Dr. Tracey T. Flores
Dr. Tracey T. Flores is an associate professor of Language and Literacy at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches Language Arts Methods and Community Literacy in the K-5 teacher education program.
Dr. Flores is a former English Language Development (ELD) and English Language Arts (ELA) teacher who worked for eight years alongside culturally and linguistically diverse students, families, and communities in K-8 schools throughout Glendale and Phoenix, Arizona. Her research focuses on Latina mothers’ and daughters’ language and literacy practices, teaching young writers in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies.
Tracey is the founder of Somos Escritoras/We Are Writers, a Writing Workshop for Latina girls (grades 6-8) that invites them to share and perform stories from their lived experiences using art, theater, and writing as a tool for self-reflection and self-expression.
Tracey is the Chair of the Latinx Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Founding Co-Chair of the Commission on Family and Community Literacies of English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE). She is a member of the 2016-2018 Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars (CNV) of Color cohort and Cohort Three of Professional Dyads and Culturally Responsive Teaching (PDCRT). Recently, Tracey was named the 2019 Promising Researcher by the NCTE Standing Committee on Research.
Our founder is in the news, publications, podcasts, etc.
- Somos Escritoras Somos Escritoras: Writing and Remembering During the COVID-19 Pandemic from Language Arts an NCTE Publication
- Literacy Learning that Builds Relationships and Honors Comunidad (S2 W5) from The Educator Collaborative, LLC. YouTube Channel
- “Somos Escritoras” (Episode 218) from Latin@ Stories Podcast
- Redefining the Writing Workshop Discussion from Latinx KidLit Book Festival YouTube Channel
- Shakeup Your Shelves – Libros Latinos from Harper Collins Publishing Company
- NCTE: Elate Graduate Student Research Award from National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- “Story Maps & I Remember Poems” Workshop from Arizona State University (ASU) Department of English YouTube
- Escribiendo en Comunidad/Writing in Community: Latina Girls Composing their Worlds and Futures from Arizona State University (ASU) Events
- The Write Time with Matt De La Peña & Dr. Tracey T. Flores: A Celebration of Teachers and Writers from the National Writing Project
- “ASU student uses literature to shine light on marginalized groups” from Arizona State University (ASU) Website
- Children’s Day, Book Day: Young Writers Meet Literary Heros at Annual Festival of Stories and Culture from Arizona State University (ASU) Impact Magazine
- Response: ELL Students’ Home Language Is an Asset, Not a ‘Barrier’ from EdWeek
- ALAN v43n2 – Embracing the Difficult Truths of Adolescence through Young Adult Literature from Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN)
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