Deborah Palmer (Website)

I am a Professor in the program in Equity, Bilingualism and Biliteracy in the School of Education, a faculty associate with the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) Program. Formerly a dual language bilingual teacher in Redwood City, California and bilingual teacher educator at the University of Texas at Austin, I conduct qualitative research using ethnographic and discourse analytic methods in culturally and linguistically diverse schools and classrooms. My interests include bilingual education policy and politics; dual language bilingual education; teacher preparation for linguistically and culturally diverse teaching contexts; and issues of language, power and identity in schools. I have two recent books (2023), both co-edited with colleagues: “Critical Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education: Case Studies on Policy and Practice” (Routledge) and “Gentrification and Bilingual Education: A Texas TWBE School Across Seven Years” (Lexington). My 2018 book (Multilingual Matters) related to bilingual teacher education was titled Teacher Leadership for Social Change in Bilingual/Bicultural Education.