Bridget Bunten

Education

• Ph.D. | Curriculum & Instruction: Language and Literacy Education | The Pennsylvania State University 
  • Dissertation title: “Voices of the Classroom Policymakers: How Teachers Make Sense of an English-only Policy”
• M.A. | Applied Linguistics | UMass Boston
• B.A. | Spanish, Elementary Education | Gettysburg College

Teaching at WC

• EDU 303. Comparative Education
• EDU 318. Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in Education
• EDU 351. Processes & Acquisition of Reading
• EDU 352. Reading Instruction & Assessment
• EDU 354. Children's and Young Adult Literature
• EDU 412. Curriculum & Instruction: Language Arts and Social Studies
• EDU 413. & 414. Elementary Education Teaching Internship

Prior Teaching Experiences

As a former bilingual and ESL educator in Massachusetts, Professor Bunten worked with elementary-aged students from all over the world and facilitated professional development seminars on language acquisition, cultural sensitivity, and second language literacy and assessment for in-service teachers.

• Spanish (as a foreign language) | Grades K-8
• Two-way Bilingual Program Teacher | 5th Grade
• ELL Administrator & Lead Teacher | Grades K-5
• Adult ESL & Citizenship Courses
• Teaching Reading & Language Arts in Elementary School (college-level)
• Teaching English to English Language Learners (college-level)
• Language, Culture, and Classroom Issues for Practitioners (college-level)
• Evaluating Schools, Performances, and Programs with ELLs (college-level)
• Clinical Application of Instruction (college-level)

Research

Professor Bunten’s research interests include: addressing the needs of English language learners (ELLs) within teacher education, investigating the impact of a culturally and linguistically diverse student population on teaching and learning, understanding the language and literacy development of ELLs, and interpreting language policy and its impact on students, teachers, schools and communities.