Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. His research addresses two interrelated areas where language and discourse are seen as central elements of K-12 teachers’ pedagogical practice: (a) language demands of educational standards and implications for teacher preparation and the education of K-12 students in multilingual school contexts; and (b) the assessment and development of Pedagogical Language Competencies in the preparation of K-12 teachers. His works have been published in Bilingual Research Journal; International Journal of Language and Linguistics; International Multilingual Research Journal; International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; Multicultural Perspectives; Reading in a Foreign Language, and Voices from the Middle.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4800-1881