Iliana Reyes

Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies | Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP | Associate Dean | Member of the Graduate Faculty

Teachg Learning Sociocult Stds

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Research Area

education, literacy, community engagement, child development, storytelling, early childhood, early childhood literacy, cross-cultural, home education, community involvement

ADELANTE: Advancing Culturally-Responsive Place-Based Educational Opportunities for Latinx Students in the Borderlands
Active·2023·$293.9K / $1.2M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
culturally-responsive education, latinx students, place-based education, borderlands education, educational opportunities
Great Expectations for Teachers, Children, Families and Communities
2022·$50K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
education, community engagement, family involvement, teacher development, child development
Cuentame Collaborative Make Way for Books
2021·$22.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
education, literacy, community engagement, early childhood development, storytelling
Make Way for Books Cuentame Collaborative
2021·$8.4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
early childhood literacy, bilingual education, community engagement, parent involvement, storytelling
Make Way for Books
2020·$17.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
literacy, early childhood, education, literature, reading

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Recent

Exploring Multiple Literacies from Homes and Communities: A Cross-cultural Comparative Analysis

2013

literacy, cross-cultural, home education, community involvement, comparative analysis

Biliteracy among children and youths

2012

Negotiating worlds: A young Mayan child developing literacy at home and at school in Mexico

2011

Emergent biliteracy in young Mexican immigrant children

2008

Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Education: Bilingual and Biliterate Practices at Home and School

2008

Sentence interpretation strategies in emergent bilingual children and adults

2006

When zebras become painted donkeys: Grammatical gender and semantic priming interact during picture integration in a spoken Spanish sentence

2005

A study of sentence interpretation in Spanish monolingual children

2003

Within- and Between-Language Priming Differ: Evidence from Repetition of Pictures in Spanish-English Bilinguals

2002

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Early Language Acquisition and Literacy Development
Written Language Development
Developing Programs for Young Children
Cultural Pluralism for Young Children

Iliana Reyes

Research Area

Grants(9)

ADELANTE: Advancing Culturally-Responsive Place-Based Educational Opportunities for Latinx Students in the Borderlands

Great Expectations for Teachers, Children, Families and Communities

Cuentame Collaborative Make Way for Books

Make Way for Books Cuentame Collaborative

Make Way for Books

Publications(9)

Exploring Multiple Literacies from Homes and Communities: A Cross-cultural Comparative Analysis

Biliteracy among children and youths

Negotiating worlds: A young Mayan child developing literacy at home and at school in Mexico

Emergent biliteracy in young Mexican immigrant children

Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Education: Bilingual and Biliterate Practices at Home and School

Sentence interpretation strategies in emergent bilingual children and adults

When zebras become painted donkeys: Grammatical gender and semantic priming interact during picture integration in a spoken Spanish sentence

A study of sentence interpretation in Spanish monolingual children

Within- and Between-Language Priming Differ: Evidence from Repetition of Pictures in Spanish-English Bilinguals

Collaborations(15)

Erin Turner

Francisco Osorio Zago

Ana Cornide

Leah Duran

Andrea Romero

News(5)

Have Children Lost an Entire Year of Schooling and Social Development? It Depends, UArizona Experts Say

Meeting the Demand for Improving Latino Literacy

UA Gets $1.55M to Redesign Early Childhood Education Program

Early Childhood Education Reform Gets a Much-Needed Boost

UA's Top Education Scholars Recognized

Courses(4)

Early Language Acquisition and Literacy Development

Written Language Development

Developing Programs for Young Children

Cultural Pluralism for Young Children