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Luis Moll is a member of the National Academy of Education, a professor in the department of Language, Reading, and Culture and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Education at the University of Arizona. He received his BS from California State Polytechnic University, his MSW from the University of Southern California, and his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. His recent publications include Vygotsky and Education and Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households and Classrooms (with Norma González and Cathy Amanti).

• Teaching Areas:

  • Vygotsky & Education

  • Case Study Methods of Research

  • Field Research in Communities & Schools

  • Bilingual education, biliteracy, funds of knowledge

  • Qualitative research

  • Sociocultural psychology

  • Immigration

Courses taught: Course descriptions

• Seminars and Courses

  • FALL 2005 - Language Research Methodology in Education (LRC 696D) - Case Study Methods. Course homepage on this site.

  • SPRING 2005 - Theory and Research in Language, Reading and Culture: Vygotsky & Education (LRC-795a). Exploring the theories and implications of the works of Lev Vygotsky in education (will be offered in Fall 2006; link to course homepage on this site).

  • Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Immigration and Education (LRC-595A)- Exploration of the role of immigration in education 

  • Language and Culture in Education (LRC-504) - Introduction to aspects of language and culture that affect education, particularly in reading, writing and the language arts; discussion of social and political concerns.

  • Field Research in Communities and Schools (LRC-578) - Supervised research experience concerning literacy-related practices.

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Recent Awards & Honors

Luis Moll, associate dean for academic affairs, has been named the recipient of two prestigious awards. The awards were presented in April at the American Educational Research Association conference in Montreal.

Moll is the first recipient of the Henry T. Trueba Lifetime Achievement Award. The Trueba Award recognizes Moll for his service in academic scholarship, student mentorship, and service to the education community and to the Latino community.

He also is the recipient of the Sylvia Scribner Award. The Scribner Award recognizes and honors current research conducted within the last 10 years that represents a significant advancement in the understanding of learning and instruction.

Moll, a native of Puerto Rico, joined the college in 1986.

The above is an excerpt from the May 2005 inaugural issue of:  

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last updated: 10/15/2007