Author: Martha Bigelow

16 November 2019


MinneTESOL Journal, (2019), Vol. 35(Issue 2)

“Time is like a sword—if you don’t cut it, it will cut you”: Learning in English in a Djiboutian refugee camp for an uncertain English-speaking future

 Martha Bigelow In this article, Dr. Bigelow describes her first-hand experience learning about multilingual resources and educational practices found in a refugee camp in Djibouti. Dr. Bigelow reflects on the importance of educators truly understanding the pre-resettlement experience of their learners…
0 By Martha Bigelow 
8 December 2017


MinneTESOL Journal, (2017), Vol. 33(Issue 2)

Minnesota (not so) Nice? The Politics of Language Education Policy Development and Implementation

 In this article, King and Bigelow describe the development and implementation of innovative state legislation called the Learning English for Academic Proficiency and Success (LEAPS) Act. They highlight LEAPS’ potential to support language minority students in Minnesota’s public schools as well as  how…
0 By King Kendall and Martha Bigelow 
21 May 2015


MinneTESOL Journal, (2015), Vol. 31(Issue 1)

Promoting Resilience in Diverse Classrooms: The Answers Are Not in the Back of the Book

 This article discusses an approach to supporting resilience in urban students, particularly Somali, Latino, and Hmong youth, through a professional development experience called Project TRUST (Training for Resiliency in Urban Students & Teachers). “He really connects to the students from experience and from…
0 By Jenna Cushing-Leubner, Khalid Adam, Martha Bigelow, Mikow Hang, Luis Ortega, Shannon Pergament, Bob Prifrel, Suzanne Susens and Michele Allen 
mbigelow@umn.edu

Dr. Bigelow is a Professor of Second Language Education at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests span the fields of education, applied linguistics, and cultural studies. She has focused on the language learning and schooling experiences of refugee-background youth from East Africa for many years. Dr. Bigelow is also interested in teacher education and multilingual classroom pedagogies that support equity and access in education. She teaches Second Language Acquisition and language teaching methods courses and is a member of the MinneSLIFE interest section.