Gisela Ernst-Slavit, Ph.D.

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Professor / ELL Endorsement Coordinator
Departments:
gernst@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9659
Fax: (360) 546-9040
Located in Undergraduate Classroom (VUCB) 326
Office Hours: By appointment
Support Staff: Debra Barnett

Dr. Ernst-Slavit is a professor of education and ELL.  She teaches courses in sociolinguistics, literacy and biliteracy, research on second language teaching and learning, ESL methods, and critical issues in the education of Latino students.  She is a past president of WAESOL (Washington State English to Speakers of Other Languages).

Recent Accomplishments

  • Recipient of the Huie-Rogers Faculty Fellowship in Diversity (2010-2012).
  • Advisor of the Year Award (2008) bestowed by the WSU Association of Graduate and Professional Students.
  • Excellence in External Funding Award (2008) bestowed by the College of Education Department of Teaching and Learning.
  • Director of TEAMs project, a $1.3 million grant to expand and enhance the preparation of ELL teachers and school administrators in southwest Washington (2002-2008).

Research

Gisela Ernst-Slavit investigates language and education in culturally and linguistically diverse settings using ethnographic and sociolinguistic perspectives.

Recent Publications

Books:

  • 2010 - Access to Academics:  Planning Instruction for K-12 Classrooms with ELLs published by Pearson (w/ J. Egbert).
  • 2009 - Paper to Practice: Using the PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards (2009) published by TESOL, Inc. (w/ M. Gottlieb & A. Katz).

Articles:

  • 2011  "Words that hold us up:" Teacher talk and academic language in five upper elementary classrooms.  Linguistics and Education, 22, pp. 430-440. w/ M. R. Mason.  doi:10.1016/j.linged.2011.04.004
  • 2011 - Teacher knowledge and minority students:  The potential of saberes docentes, in  Pedagogies: An International Journal, 6(1), 1-15, w/ D. Poveda.
  • 2010 - Representations of Native Americans in elementary school social studies:  A critical look at instructional language" in Multicultural Education, 18(1), 10-17  w/ M. Mason.

Education

  • Ph.D. Bilingual/Multicultural Education, University of Florida, 1991
  • M.S. Educational Research, Multicultural/Multilingual Education, Florida State University, 1986
  • B.S. Clinical Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1981