Marcela de Souza, Ph.D.

California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 6868
Department of Secondary Education, CP-616
Fullerton, CA 92834-6868

Office: CP-616 (714) 278-3963

Email: mdesouza@fullerton.edu

• Ph.D. Education (Cultural Perspectives & Comparative Education), University of California, Santa Barbara
• M.A. Education (Cultural Perspectives), University of California, Santa Barbara
• M.A. Education (Curriculum & Instruction), Chapman University
• B.A. English (Second Major in Education), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Clear California Single Subject Teaching Credential in English
• Bilingual Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development Certificate (BCLAD) in Spanish

• Adjunct Instructor, Santa Barbara City College, 2004-2007
• Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003-2005
• Middle School Teacher, Salinas Union High School District, 1995-2002
• High School Teacher, Instituto Carlos Tejedor, Argentina, 1992-1995
• Elementary School Teacher, Instituto Peralta Ramos, Argentina, 1989-1992

• Second language acquisition and development
• Academic achievement of under-schooled linguistic minority students
• Literacy development of adult English learners
• Second language writing
• Educational equity

• Who’s Who in American Education, 2007-2008
• Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007
• Who’s Who in America, 2007
• Who’s Who of American Women, 2007
• Who’s Who in American Education, 2006-2007
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Nominee, UC Santa Barbara, 2004-2005
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002
• Honored Salinas Area Teacher, 1998
• Amity Scholar, 1992-1993

• American Educational Research Association
• California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages