Dr. Jan K. Buckwalter

Literacy Education

Associate Professor of Education
On Faculty since 2007
Phone: (585) 567-9237
Email: jan.buckwalter@houghton.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Indiana University (2006)
M.A. University of Texas, Arlington (1998)
M.S. SUNY Geneseo (1992)
B.S. Houghton College (1991)

Courses Taught:

Foundations of Language and Literacy
Language and Literacy for Diverse Learners
TESOL Methods
Children’s Literature
Educational Psychology

Professional Expertise:

I have had the opportunity to work both in the U.S. and overseas with diverse learning populations in both urban and rural settings. As a literacy specialist with SIL International, I was able to provide literacy-related consultation to linguists working among East Asia’s minority language communities. As a literacy coach for Boston Public Schools and the Indiana Rural Literacy Initiative, I was able to provide professional development for regular, bilingual, and special education teachers, helping them better understand and improve their teaching of reading and writing. I began my career teaching elementary school and then spent three years teaching Reading and Language Arts courses to pre-service teachers at Indiana University.

Research Interests:

My research interests center on the reading and writing development of young children, especially those who are English language learners (ELLs). I am interested in helping classroom teachers most effectively address the needs of ELLs.

Additional Research Interests: Reading and Writing Development; Emergent Literacy; Pre-service Teacher Education; Professional Development for Teachers; Teacher Inquiry; Bilingual Schooling; Biliteracy Development

Professional Affiliations:

TESOL
International Reading Association
National Council of Teachers of English

Publications:

Buckwalter, J. (2006). Emergent biscriptal biliteracy: Bilingual preschoolers hypothesize about writing in Chinese and English. Dissertation Abstracts International, 67(04), 282. (UMI No. 3215285)

Buckwalter, J. & Lo, Y. (2002). Emergent biliteracy in Chinese and English. Journal of Second Language Writing, 11(4), 269-293.

 Professional Research Presentations:

Buckwalter, J., & Essley, C. (2008). Through a refugee lens: Communicating through photography. Poster presentation at the meeting of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, New York, New York.

Lysaker, J. T., Brabson, C., Buckwalter, J., & Uhrig, K. (2001). The Shifting of Authority in an Inquiry Model of Early Literacy Intervention. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore, Maryland.

Buckwalter, J. & Lo, Y. (2000). Writing in Chinese and English: Emergent Biliteracy Development. Paper presented at the Symposium on Second Language Writing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.