Luis C. Moll, born in Puerto Rico, is a professor, Department of Language, Reading and Culture, College of Education, University of Arizona. He joined the faculty of LRC in 1986. Prior to that, from 1979-1986, he worked at the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition and the Communications Department, both of the University of California, San Diego. His research addresses the connections among culture, psychology and education, especially in relation to the education of Latino children in the US. Among other studies, he has analyzed the quality of classroom teaching, examined literacy instruction in English and Spanish, studied how literacy takes place in the broader social contexts of household and community life, and attempted to establish pedagogical relationships among these domains of study.

Luis Moll has been the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Education since January 2004. He has been involved in providing support to faculty for proposal generation in a variety of areas including informal science education, early childhood education, and transnational educational initiatives.

Updates

• Currently, Dr. Moll is teaching a course called Field Research in Communities and Schools, LRC-578. The course homepage is on this site, however, the class is being conducted in virtual environments, including the UA's Desire 2 Learn (D2L) distance learning environment and one class to be conducted in Second Life. If you are a student registered in this course, you can access the D2L site for this course at: http://d2l.arizona.edu/index.asp.

• In Fall 2006, Dr. Moll taught the Seminar, Vygotsky & Education, LRC-795B. You can find the course homepage on this site. If you are a student registered in this course, you can access the D2L site for this course at: http://d2l.arizona.edu/index.asp.

• This site also contains information about human subjects requirements and a link to the COE Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs homepage with links to human subjects requirements and other resources for graduate students and faculty engaging in research.

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