Alissa Blair, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas. Alissa’s research examines the education of K-12 multilingual learners in relation to language and literacy development in the content-areas, bilingual education, collaborative home-school partnerships, and teacher education. Her work has appeared in peer reviewed journals including TESOL Quarterly, Review of Research in Education, Bilingual Research Journal, Linguistics and Education, and Theory Into Practice, among others. Alissa is passionate about working with educators and families to make schooling more just and nurturing for culturally and linguistically diverse children and youth.

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