Heriberto Godina
| Location | El Paso, TX, United States |
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| Interests | HERIBERTO GODINA was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, where he currently resides. Dr. Godina is a public-school certified teacher in ESL, Reading and English. He has taught middle-school and high-school at Kankakee, Illinois and El Paso, Texas. He has been recognized by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for his contributions toward exemplary teaching for public schools. His areas of specialization include exploring optimal literacy instruction for linguistically and culturally-diverse students. His previous research has focused on the role of technology upon optimal literacy instruction for classroom educators. He is also interested in how Spanish-English phonological transfer can be used as a tool to leverage second-language acquisition of English. His research has been published in over 50 articles and book chapters, and he has also served on several scholarly editorial boards. Dr. Godina has presented at scholarly conferences, such as the American Educational Research Association, National Association of Bilingual Education and the Literacy Research Association. His scholarly impact can be viewed through the link with google scholar. For a copy of his curriculum vita, click here. Dr. Godina seeks to continue to deepen the professional knowledge of educators who are currently witnessing unique challenges and changes in the contemporary classroom. |