Luis Moll
Luis Moll has a Ph.D.
in Educational Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is a professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture at
the University of Arizona. His research interests include socio-cultural
approaches to child development and education, literacy and bilingual
learning, and telecommunications. His recent research combines ethnographic
observations on the uses of knowledge in Latino and other households with
teaching experiments designed to apply this knowledge in bilingual classrooms.
Some recent publications include:
Exploring Biliteracy: Two Student Case Examples of Writing as a Social
Practice (with Ruth Saez and Joel Dworin), Elementary School Journal,
2001; Turning to the World: Bilingual Schooling, Literacy, and the Cultural
Mediation of Thinking, National Reading Conference Yearbook, 1998;
Lessons from Research with Language-Minority Children (with Norma Gonzalez),
Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994; Bilingual Classroom Studies
and Community Analysis: Some Recent Trends, Educational Researcher,
1992; Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Using a Qualitative Approach to
Connect Homes and Classrooms, Theory into Practice, 1992. Dr. Moll
also edited Vygotsky and Education: Instructional Implications and
Applications of Sociohistorical Psychology.