Alison
Wishard Guerra,
Assistant Professor of Education Studies, is a
member of the faculty of the doctor of education
graduate program in teaching and learning
at the University of California, San Diego.
She has doctorate in Applied Developmental Studies
in Education from UCLA. Her research focuses
on social and linguistic development in early
childhood, with particular focus on developmental
competencies among Latino children from low-income
families. She studies
within group variations related to immigration
and acculturation experiences in relation to
children's longitudinal trajectories towards
social and cognitive developmental competencies.
CURRICULUM VITA
DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Studies in Education
University of California,
Los Angeles,2005
- MA in Psychological Studies in Education
University
of California, Los Angeles, 2002
- B.A. in Psychology and Latin American and Latino
Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz,
1997
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Howes, C. & Wishard, A. (2004). Revisiting sharing meaning: Looking
through the lens of culture and linking shared pretend
play through proto-narrative development to emergent
literacy. In E. Zigler, D.
G. Singer, & S. J. Bishop-Josef (Eds.) Children's Play: The
Roots of Reading, Washington D.C.: Zero to Three Press.
- Shivers, E. M., Howes, C., Wishard, A. G., & Ritchie,
S. (2004). Teacher-articulated perceptions
of practices with families: Examining effective
teaching in diverse high quality child care settings: Early Education
and Development, 15, 167-186.
- Wishard, A. G., Fuligni, A. S., & Howes, C. (2004). Finding a "Literacy-rich
curriculum" in children's everyday experiences. National Head Start
Association Dialog Briefs, 7, 3-4.
- Wishard, A. G., Shivers, E. M., Howes, C. & Ritchie,
S. (2003). Child care programs and teacher
practices: Associations with quality and
children's experiences. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 65- 03.
- Sakai, L., Whitebook, M., Wishard, A., & Howes,
C. (2003). Evaluating the Early Childhood
Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing
differences
between the first and revised edition. Early
Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 427- 445.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
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