Michael Genzuk

Michael Genzuk teaches courses on the theory and application of bilingual education and teaching English as a second language, as well as the socio-political context of bilingual curriculum and instruction. His research and writing center on issues related to teacher education and the academic achievement of language minority students, including cognitive growth and psychosocial factors affecting students’ success.

Currently he is continuing his research related to the development of a more diverse teaching force for the changing demographic patterns in North American public schools. Much of his research is being conducted through the Ford Foundation and U.S. Department of Education which fund the USC Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project where he serves as Principal Investigator, and the Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research where he serves as Director. Dr. Genzuk’s current work and collaboration with the Annenberg Institute for Multimedia Literacy on integrating new forms of communication and expression into traditional teacher education curricula and recognizing that multi- media can and should also play an important role in the education of all students has won him high acclaim. Exploring methods for enhancing and expanding existing written literacy to incorporate still and moving images, aural communication, and multimedia applications with the written word has become an integral part of his course offerings in teacher education.