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Personal profile
About
Cynthia B. Leung is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg where she teaches graduate reading and writing pedagogy courses and coordinates the English Education and Reading Education masters programs. She received her M.A. in English and her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Language and Literacy in Schooling from the University of Delaware. In addition to her current teaching, she has taught at the University of Delaware Writing Center and English Language Institute, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and North Dakota State University where she worked in American Indian Education. She publishes research on English literacy development of monolingual English speakers and dual language learners and on pedagogy for culturally and linguistically diverse populations. She has presented papers at numerous national and international educational research conferences and published in professional journals. Her four co-edited books focus on Chinese and English literacy in China, Teaching Chinese in the US, and international collaborative literacy projects.
Education/Academic qualification
Curriculum and Instruction: Language and Literacy in Schooling, Ph.D., University of Delaware
English, M.A., University of Delaware
English, B.A., University of Delaware
Disciplines
- Education
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
- Language and Literacy Education
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Classroom Storybook Reading as a Dialogic Speech Event
Leung, C. B., Moore, L., Bennett, S. V. & Gunn, A. A., Jan 1 2018, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peirce’s concept of signs and kindergarten literacy.
Leung, C. B., Jan 1 2018, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Culturally responsive literacy practices in an early childhood community.
Bennett, S. V., Gunn, A. A., Gayle-Evans, G., Barrera IV, E. S. & Leung, C. B., Jan 1 2017, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rasch modeling to drive instruction of content area concepts and vocabulary: An example from secondary economics instruction with special needs students.
Leung, C. B., Lang, W. S. & Schaller, S. C., Jan 1 2017, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The same but different: Making meaning from modified texts with cross-cultural themes.
Leung, C. B., Bennett, S. V. & Gunn, A. A., Jan 1 2017, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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1988 Women Graduate Students of Excellence Award, University of Delaware
Leung, C. B. (Recipient), 1988
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1999 Tapestry of Diverse Talents Award, North Dakota State University, Awarded to faculty at North Dakota State University who are advocates for diversity in their teaching, research, and service
Leung, C. B. (Recipient), 1999
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2006 Teaching Excellence Award, College of Education University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Leung, C. B. (Recipient), 2006
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2009 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Leung, C. B. (Recipient), 2009
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2012 Teaching Excellence Award, College of Education University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Leung, C. B. (Recipient), 2012
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