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L. QUENTIN DIXON
Department: Teaching, Learning, and Culture
Office#: 352 Harrington Office Building
Mail Stop: 4232
Office Phone: (979) 862-3577
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Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Emphasis Area: English as a Second Language/ Early Childhood Development
Vita: View Document
Short Bio
L. Quentin Dixon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A & M University.  She earned her Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology, specializing in Language and Literacy, from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 2004.  While doing her doctoral work, she was selected for the highly competitive 3-year Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant.  Her dissertation employed multilevel modeling techniques to examine the English oral language and early literacy skills of bilingual kindergarten children in Singapore.  After completing her dissertation work, Dr. Dixon worked on large-scale educational program evaluations at Abt Associates for clients such as the US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.   For the national Reading First Impact Study, she took a lead role in designing an instrument for classroom observations and in training 170 field staff to use the instrument reliably to conduct observations of reading instruction in 250 schools located in 13 different states.  Dr. Dixon’s research interests focus on the language and literacy development of young bilingual children, and in using rigorous quantitative research methods to study educational questions.  Prior to her dissertation work, she taught English as a second language in public elementary schools near Seattle, WA. 
Research Interests
Beginning Reading
Bilingual education
Bilingualism and Biliteracy
ESL Education
International bilingual Education
Publications*

1. Dixon, L.Q. (2005). The Bilingual Education Policy in Singapore: An Analysis of its Sociohistorical Roots and Current Academic Outcomes. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (1): 25-47.

2. Dixon, L.Q. (1998). Connecting our Global Community: Motivating Sessions, TESOL Matters 8(4), August/September 1998.

* Publication was joint-authored with students
Diss Publication was from a dissertation
ROS Publication was from a record of study

College of Education and Human Development Grants and Contracts (Current)

Building Language and Pre-literacy Skills in the Classroom: A Professional Development Program for Preschool Teachers of Spanish speaking Children.
TAMU Mexican American/Latino Research Center (State)
2008/01/01 - 2009/12/31
Total Funding: 5,000.
Awards

(2007-2010). Fellow.  Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC) Fellows

(2007-2007). Fellow.  Institute for Education Sciences (IES) Training Institute Fellow

(2006-2009). Fellow.  Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC) Fellows
Courses Taught
TLAC Faculty   |   TLAC Staff