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Davi Reis, Ph.D.Assistant Professor |
Courses Taught
LTEL 201 Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners
Education
Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
Second Language Teacher Education
Language & Identity
Narrative Inquiry
Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs)
Critical Applied Linguistics
Sociocultural Theories
Current Projects
Reis, D. S. (in press). Sociocultural Theory, Identity Development, and Critical Praxis: An NNEST’s Journey. International Journal of the Sociology of Language.
Reis, D. S. (in press). Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs) and Professional Legitimacy: Second-Language Teacher Education on a Mission. In K. E. Johnson & P. R. Golombek (Eds.), Sociocultural Research on Second Language Teacher Education: Exploring the Complexities of Professional Development. New York: Routledge.
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
International Society for Language Studies (ISLS)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE),
Recent Publications
Reis, D. S. (in press). Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs) and Professional Legitimacy: Second-Language Teacher Education on a Mission. In K. E. Johnson & P. R. Golombek (Eds.), Sociocultural Research on Second Language Teacher Education: Exploring the Complexities of Professional Development. New York: Routledge.
Reis, D. S. (2009). NEST-NNEST Collaboration: Does It Reinforce a Misleading Dichotomy? NNEST Newsletter, 11(1), online at: http://tinyurl.com/nnest11
Reis, D. S. (2009). NNEST-of-the-Month (July 2009), online at: http://tinyurl.com/NNESTinterview
Reis, D. S. (2008). A Vygostkian Perspective on Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers’ Identity. NNEST Newsletter, 10(1), online at: http://tinyurl.com/nnest10
Reis, D. S. (2008). Book Review: Discourse Analysis: Bamberg, De Fina & Schiffrin (2007).The Linguist List, July 31st 2008, online at: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2392.html
Recent Speaking Engagements
Professional development for NNESTs: A sociocultural perspective on identity transformation. Paper presented at TESOL 2010 (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.), Boston, MA, 3/10
NNESTs and professional legitimacy: A sociocultural theoretical perspective on identity change. Paper presented at ISLS 2009 (International Society for Language Studies), Orlando, FL, 6/09; LTE 2009 (Language Teacher Education), Washington, D.C., 5/09; and AAAL 2009 (American Association of Applied Linguistics), Denver, CO, 3/09
Sociocultural Theory, Identity Development, and Critical Praxis: An NNEST’s Journey Paper presented at TESOL 2009 (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.), Denver, CO, 3/09
Empowering International Teaching Assistants as Rightful Speakers of English. Poster presented at PaCIE 2008 (39th Pennsylvania Council for International Education), Penn State University, PA, 10/08
Challenging the native speaker myth in the ESL writing classroom. Paper presented at SSLW 2008 (Symposium on Second Language Writing), Purdue University, IL, 6/08
Recent Professional Experience & Service
Perspectives on Leadership for TESOL Online Professional Development Workshop, 10/09
Pennsylvania State University Summer Institute 2009, 6-7/09
NNEST-Interest Section Electronic Village Online Professional Development Workshop, 1-3/09
