Paula Carbone

Paula M. Carbone received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2009. As a former high school teacher in Los Angeles, she encountered firsthand the significant number of underrepresented students recycled through remediation, effectively constraining their access to rigorous, consistent experiences with academic literacy. This experience prompted her work investigating teacher development in the use of theoretically informed methodologies and pedagogies that build on the sophisticated knowledge and literate behaviors these students bring to the classroom.

Dr. Carbone’s research interests center on teacher preparation in secondary, urban contexts. Her current research focuses on literacy pedagogy, specifically with bi-lingual and bi-cultural students in Generation 1.5. She is investigating writing instruction in varied secondary, urban contexts over time for models of teaching with students who have not had rigorous, consistent experiences with academic writing. In addition to her study of writing instruction, Dr. Carbone is planning an investigation of pre-service teachers and online instruction, looking at the relationship of theory-into-practice.