Presentations


Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations 

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2012). Estrategias para el Desarrollo del Vocabulario Académico de las Ciencias y las Matemáticas. Presented at the BEAM Conference in Dallas, Texas.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C., Hungerford-Kresser, H., & Rosado, L. (2012, accepted). “They Will Succeed:” What Latina/o Parents Desire to Create a College Pathway for their Children. American Education Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.

  • Semingson, P., Amaro-Jiménez, C., & Parker, Y. (2012, accepted). Points of Tension in Online Asynchronous Discussions in a Graduate-Level Writing Pedagogy Course. American Education Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2012). From Research to Practice: Teaching Strategies that Work for Bilingual & ESL Classrooms. Presented at the NABE Conference in Dallas, Texas.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2011). A-Z Strategies for Teaching in Bilingual and ESL classrooms. Presented at the TABE Conference in McAllen, Texas.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C., Hungerford-Kresser, H., & Rosado, L. (2011). Successes and Challenges of Implementing an Additive, College Access and Readiness Program for Latina/o High School Students. Presented at the American Education Research Association in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Semingson, P. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2011). Sometimes I Don't Know How to Help you But I'll Try:" Latina Mothers' Participation in their Children's Biliteracy Learning in the Home. Presented at the American Education Research Association in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Ruebel, K. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2010, December). “We need to blog with them?” Using Blogging as a Tool for Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in a Teacher Preparation Program. Symposium, Transforming Teacher Preparation with Digital Pedagogies: Outcomes and Lessons Learned. Presented at the National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association. Fort Worth, TX. 

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (October, 2010). The ‘Family Suitcases’ Project: Directly Linking School and Home Learning for Bilingual Children. National Association for Bilingual Education Conference. El Paso, TX.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (October, 2010). Incorporating Developmentally, Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Practices into a Diverse ‘Learning Zone.’ Texas Asssociation for Bilingual Education Conference. El Paso, TX.

  • Ruebel, K. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (December, 2010). “We need to blog with them?” Using Blogging as a Tool for Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in a Teacher Preparation Program. Symposium, Transforming Teacher Preparation with Digital Pedagogies: Outcomes and Lessons Learned. Presented at the National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association. Fort Worth, TX. 

  • Semingson, P. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2010, April). Spreading the “Wealth of Knowledge:” Personal Narratives of Literacy Sponsors. American Education Research Association. Denver, CO. 

  • Semingson, P. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2010). Sometimes I Don't Know How to Help you But I'll Try:" Latina Mothers' Participation in their Children's Biliteracy Learning in the Home. Rose Spicola Reading Conference, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.    

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. & Semingson, P. (2009, October). Let’s Play and Learn: Implementing Teacher-Created Board Games in ESL and Bilingual Classrooms. Texas Association for Bilingual Education. Houston, Texas. 

  • Semingson, P. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2009, October). Creating ‘Family Suitcases’ to Foster the Parent-School Connection and Increase ELL’s Academic Achievement. Texas Association for Bilingual Education. Houston, Texas. 

  • Rosado, L. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2009, February). Producing Quality Dual Language Teachers and Administrators for Programs in Elementary Education. National Association for Bilingual Education. Austin, Texas.  

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2008, June-July). What computer-based, “drill-and-kill” practice provides to Latino/a English language learners (Accepted). To be presented at the National Education Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2008, April). Challenges of (and Strategies for) Conducting a Longitudinal, Multisite, Mixed-Method Study for Dissertation Research in TESL. The Doctoral Forum at the 42nd Annual TESOL Convention. To be held in New York, New York. Accepted.

  • Beckett, G. & Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2008, March). On using online asynchronous discussions in graduate school: TESL students and faculty perceptions and experiences (Paper presentation). To be presented at the CALICO Conference at the University of San Francisco.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. & Aristizabal, A. (2008, February). Using distance education to meet your educational goals: On-line learning for Spanish-speakers (Workshop). To be presented at the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Conference in Washington, District of Columbia.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. & Beckett, G. (2008, February). Maximizing technology use for English language learning/instruction (Paper presentation). To be presented at the International Congress of Professional Development for Teachers of English in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2007, April). Latino/a Children’s ESL and Subject-Matter Appropriation through Technology-Mediated Activities (Paper presentation). Spring Research Conference. Lexington, Kentucky.

  • Stiefvater, A. & Amaro, C. (2005, April). On Being Advised by a Non-native Speaker of English: Non-native and Native Speaker Student Perspectives. (Paper presentation). American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada.

  • Amaro, C. (2005, April). On being socialized into graduate school discourses with and through on-line asynchronous discussions (Paper presentation). Spring Research Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • Amaro, C. & Beckett, G. (2005, January). Integrating Technology into the English as a Foreign Language Curriculum: Is it really worth it? (Paper presentation). National Conference for Teachers of English. San José, Costa Rica.

  • Amaro, C., Beckett, G., & Stiefvater, A. (2005, January). Developing Interactive Teacher-Created Software to Increase All Students Academic Achievement and Close the Digital Divide (Accepted). NABE 34th Annual International Conference.  San Antonio, TX.

  • Gonzalez, V., Amaro, C., & Schnier, L. (2005, January).  Two-way bilingual education for Hispanic preschoolers: Linking standard-based instructional goals with authentic assessments, NABE 34th Annual International Conference.  San Antonio, TX.

  • Pittinger, S., Zeno, G., & Amaro, C. (2002, August). The Bilingual Preschool Developmental Center: A Model and Curriculum for Best Practices (Paper presentation). Spring Research Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Workshops

  • Amaro, C. (2006, May). From Theory to Practice: Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners in our Classrooms (Two-day workshop). National Head Start Conference. Detroit, Michigan.

Posters

  • Amaro. C. (2007, March). Latino/a Children’s ESL and Subject-Matter Appropriation through Technology-Mediated Activities (Poster presentation). Graduate Poster Forum, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • Amaro, C (2005, April). On Being Socialized into Graduate School Discourses with and through On-Line Asynchronous Discussions (Poster presentation). Spring Research Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

  • Pittinger, S. & Amaro, C. (2002, September). The Bilingual Preschool Developmental Center: A Model and Curriculum for Best Practices (Poster presentation). Head Start Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • Pittinger, S. Zeno, G. & Amaro, C. (2002, August). The Bilingual Preschool Developmental Center: A Model and Curriculum for Best Practices (Poster presentation). Spring Research Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Invited Lectures

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2007, November). Illustrating the benefits and challenges of working at a dual immersion program. Dual-level course: Bilingual Education: Theory, Research and Practice. Prof.: Gulbahar Beckett. University of Cincinnati.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2006, October). Creating content-based L2 lessons from start to finish. Dual-level course: Content-based L2 Education: Theory, Research and Practice. Prof.: Gulbahar Beckett. University of Cincinnati.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2006, October). Crafting your dissertation proposal. Doctoral-level course: Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction. Prof.: Janet Bohren. University of Cincinnati.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2006, March). A review on computer assisted language testing. Dual-level course: Research in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Prof.: Gulbahar Beckett. University of Cincinnati.

  • Amaro-Jiménez, C. (2005, March). The nuts-and-bolts of computer assisted language testing. Dual-level course: Research in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Prof.: Gulbahar Beckett. University of Cincinnati.