual settings.

Representative Publications

Lewis, T. (In press). Parent-Teacher Communication and Parental Involvement in Conference Settings, Urban Education, 43(1).

Lewis, T., and Ramos, E. (2009). Parental Involvement in Urban Children's Schooling. In Coppola, J. and Primas, E. (Eds.), Teaching and Learning in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Paretor, J., Garnick,S., & Lewis, T. (1997). Watching teachers watch children talk about books. In J. Paretor and R.L. McCormack (Eds.), Peer talk in the clasroom: Learning from research (pp. 207-231), Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Lewis, T. (1996). Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach, TESOL Quarterly, 30(2),366-368.

Paretor, J. Homza, A., Krol-Sinclair, B., Lewis-Barrow, T., Melzi, G. & Haynes, H. (1995). Shifting Boundaries in Home and School Responsibilities: The Construction of Home-Based Literacy Portfolios by Immigrant Parents and their Children. Research in the Teaching of English, 29(4), 367-389.

Campus Leadership

Member, Second Language Literacy Commission, International Reading Association

Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Teacher Education

Department of Teacher Education Representative, Academic Senate

Member, Nominations Committee, Academic Senate

Member, Discontinuance Panel, Academic Senate

Faculty Mentor for CSULB Partnerships for Success Program

Technology Committee, College of Education

Current Projects

Professor Lewis is a co-principal investigator of a FIPSE grant award in the amount of $300.000.00 from the United States Department of Education/Office of Post-secondary Education. The grant funds a project to provide teacher candidates with a teaching credential and a master's degree with an emphasis on teaching English learners. The grant project also includes a leadership institute to develop exemplary instructional specialists for servicing culturally and linguistically diverse student populations.

Last update: 7/18/07