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Degree(s):

• B.A. English Language Teaching, National Teacher Education College - Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Uruguay
• M.A. Education, Research in Teaching and Learning, Universidad ORT Uruguay
• Ph.D., Language and Literacy Education, TESOL and World Language Education, University of Georgia

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Title(s):

• Assistant Professor

Achievements:

• Research Article Award, Universidad ORT Uruguay (2020)
• Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program (2022)
• North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (NASFLA) Promising Scholar Award (2023)
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowship (2024-2026)

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Books:

• Pedagogies for Equitable Access: Reimagining Multilingual Education for an Uncertain World
• Handbook of Research on Advancing Language Equity Practices With Immigrant Communities

Links:

• faculty directory page

Bio:

Dr. Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso is an Assistant Professor of TESOL and Linguistics in the Department of English at Mississippi State University and a Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center, where she leads the Science Literacy for Excellence (SL4E) Research Collaboratory. She is a systemic functional linguist specializing in science literacy for multilingual students. Dr. Cardozo-Gaibisso’s research agenda is informed by three interconnected strands: teaching and learning for multilingual learners in science; science teacher education and professional learning; and assessment development and interpretation for multilingual learners in science.