Dr. Elba Herrero Professor  Email: eherrero@njcu.edu Phone: (201) 200-2090 Office: Professional Studies 209

Education

1999, Ph.D. Educational Theory and Practice, Curriculum and Instruction; State University of New York at Albany

Courses Taught

MCC 605: Introduction to Bilingual Education

MCC 607: Theory and Practice of Teaching the Bilingual Child in the Content Areas

MCC 608: Language, Culture and Communication

MCC 610: Sociolinguistics

MCC617: Field Experience in the ESL/Bilingual Classroom

MCC 623: Contemporary Issues in Bilingual Curriculum Development

MCC 627: Historical and Cultural Background of LEP Students

Activities and Honors

Current Campus Affiliations

College of Education Writing Assessment Committee, NJCU
University Promotions Committee
Alternate Senator for MCC, NJCU
Field Experience Committee
Current Facilitator Paterson School #5 Professional Development
Currently working on plan for Hackensack Public Schools Professional Development

Professional Affiliations

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL)
The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
The International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)
NJTESOL/NJBE
American Association for Applied Linguistics
The Advisory Committee for the Bilingual Program at Hudson County Community College
American Educational Research Association

Selected Publications & Presentations

Grants  

2008-present: External Evaluator, Northern New Mexico College Northern Esperanza Project

2002-2007: US Department of Education Grant, Office of English Language Acquisition ($1.5 million from 2002-2007); sole author and Project Director, Project TELL

Books  

1999: Elba Alicia Herrero. “Using culturally relevant literature and discourse to support literacy learning among ‘at-risk’ English-language learners.” Proquest.

1994: Elba Herrero and Judith Langer, Editors. “Cuentos de Mi Herencia: Tales from Home”. National Research Center on Literature Teaching and Learning. University at Albany, State University of New York. The book consists of short stories written by project participants in “The Second Language Literacy Acquisition through Literature Research Project” for which I was field researcher.

Peer Reviewed Articles   

2007: “A Brief History of Bilingual Education in the United States”, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 2.1:34-37.
2006: “Using Dominican Oral Literature and Discourse to Support Literacy Learning  among Low Achieving Students from the Dominican Republic”, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 9.2: 219-238.

2000: “Internationalizing the Curriculum: What about Language Testing?” The Academic Forum (New Jersey City University) 9.1:14-15.

1998: “The Urban University in a Multilingual Community: New Goals for Bilingual Education”. The Academic Forum (New Jersey City University) 7.1:11-24.