Hazel Vega Quesada

Grant Project Manager, CU Bridge ESOL and RR

Office: 308K Old Main
Phone: 864-986-7399
Email: hvegaqu@clemson.edu
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Educational Background

Ph.D. Learning Sciences
Clemson University 2022

M.A. Second Languages and Cultures
National University of Costa Rica 2010

Bachelor English Teaching
National University of Costa Rica 2003

Profile

Dr. Hazel Vega Quesada is the project manager for the grant Building Capacity for Early Multilingual Learners: Bridging Literacy, Reading Recovery®, and ESOL (CU Bridge ESOL & RR) at the College of Education in the Department of Education and Human Development. She has worked on teacher preparation extensively in the United States and Costa Rica at undergraduate and graduate levels, and in professional development for government initiatives. Her research explores teacher learning in pre-service and in-service contexts. She is interested in the identity construction among teachers of English as a second/foreign language and the professional development of teachers serving multilingual learners. Her work also examines and develops participatory research innovations.

Courses Taught

EDLT 8250: Cultural Diversity
EDF 3020: Educational Psychology
EDLT 8220: Strategies for ESOL
EDLT 8140: Reading and Writing Instruction and Assessment for Emergent Bilingual Students
EDF 3080: Classroom Assessment
EDF 8080: Contemporary Issues in Assessment
EDF 8020: Learning and Motivation in Context
EDLT 4670: Principles and Strategies for TESOL in Elementary Schools

Research Interests

Teacher learning
Language teacher Identity
Teacher emotion
Participatory research
Design-based research

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