PK-12 literacy teaching and learning, the discourses involved inteaching and learning in schools, comprehensive school-wide literacy programs, and sustainable school improvement.
Emotions and stress as risk and resilience processes among underserved, U.S. minority students, school-based promotion of emotional health and prevention of mental health problems, prevention among international refugee students and teachers.
Teacher learning and development for teaching multilingual learners; practice-based pedagogies of teacher education; self-reflexive and participatory methods; teacher collaboration; core practices for teaching multilingual learners.
Through his research and scholarship, Alejandro aims to voice much-needed reforms and to create inclusive spaces in multilingual education. His research focuses on bilingual education, language assessment, biliteracy development, and teacher preparation.
Applied linguistics, additional language acquisition, development, teaching and assessment, pre- and in-service teacher education, international teacher education, and education of linguistically and culturally diverse students
Socio-cultural and critical perspectives to explore student learning at the elementary level, education as a tool for a democratic society that includes the knowledge and perspectives of Latina/o students and their communities.
