Scott A. Beck, Ph.D.

Department of Teaching and Learning

College of Education, Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia 30460

(912) 478-0354

 

303 Gentilly Road

Statesboro, Georgia 30458

(912) 531-1200

 

sab44@cornell.edu                 http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~salbeck/

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in Language Education, 2003.

      University of Georgia, College of Education, Athens, GA.

      Emphasis: Multilingual and Multicultural Education.

 

M.Ed. in Middle Grades Curriculum and Instruction, 1994.

      University of North Carolina at Greensboro,

      College of Education, Greensboro, NC.

      Emphasis: Social Studies Education.

 

B.A. in Linguistics, 1987.

      Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY. 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning (2003 - Present),

College of Education, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.

Tenured Faculty (2008 - Present).

Full Graduate Faculty, College of Graduate Studies (2004 - Present).

Temporary Instructor, Department of Early Childhood Education (2000 - 2003).

            My primary responsibilities have included:

-          As an instructor I have designed and successfully taught multiple course syllabi incorporating a wide variety of methods and assessments.  I have taught in the areas of Language Arts, Social Studies, and Methods Practica across four programs: Early Childhood Education, Middle Grades Education, Secondary Education, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

-          As Coordinator of both the ESOL Endorsement Program and the College of Education (COE) Honors Program, I have redesigned and revitalized these programs by: collaborating with faculty and administrators in the department, college, and university; creating and revising course syllabi, instructional materials, and assessments, including multiple National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Key Assessments; and providing advisement to undergraduate and graduate students in these programs.

-          As Chair of the Goizueta Foundation Scholarship Fund for Latino Educators, Co-Coordinator of the Veracruz Teacher Project, and through multiple other roles and initiatives, I have worked to diversify and internationalize the curricula, students, and faculty of the College of Education.

 

            Instructor (Summer 2000)

                  Department of Language Education,

College of Education, University of Georgia at Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

My primary responsibilities were to design a course syllabus and reading packet and then teach a combined graduate and undergraduate course, including a three week intensive study in Mexico of that nation’s culture, language, and educational system.

 

            Graduate Research Assistant (1999 - 2000)

                  Department of Language Education,

College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

            My primary responsibilities included:

-          Assisting Dr. JoBeth Allen in data transcription for:

Allen, J., et al. (2002) PhOLKS lore: Learning from photographs, families, and children. Language Arts, 79(4), 312-322.

-          Assisting Dr. Fenice Boyd with research and analysis for:

Brock, C., Boyd, F. & Moore, J.  (2003).  Variation in Language and the Use of Language Across Contexts: Implications for Literacy Learning.  In Flood, J., Lapp, D., Squire, J. & Jensen, J.  Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

Curriculum Specialist and Outreach Specialist,

Live Oak Migrant Education, First District RESA, Statesboro, GA. (1994 - 2000).

           

Seventh Grade Reading, Social Studies and Mathematics Teacher,

North Carolina Public Schools, Madison & Welcome, NC. (1993 - 1994).

           

Health Education Outreach Coordinator,

East Coast Migrant Health Project, Prospect Hill, NC. (1991 - 1992).

           

Adult Education Outreach Counselor,

Educational Opportunity Center, Roxboro, NC. (1991 - 1992).

           

 

Computational Linguistics Consultant,

Eloquent Technology Inc., Ithaca, NY. (1988 – 1989, 1991).

           

Agricultural Education Specialist,

United States Peace Corps, Mauritania, Africa. (1989 - 1991).

           

English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher,

Literacy Volunteers, Ithaca, NY. (1988 - 1989).

           

Pre-School Teacher,

Polly Dodge Day Care Center, New York, NY. (1987).

           

Child Language Acquisition Research Assistant,

Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (1986).

 

 

 

 

TEACHING: University-Level

Assistant Professor,

Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education,

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (2003 - Present; Temporary Instructor, 2000-2003).

Course Planning, Development & Sharing of  Instructional Materials, and Teaching

 

 

 

Key:    

C = created / designed                  

R = revised

N = NCATE key assessment

Y = yes / taught                            

H = taught hybrid

O = off-campus / out of county

Course Outline

Course Syllabus

Course Packet

WebCT

Assessments & Rubrics

Taught Course

Shared  Materials w/ Colleagues

Early Childhood Courses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ 2230

Cognition & Language

 

 

C

C

C

C

Y

Y

ECED 3262

P-5 Language & Literacy Methods

 

 

R

 

C

C

Y

 

ECED 3732

Early Childhood Methods I Practicum

 

R

 

C

 

O

Y

ECED 4533

P-5 Social Studies Methods

 

 

R

C

C

C

Y

Y

ECED 4733

Early Childhood Methods II Practicum

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

ECED 4799

Student Teaching: Early Childhood

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

ECED 7530

Advanced Elementary

Social Studies Methods

 

R

C

C

C/N

Y

Y

ESOL Program Courses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESED 5233(G)

Applied Linguistics: ESOL

R

C

 

C

C/N

Y

 

 

ESED 5234(G)

Cultural Issues: ESOL

R

C

C

 

C/N

Y

 

Y

 

ESED 5235(G)

Methods: ESOL

R

C

 

C

C/N

Y

 

Y

 

Honors Program Courses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COED 3610H

Honors Research in Education Seminar

C

C

 

 

 

 

Y

Middle Grades & Secondary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MGED 3432

Middle Grades Social Studies Methods

 

R

 

C

R

Y

Y

MGED 3731

Middle School Practicum I

 

 

 

 

C

R/N

O

Y

MSED 5333(G)

Literature & Writing-Middle & Secondary

 

R

 

C

C

O

Y

MGED 5799

Student Teaching: Middle Grades

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

MSED 7331

Early Adolescent Literature

 

 

R

 

C

R

H

Y

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Instructor,

      Department of Language Education, College of Education, University of Georgia at Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.  (Summer 2000).

            ESOL Program Course Taught

            ELAN 7180 Understanding Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in Schools

 

 

TEACHING: Professional Development

 

Preparing Teachers for Georgia Performance Standards & Understanding by Design Workshop, Georgia Department of Education, Valdosta, GA.  March 2005.

 

WebCT CE to WebCT Vista Transition Workshop, Emerging Technology Center, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.  March 2005.

 

ESOL Endorsement via WebCT Instructional Workshop, University System of Georgia Board of Regents Hispanic Initiative, Athens, GA.  December 2001.

 

Professional Conferences Attended (relevant to course content and teaching methods):

American Anthropological Association – 2001

American Educational Research Association – 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning – 2008

International Reading Association – 2007

Georgia Conference on Children’s Literature – 2000

Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – 2000

Georgia Educational Research Association – 2003

National Council for Social Studies – 2005, 2006

National Council of Teachers of English – 2002

Social Science History Association – 2000

Society for Applied Anthropology – 2002

Southeastern Philosophy of Educational Society – 2000

 

 

TEACHING: Directed Student Learning and Field Supervision

 

Directed Student Learning: Ed.S. Student Research in Teaching and Learning

Brandy McDowell, "Literacy Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners," Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Maria Fatima Rea, "High Achieving English Language Learners in High School: What Do They Know?" Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Leatte Williamson, "The Impact of Parents, Teachers and Administrators on Hispanic Dropout Rates," Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Debra Allen, "Middle School Reading Interventions," Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Jennifer Carlson, “Increasing Hispanic Parent Involvement,” Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Stacy DiNello, "ESOL Teacher Attitudes and Identity Development in their English Language Learning Students,” Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Carole Smith, "Race, Class, and Gender and Standardized Testing of Science Education," Committee Chair (Ongoing).

Lauren Williams, "Cooperative Learning in Middle School Science," Committee Chair (2008).

Terry Finley, "Second Language Writing and its Relationship to First Language Literacy in English Language Learning Students," Committee Chair (2007).

Candace Murphey, "Relationship of Being Overage for Grade and Academic Progress and Success among English Language Learning Students," Committee Chair (2006).

Mark Linsky, "Assessment Accommodations for Limited English Proficient Students," Committee Chair (2005).

 

Directed Student Learning: Ed.D. Student Research in Educational Leadership

Allen Nichols, “Successful Implementation of ESOL Programs in a Suburban Setting,” Committee Member (ongoing).

 

Directed Student Learning: Ed.D. Student Research in Curriculum Studies

Lucy Bush, "Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos, You're no Longer Yourself: An Investigation into the Formation of Academic Identity among Latino Immigrant Youth in a Georgia Middle School," Committee Member (2007).

Joanna Cavan, "Language, Culture, and Identity: A Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Three High School Female Immigrant Students in the Context of Family, School, and Community," Committee Member (2006).

Directed Student Learning: M.Ed Student Portfolios in Spanish Education

Kim Bland, Committee Member (2005).

Rebecca Waters, Committee Member (2005).

 

Directed Student Learning: College of Education Honors Program Student Research

Michaela Beauchamp, “Comparing Middle Grades Life Science Education in Georgia and Britain,” Thesis Mentor (incomplete).

Directed Student Learning: McNair Post-Baccalaureate Program Student Research

Pamela Walker, "Representations of African Americans in Contemporary Popular Children’s Picture Storybooks," Independent Study Director (2004).

Directed Student Learning: Independent Study Courses

María Teresa de Jesus Mendoza, Elementary Foreign Language Methods (2005).

José Rodriguez, Cultural Issues: ESOL (2005).
Lorraine Gilpin, Applied Linguistics: ESOL (2005).

Field Supervision (cumulative totals)

Early Childhood Methods I Practicum           64 students

Early Childhood Methods II Practicum         22 students

Middle School Practicum I                             35 students

Student Teaching: Early Childhood               5 students

Student Teaching: Middle Grades                  4 students

 

 

TEACHING: University-Level Guest Lectures

 

American English Language and Culture in the United States, 2008.

Creative Communication Skills – Ms. Ghajendri Selvaratnam, Multimedia University, Malaysia

English for Engineers – Ms. Ghajendri Selvaratnam, Multimedia University, Malaysia

 

Politics and Religion in Social Studies Education, 2007.

P-5 Social Studies Methods – Dr. Lorraine Gilpin

 

Primary versus Secondary Sources in Historical Research, 2006.

Middle Grades Social Studies Methods – Dr. Michelle Reidel

 

Meeting the Needs of Latinos, Migrants, and English Language Learners in Georgia.

Guest Lecture and Workshop delivered to a wide variety of courses at Georgia Southern University since 1995.

Courses addressed include:

Cognition and Language – Dr. Wendy Chambers

Diversity and Ethics for Educational Leadership – Dr. Sharon Brooks

ESOL Methods – Dr. David Alley

Family, Community, and Professional Collaboration – Dr. Maggie LaMontagne, Ms. Betty Nelson

Foreign Language Methods – Dr. David Alley

Forms of Curriculum Inquiry –  Dr. Delores Liston

Multicultural Education – Dr. Delores Liston

P-5 Social Studies Methods – Dr. Linda Plevyak, Dr. Lorraine Gilpin

Seminar in Secondary Education – Dr. Mark Kostin

Senior (Student Teaching) Seminar – Dr. Jennie Rakestraw, Mr. Paul Moller

Spanish for Business – Dr. Lola Hildalgo

Teaching for Diversity – Dr. Brian Deever

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

The Culture of Migrancy and the Challenges of Migrant Education.

Guest Lecture delivered to Language and Culture in the Classroom (ESOL Endorsement course), Department of Language Education, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (November 1999).

 

 

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Refereed Journal Articles

 

Beck, Scott & Rangel, Dolores. (forthcoming). Representations of Mexican American Migrant Childhood in Rivera's ...y no se lo tragó la tierra and Viramontes' Under the Feet of Jesus.  The Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe.  (primary author).

 

Beck, Scott. (2009) Children of Migrant Farmworkers in Picture Storybooks: Reality, Romanticism and Representation. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 34(2).

Gilpin, Lorraine & Beck, Scott. (2006). Voices from the Margins: ‘Black’ Caribbean and Mexican Heritage Women Educators in the Rural South. Praxis: The Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education, 1(1), 29-44.  (equal co-author).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Beck, Scott. (1995). Friends, Freedmen, Common Schools and Reconstruction. The Southern Friend, 17(1), 5-31.

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Edited Book Chapters

 

Beck, Scott. (2004). The Challenge of Change: A Gringo Remembers Tough Choices. In Salinas, Cinthia. & Fránquiz, María (Ed.),  Scholars in the Field: The Challenges of Migrant Education. Charleston, WV: AEL / Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.

 

Beck, Scott & Allexsaht-Snider, Martha. (2002). Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia: Appropriation, Assimilation, and Americanization. In Wortham, Stanton; Murillo, Enrique & Hamann, Ted (Ed.), Education in the New Latino Diaspora: Policy and the Politics of Identity.  In the series: Sociocultural Studies of Educational Policy Formation and Appropriation.  Levinson, Bradley & Gibson, Margaret (Ed.).  Westport, CT: Ablex Press.  (primary author).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Book Reviews

 

Beck, Scott & Weems, Denise.  (Forthcoming, April 2010).  Review of Where do I go from Here? Meeting the Unique Educational Needs of Migrant Students by Karen Vocke.   Journal of Latinos in Education, 9(2).  (primary author).

 

Sekares, Diane; Beck, Scott & Crozier, Jane. (2003). Review of Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections by Kathleen deMarrais (Ed).  Educational Studies, 34(1), 112-115.  (equal co-author).

 

Beck, Scott. (2001). Review of Close to Home: Oral and Literate Practices in a Transnational Mexicano Community by Juan Guerra.  Reading Online, 4(10).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Other

 

Beck, Scott.  (2008).  “Progressive Methods for Incorporating Communication, Culture and Literature in the Language Classroom: Plenary Session, Theoretical Overview,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Institute of Modern Languages and Communications, Multimedia University, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Beck, Scott. (2004). The Bilingual Education Act of 1968. In Collins, John & O'Brien, Nancy. (Ed.), Greenwood Dictionary of Education. London: Greenwood Press.

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Fredrickson, Doren; Beck, Scott; Bogardus, Melinda, Callahan, Cathy & Johnson, Michael. (1992). Health Care Needs of Latinos in the Prospect Hill Community Health Care Service Area: A Focus Group Series & Immunization Survey. Research report submitted to East Coast Migrant Health Project and Piedmont Comprehensive Health Services.  (primary writer, but first authorship received by Dr. Fredrickson, M.D. as a credentialed medical professional).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Editorial Board Memberships (Blind Peer Reviewed)

 

Editorial Board Member, Handbook of Latinos and Education (2005 - Present).

 

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Latinos in Education (2005 - 2009).

 

 

 

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Publications: Journal Reviewer (Blind Peer Reviewed)

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding oral histories of migrant students, Journal of Latinos in Education (2007).

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding accommodations for English language learners in mainstream classrooms, The Coastal Review (2007).

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding emotional literacy, English Education, (2006).

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding Latino education in the South, Journal of Latinos in Education (2003).

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding ethnicity and reader response, Journal of Literacy Research (2000).

 

Reviewer, Manuscript regarding bilingualism and the teaching of additional languages, Research in the Teaching of English (2000).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Grant Writing

 

Subramaniam, Shanti; Beck, Scott & Selvanatram, Ghajendri. "International Educators Program Small Grants Program," Sponsored by Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX, $5000.00. For a two-week teacher-training workshop regarding Contemporary Approaches to ESOL in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia.  (2008, funded).

 

Beck, Scott. "Professional Travel Funds Grant," Sponsored by Georgia Southern University, $1682.00. For travel as feature at International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Institute of Modern Languages and Communications, Selangor, Malaysia.  (2008, funded).

 

Beck, Scott.  “Campus Life Enrichment Grant” Sponsored by Georgia Southern University, $1100.00. Assembled financial support from six university departments, offices, and committees to bring animal rights activist Meena Alagappan to lecture on campus (2005, funded, but cancelled due to ill health of lecturer).

 

Reavis, Catherine; Nayduch, Dana & Beck, Scott.  “Partnership for Reform in Science in Mathematics (PRISM)” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, and implemented by Georgia Southern University, $5000.00.  Research by Latino Students on Biological Organisms in Surface Water in Toombs County Georgia (2005, unfunded).

 

Beck, Scott & Flynn, Richard.  “Campus Life Enrichment Grant” Sponsored by Georgia Southern University, $900.00. Assembled financial support from seven university departments, offices, and committees to bring children’s literature scholar Joel Taxel to lecture on campus (2004, funded).

 

Beck, Scott.  “Campus Life Enrichment Grant” Sponsored by Georgia Southern University, $1800.00. Assembled financial support from more than ten university departments, offices, and committees to bring Twice Upon a Time to campus and Nevils Elementary School for performances and workshops (2001, funded).

 

Beck, Scott. "Creating Pathways Grant," Sponsored by College of Education, Georgia Southern University, $500.00. For research with Martha Allexsaht-Snider, Department of Elementary Education, University of Georgia regarding Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia.  (2001, funded).

 

Beck, Scott. "Crossing Borders Grant," Sponsored by College of Education, Georgia Southern University, $500.00. For collaborative work with Gary Hytrek, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University regarding New Patterns of Migration: Hispanic Labor in the 'Deep' South.  (2000, funded).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Grant-Funded Activities

 

Academic Advisor, International Leadership in Education Program Grant.  Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State (implemented by IREX). Grant coordinators: Cordelia Zinskie, Judi Repman & Jennie Rakestraw.  (2008).

 

Migration Issues Researcher and Instructor, North American Mobility Grant.  Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education.  Grant coordinator: Georgia Southern University Center for International Studies.  (2007).

 

Academic Advisor and ESOL Methods Instructor, International Educators Program Grant.  Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State (implemented by IREX). Grant coordinator: Ming Fang He.  (2007).

 

Historian James Loewen Lecture Facilitator, Campus Life Enrichment Committee. Georgia Southern Univeristy. Helped assemble support for and publicize teachers’ workshops and lecture.  Grant coordinator: Sandra Peacock (2006).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Media Interviews

 

Background Source for Newspaper Report “Immigration Raid Aids Blacks for a Time,” Wall Street Journal, New York, NY (January 17, 2007).

 

Quoted Source for Newspaper Report “Is Immigration Bill what Voters Want?”, Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA (April 6, 2006).

 

Quoted Source for Newspaper Report “Georgia Latinos among Fastest Growing in Nation”, Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA (November 2, 2005).

 

Quoted Source for Newspaper Report “Trabajadores Sociales Aprenden acerca de la Cultura Familiar Latina”, La Voz Latina, Savannah, GA (November 2003).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Presentations: International

 

Beck, Scott, “Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies” (including: Writing Process, Writers’ Workshop, Poetry Templates, Reading Process, Literature Circles, Non-fiction Reading and Writing).  Workshop series funded by the International Educators Program Small Grants Program, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State.  Presented at HELP International College of Technology and at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Methodist Anglo Chinese School Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. (May 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, “Progressive Methods for Incorporating Communication, Culture, and Literature into the ESOL Classroom,” Invited and Featured Workshop at International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Institute of Modern Languages and Communications, Multimedia University, Selangor, Malaysia. (March 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, “Progressive Methods for Incorporating Communication, Culture, and Literature in the Language Classroom: Theoretical Overview,” Invited and Featured Presentation at International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Institute of Modern Languages and Communications, Multimedia University, Selangor, Malaysia. (March 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, “Mexican American Identities and Markets” (in English), Lecture in Seminario de Mercados Nostólogicos for Dr. Daniel Arturo Romero Leon, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico. (November 2007).

 

Beck, Scott, “Educación Post-Secundaria en Los Estados Unidos” (in Spanish), Presentation and discussion for Escuela para Estudiantes Extranjeros, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.  (November 2007).

 

Beck, Scott, “Controversies in Mexican American Education” (twice, once in English and once in Spanish) Presentation and discussion for Escuela para Estudiantes Extranjeros and the Liberal Arts Faculty, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.  (November 2007).

 

Beck, Scott, “Theory and Practice in Second Language/L2 Instruction” (in English) Presentation for Escuela para Estudiantes Extranjeros, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.  (November 2007).

 

Beck, Scott, "Mexican American Migrant Childhood in Rivera's ...y no se lo tragó la tierra and Viramontes' Under the Feet of Jesus," British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA. (February 2007).

 

Gilpin, Lorraine & Beck, Scott, "Voices from the Margins: “Black” Caribbean and Mexican Heritage Women Educators in the Rural South," British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Georgia Southern, Savannah, GA. (February 2005).  (equal co-author).

 

Beck, Scott, "A Theoretical Confession: Challenging preconceived discourses of Latinos in Dixie," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (April 2004).

 

Beck, Scott, "Changing Mid Stream: Advocacy for Migrants in an Era of Accountability and Conservatism," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (April 2003). 

 

Beck, Scott; Liston, Delores & Gilpin, Lorraine, "In Search of Identity: Claiming a Standpoint for Political Agency in Educational Research," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (April 2003).  (equal co-author).

 

Beck, Scott, "Oral Histories of Mexican American Women Pioneers in Schools of the Rural South," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (April 2003).

 

Beck, Scott & Allexsaht-Snider, Martha, “Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia: Appropriation, Assimilation, and Americanization," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting,  New Orleans, LA. (April 2002).  (primary author).

 

Beck, Scott & Allexsaht-Snider, Martha, "Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia: Appropriation, Assimilation, and Americanization," Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (March 2002).  (primary author).

 

Beck, Scott, "Brown Faces in Black and White Places: Mexican Americans in the Rural South," Social Science History Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2000).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Beck, Scott, "Oral Histories of the First Mexican American Migrant Students in Southeast Georgia," American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec. (April 1999).

 

 

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Presentations: National

 

Beck, Scott, "Migrant Farmworkers in Children’s Picture Storybooks: Romanticism, (Mis-)Representations, and Realities," National Council of Teachers of English Conference, Atlanta, GA. (November 2002).

 

Beck, Scott, & Allexsaht-Snider, Martha, “Recent Language Minority Education Policy in Georgia: Appropriation, Assimilation, and Americanization," American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (December 2001).  (primary author).

 

McDonald, Victoria-María & Beck, Scott, "Educational History in Black and Brown: Paths of Divergence and Convergence, 1900-1990," History of Education Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. (October 2000).  (second author).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Phenis, James; Núñez, Norma & Beck, Scott, "The Plight of the Migrant Child," National Youth-at-Risk Conference, Savannah, GA. (March 1998).  (equal panel member).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Presentations: Regional and State

 

Beck, Scott, “Expert Witness Testimony regarding Inadequacies in Funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages in Georgia’s Public Schools and Policy Proposals to Address these Issues.” Litigants: Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia (including the school boards of Evans, Long, Macintosh, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, and Wayne Counties) versus the State of Georgia and the state Department of Education.  Superior Court of Fulton County, Elizabeth Long, Senior Judge.  (trial scheduled for October-November 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, “Expert Witness Deposition regarding Inadequacies in Funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages in Georgia’s Public Schools and Policy Proposals to Address these Issues.” Litigants: Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia versus the State of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Education.  (April 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, “Materials documenting Inadequacies in Funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages in Georgia’s Public Schools.” Litigants: Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia (including the school boards of Evans, Long, Macintosh, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, and Wayne Counties) against the State of Georgia and the state Department of Education.  (March 2008).

 

Beck, Scott, "Mexican-American Immigration and Migration: A Cross-Border Dialogue," Southeastern Conference on Cross-Cultural Issues in Counseling and Education, Savannah, GA. (February 2008).

 

Gilpin, Lorraine &  Beck, Scott, "Black Caribbean and Latina Immigrant Women Educators in the Rural South: Important New Understandings from the Margins of a Traditional Society," Georgia Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. (November 2003).  (equal co-author).

 

Beck, Scott, "Oral Histories of Mexican American Women Pioneers in Schools of the Rural South, Part II," People of the Road Coalition, Macon, GA. (August 2003).

 

Beck, Scott, “Oral Histories of Mexican American Women Pioneers in Schools of the Rural South, Part I," People of the Road Coalition, Macon, GA. (November 2002).

 

Beck, Scott, "Latinos, Mexican Americans, and Migrants in Georgia," Thomas Jefferson District (Southeastern U.S.) of Unitarian Universalists Anti-Racism Conference, Savannah, GA. (February 2001).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Beck, Scott & Manning, Mariana, "Cultivating Gringo Bilingualism with Limited Resources," Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Annual Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (May 2000).  (lead author).

 

Beck, Scott, "Mexican American Identities and Children's Literature," Georgia Children’s Literature Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (March 2000).

 

Beck, Scott, "The Ethics of Researching the Unethical: Working in and with Schools that ‘Don’t Play by the Rules.’," Southeast Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. (February 2000).

Beck, Scott, “The Basics: Migrants & Migrant Education, Limited English Proficiency, and English for Speakers of Other Languages,” ESOL Orientation Workshop.  Live Oak Migrant Education / First District RESA, Tattnall County Board of Education, Reidsville, GA. (August 1999).

 

Beck, Scott, "Oral Histories of the First Mexican American Migrant Students in Southeast Georgia," Migration in the South Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (April 1999).

 

Beck, Scott, “Using Computers in Migrant Education and ESOL Instruction,” Georgia Migrant Education Program Leadership and Planning Retreat, Georgia Department of Education, Helen, GA. (March 1998).

 

Beck, Scott, “Friends, Freedmen, Common Schools and Reconstruction.” Graduate History Forum at University of North Carolina in Charlotte, NC. (March 1993).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Presentations: Local

 

Beck, Scott; Kohler, Vince & Suazo, Jorge, "Hispanic Influence in the US," Hispanic Awareness Month, Multicultural Student Center, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (October 2006).  (panel member).

 

Beck, Scott, "Diversity Issues," 21st Century Leaders Program, College of Education, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (July 2006).

 

Beck, Scott & Garza Cruz, Andrea, "Latinos in Southeast Georgia: Demographics, Immigration & Economic Impact," Savannah Morning News Reporters and Editorial Staff, Savannah, GA. (November 2005).  (equal co-presenter).

 

Beck, Scott, "Comparing the Educational Systems of Mexico and the United States," Universidad Veracruzana Exchange Students and Visitors from Mexico, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (April 2005).

 

Beck, Scott, "Panel Discussion on Immigration," International Awareness Month, Multicultural Student Center, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (November 2004).

 

Beck, Scott, "Counseling and Culture: Working with Spanish Speaking Clients – Basic Information: Demographics & Immigration Status," Clinical Social Work Association of Savannah, Savannah’s Catholic Diocese, and Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah, GA. (November 2003).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Beck, Scott, "We were the first: Oral Histories of Mexican Heritage Migrant Students in Southeast Georgia," Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Statesboro, Statesboro, GA. (February 2000).

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: Currently Under Review

 

"Mexican-Heritage Identities in Children’s Picture Storybooks: Thinking Critically, Thinking Diversely." 

Single author.  A critical primer for classroom teachers regarding the diversity within the Mexican American community as represented in children’s picture storybooks.  Submitted to: Georgia Educational Review.

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP: In Progress

 

"Mexican-American Immigration and Migration: A Cross-Border Dialogue,"

A study of an internet-based exchange of ideas among undergraduates regarding migration from Mexico to the U.S.  Funded by a FIPSE North American Migration Grant through the International Studies Program, Georgia Southern University and Escuela para Estudiantes Extranjeros, Universidad Veracruzana.  Target journal: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

 

“Policy Proposals for Implementation by the Georgia Department of Education, Public Service Commission, and Board of Regents to Address Inadequacies in the Education of English Language Learners in Georgia’s Public Schools.”

If the current Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia lawsuit is successful, my policy proposals will likely be implemented state-wide, impacting all aspects of ELL education in this state, including: Fortified ESOL Endorsement and Certification requirements; Monitoring of ESOL Endorsement and Certification programs; Grants for Anticipatory ESOL program planning, ESOL teacher recruitment, and Small ELL population districts; Monitoring of ELL programs; Funding of ELL administrative costs and Common planning for ESOL teachers; Revised ESOL funding based upon documented student needs; Decreased ESOL and mainstream class sizes; and Flexible ELL service delivery models.

Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, my work on behalf of the Consortium will likely yield a manuscript for publication.  However, until the litigation is resolved, I have been asked by the legal team to refrain from presenting or publishing my findings outside the confines of the suit.

 

 

 

 

SERVICE: International and National

 

English as a Foreign Language Teacher Training Curriculum Design Advisor to Dr. Jorge Olivares, Universidad de La Serena, Chile (October 2008).

 

Dissertation Research Guide and Informant for Julie Weise, "Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the U.S. South, 1910-2010,” (Yale University, Spring 2008).

 

Teaching Language and Literacy Textbook Reviewer, 2nd ed. by Christie, Enz & Vukelich (Allyn and Bacon, publisher) (Spring 2005).

 

Humane and Character Education Curriculum Reviewer, HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers) & Animal Welfare Trust, New York, NY.  (2005).

 

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Hispanic Research Issues Special Interest Group Proposal Reviewer.  (2003-2004).

 

Multicultural Studies in the American South Discussion List Moderator and Web Facilitator (2002 - 2004).

 

 

SERVICE: State

 

Invited Researcher and Expert Witness regarding ESOL Education in Georgia’s Public Schools, Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia versus the State of Georgia and Georgia Department of Education.  Includes research conducted in school districts across the state and using a variety of state and district-level data.  Lawsuit being heard in Superior Court of Fulton County by Elizabeth Long, Senior Judge.   (2007 - Present).

 

Migrant Education Comprehensive Needs Assessment Committee Member, Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA.  (2005 - 2007).

 

Board of Examiners Mock Interview Participant, Professional Standards Commission, Statesboro, GA.  (September 2006).

 

Needs of Limited English Proficient Residents Task Force Member, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA. (2005).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

Georgia Children's Literature Conference Planning Committee Member, Athens, GA. (1999 - 2000).

 

 

SERVICE: University

 

Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund for Latino Educators Committee Chair (2002 - Present).

 

North American Studies Program Planning Committee Member (2008 - Present).

 

Honors Admissions Interviewer and Recruiter (2006 - 2007),

Honors Council Member (2004 - 2008),

University Honors Program.

 

Academic Standards Committee Member (2007 - 2008).

 

Coca-Cola Foundation Visiting Scholar, Faculty Host to Yang Hong of Central China Normal University (2007-2008).

 

Faculty Senate Member (2006 - 2008).

 

Center for Latino Outreach and Research Services Board Member (2002 - 2004, 2006 - 2007).

 

Foundations of Excellence / First Year Experience Committee Member (2005 - 2006).

 

University Athletics Committee Member (2004 - 2006).

 

BellSouth Foundation Internship Facilitator. Coordinated a weeklong internship for Goizueta Foundation Scholar Luis Nuñez at BellSouth in Atlanta.  (2004).

 

“How I Survived Graduate School” Discussion Panel Member, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Research Institute, College of Graduate Studies (June 2002).

 

International Student Mentor / Host, International Student Office (1996 - 2002).

 

Family Life Center Website Designer (2001).

 

 

SERVICE: College of Education

 

Faculty Executive Committee Chair (2008-2009), Secretary (2006 - 2007), Member (2005 - 2009).

 

Honors Program Coordinator (2007 - 2008).

 

Counselor Educator Search Committee Member (2007 - 2008).

 

Southeastern Conference on Cross-Cultural Issues in Counseling and Education Planning Committee Member (2002 - 2003, 2007 - 2008).

 

Graduate Dispositions Rubric Committee Member.  (2007).

 

Goizueta Foundation Endowed Chair Search Committee Member (2006 - 2007).

 

Faculty Roles and Rewards Committee Member (2005 - 2006).

 

Graduate and Undergraduate International / Multicultural Education Certificate Committee Member (2005 - 2006).

 

Technology and Instructional Resource Committee Member (2004 - 2006).

 

Veracruz Teacher Project Co-Coordinator for María Teresa “Mayte” de Jesus Mendoza (2003 - 2006).

 

Veracruz Teacher Project Presenter, College of Education Board of Advisors.  (June 2005).

 

Elections Committee Chair (2004 - 2005), Member (2003 - 2004).

 

Counselor Educator Search Committee Member (2003 - 2004).

 

International Learning Community Visitors from East London, UK Host (October 2004).

 

Awards Committee Chair (2002 - 2003).

 

Faculty Advisory Committee Member (2000 - 2001).

 

Previous to appointment at Georgia Southern University:

P-16 Initiative Invited Professional (October 1999).

 

 

SERVICE: Department

 

Graduate Student Advisor to Middle Grades M.Ed. Students, approximately 15 per semester (2005 - Present).

 

English for Speakers of Other Languages Teaching Endorsement Program Coordinator.  Including revision of all key assessments for NCATE.  (2003 - Present).

 

Prospective Student Open House Departmental Representative (2001 - Present).

 

Early Childhood Graduate Program Acting Coordinator (2006 - 2007).

 

New Faculty Mentor to Dr. Yasar Bodur (2006 - 2007).

 

Data Collection Assistance for McNair Scholar Jemellah Nurse.  (Summer 2007).

 

Secondary Education Social Studies Educator Search Committee Member (2005 - 2006).

 

Tenure and Promotion Review Process Committee Member (2005).

 

Early Childhood Mathematics Educator Search Committee Chair (2004 - 2005).

 

Early Childhood Methods I Practicum Coordinator (2004 - 2005).

 

Graduate Student Advisor to Non-Degree, Certification Students, approximately 5-10 per semester (2002 - 2005).

 

Early Childhood Curriculum Committee Member (2003 - 2004).

 

Site-Based Student Teaching Ad Hoc Committee Member (2003 - 2004).

 

Library Acquisitions Representative (2000 - 2003).

 

Instructional Evaluation Ad Hoc Committee Member (2001).

 

 

SERVICE: Public Schools

 

Fathers Being Involved “FBI” Participant.  Langston Chapel Middle School, Statesboro, GA.  (2008 - Present).

 

Marching Band Volunteer, Langston Chapel Middle School, Statesboro, GA.  (2007 – Present).

 

Odyssey of the Mind Coach , Assistant Coach, and Regional & State Judge, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School and Langston Chapel Middle School, Statesboro, GA.  (2006 - Present).

 

Pen Pal Project Instructor and Organizer.  J.P. Bryant, Mattie Lively, and Sallie Zetterower Elementary Schools, Statesboro, GA.  (2004 - Present).

 

Read Across America and Real Men Read Volunteer Reader.  Bulloch County Schools, GA.  (2001 - Present).

 

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Observer, JoongAng Elementary School, Bucheon, Korea.  (November 2008).

 

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Guest Teacher, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Methodist Anglo Chinese School Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.  (May 2008).

 

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Guest Teacher, Escuela Secundaria Técnica Industrial #128, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.  (November 2007).

 

Project BESST Guest Instructor on Integrating Children’s Picture Storybooks in Social Studies Instruction, Langston Chapel Middle School, Statesboro, GA.  Summer 2007.  (NOTE: Not Pro Bono.)

 

Fall Festival Booth Coordinator, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (2006 - 2007).

 

College Assistance Migrant Program Latino Education Recruiter. Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, GA.  (April 2006).

 

Workshops for Single Parent Fathers Presenter,  Brooklet, Nevils & Stilson Elementary Schools, Bulloch Co., GA.  (April 2006).

 

History of the Civil Rights Movement Volunteer Lecturer and Reader, Screven County Elementary, Sylvania, GA.  (March 2006).

 

Congreso Anual de Padres y Jovenes Latino Education Recruiter, Live Oak Migrant Education Agency, Brooklet, GA.  (2002 - 2006).

 

Senior Project Judge, Southeast Bulloch High School, Brooklet, GA.  (May 2005).

 

Spanish Language and Mexican Culture Teacher, J.P. Bryant Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (April 2005).

 

Social Science Fair Judge, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.  (February 2005).

 

English for Speakers of Other Languages Consultant.  Assisted teachers and administrators of the Bulloch County School district with meeting the needs of English language learning students.  (2000 - 2005).

 

Life in the Sahara Desert and Mauritania Volunteer Lecturer.  Second grade, J.P. Bryant Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (August 2003 & September 2004).

 

Chess Instructor and Club Organizer.  J.P. Bryant Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (2003 - 2004).

 

Literature Circle Instructor.  Second grade, J.P. Bryant Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (January 2004).

 

Holiday Tamales in Mexico and the Philippines Volunteer Lecturer.  Kindergarten, Mill Creek Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (December 2003).

 

Poetry Workshop Facilitator. Marj Hahne for first & second grades, J.P. Bryant Elementary School, Statesboro, GA.  (December 2003).

 

Migrant Education Summer Festival Latino Education Recruiter. Live Oak Migrant Education Agency, Baxley, GA.  (June 2002).

 

Twice Upon a Time Storytelling & Musical Presentation Facilitator. Nevils Elementary School, Nevils, GA.  (March 2001).

 

 

 

 

SERVICE: Community

 

Bulloch County Democratic Party Voter Registration, Get Out the Vote Transportation, and Poll Watch Volunteer (2008).

 

Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks & Recreation Department / Ogeechee Youth League Soccer Instructor and Coach, Statesboro, GA (2003 & 2007).

 

Children’s Religious Education Coordinator (2003 - 2004) and Teacher (1999 – 2001), Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Statesboro, GA.

 

 

SERVICE: Award

 

Personal Commitment to Service, Cornell Tradition Alumni News. (April 1, 1998).

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and CERTIFICATIONS

 

Friends of le Mauritanie Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Association (FoRiM) (1997 - Present).

 

Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (2007 - Present).

 

Georgia Teachers of ESOL (2007 - Present).

 

Georgia Teaching Certificate: Middle Grades Education and ESOL Teaching Endorsement (1994 - present).

 

            National Council of Teachers of English (2007 - Present).

 

            National Middle School Association (2007 - Present).

 

People of the Road Coalition / Georgia Migrant Farmworker Ministries (1995 - Present).

 

Social Science History Association (2000 - Present).