María Cioè-Peña

Research interests: Disability Studies, Inclusion, Special Education, Bilingual Education, Translanguaging, Urban Education, Intersectionality, Mothering/Motherhood, Immigrant issues

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Urban Education                          
The Graduate Center - City University of New York 
Graduated: May 2018; Defended: March 2018

M.S.Ed., Teaching Urban Children with Disabilities (1-6)
Long Island University - Brooklyn
May 2007                                                              
                
B.A., English
State University of New York - Cortland
May 2004                      
       
PUBLICATIONS

• Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). "Bilingualism, Dis/ability, and Stigma: When a social justice movement becomes a silencing tool."
  
• ​Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). "Raciolinguistics and the education of Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled"
• Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). "After the phone call: culture, disability and the construction of a "bad" mother"
• ​Cioè-Peña, M. (2018). "Gifted, Talented & Neurodiverse: Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Dis/abled."  The NYSABE Bilingual Times. Spring/Summer 2018 Issue, p. 7-11.  
• Cioè-Peña, M. (Winter 2017). “Disability, Bilingualism and What it Means to Be Normal.” Journal of Bilingual Education Research & Instruction, 19(1). 
• Cioè-Peña, M. (Spring 2017). “Who is Excluded from Inclusion?: Points of Union and Division in Bilingual and Special Education." Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education: Special Issue on #BlackLivesMatter, 5(1)
• Cioè-Peña, M. (March 2017). “The Intersectional Gap: How bilingual students in the United States are excluded from Inclusion.” International Journal of Inclusive Education. 
• Cioé Peña, M., Moore, E. and Martin-Rojo, L. (2016). “The burden of ‘nativeness’: Four bilingual teachers’ stories.” Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language and Literature, 9(2).
• Arpacik, D., Cioé Peña, M., and Kinsella, B. (2016). “Special Issue Editors’ Notes: Linguistic diversity, equity and pedagogical innovation in higher education.” Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language and Literature, 9(2).
• Collins, B., and Cioè-Peña, M. (2016). Translanguaging in the Content Area to Understand Complex Texts. In O. Garcia & T. Klein (Eds.), Translanguaging with Multilingual Students. Routledge.
• Cioè-Peña, M. (Fall 2015). Translanguaging within the monolingual special education classroom. Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education, 4(1). 
• Cioè-Peña, M. and Snell, T. (Fall 2015). Translanguaging for social justice. Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education, 4(1)​                                                                                                

AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• Ford Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2017
• Presidential Research Fund Award, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2016 
• Advance Research Collaborative Fellowship, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2016
• Presidential MAGNET Research Award, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2016
• YAI Network Fellowship, Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies, 2015
• Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2015
• Presidential MAGNET Research Award, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2015
• Presidential MAGNET Research Award, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2014
• Presidential MAGNET Fellowship, The Graduate Center – City University of New York, 2013
• Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, Long Island University - Brooklyn 2007
• NYC DOE scholarship for Bilingual Special Education (Spanish), 2005                  

                    
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• 2018. "After the Phone Call: Culture, Dis/ability and the Construction of a 'Bad' Mother." Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Annual Meeting. Trumbull, CT. October 17-19. 
• 2018. "Bilingualism, Dis/ability, and Stigma: When a social justice movement becomes a silencing tool."  International Conference on Education and Social Justice. Honolulu, HI. October 5-7. 
  
• 2018. "It's Not Universal if it's English Only." CAST Universal Design for Leaning (UDL) Symposium. Harvard University – Boston, MA. July 30-August 1.
• 2018. "Sharing the Microphone:  actively engaging culturally and linguistically diverse parents during IEP meetings." New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education (NJCIE) Summer Inclusion Conference. Montclair State University - Montclair, NJ. June 28-29.
• 2018. "Promoting understanding across and beyond named languages: Incorporating a
  Translanguaging framework into UDL." New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education (NJCIE) Summer Inclusion Conference. Montclair State University - Montclair, NJ. June 28-29.
• 2018. "Raciolinguistics and the Education of Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Dis/abled." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. New York, NY, April 13.
• 2017. "Translanguaging With Multilingual Students: Learning From Classroom Moments." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, May 1.
• 2017.  "Conversations around Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students." Everyone Reading Annual Conference: Success for Students with Dyslexia & LD.  The Graduate Center – City University of New York, New York, NY, March 13..
• 2017. "Call to Action: (Future) Research on Emerging Bilinguals Labeled as Dis/abled." New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE) Annual Meeting. White Plains, NY, March 3. 
• 2016. "How Policies Contribute to Exclusion." Urban Education Lecture Series: Racism & Discrimination in the Education of Students with Disabilities. The Graduate Center – City University of New York, New York, NY, December 6.
• 2016. "The Intersectional Gap." 16th Annual Second City International Conference on Disability Studies in Education in collaboration with the Midwest Summer Institute. Des Moines, Iowa. June 27-28, 2016. 
• 2016. The Burden of ‘Nativeness’. Poster presentation at Teach CUNY - Global Perspectives on Language and Education Policy Research Poster and Outreach Session. The Graduate Center – City University of New York, New York, NY, May 2.
• 2015. “Works in Progress: Current Teacher Attitudes Towards Bilingual Special Education.” North Dakota Study Group Annual Meeting. University of Texas - Pan American. Edinburg, Texas. February 12 - 15.
• 2015. “Students with Disabilities in Shared Pathways to Success.” Symposium on Dynamic Bilingualism. Mercy College. Dobbs Ferry, New York. February 6.
• 2014. “Emergent bilingual students receiving special education services: Between awareness of disabilities and awareness of bilingualism. ” Association of Language Awareness 12th International Conference. Hedmark University College. Hamar, Norway. July 1-4.

 
INVITED TALKS

• 2018. “Demystifying The Dissertation.” City University of New York – Hunter College. December 11.
• 2018. "Increasing Access to Dance Education for Immigrant Students with/out Disabilities." Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Conference. Queens College, NY - November 8.
• 2018. "Translanguaging in the Monolingual PreK-5 classroom." Rhode Island College; Providence, RI. - October 20.
• 2018. "Supporting Emergent Bilingual Learners with IEPs and their Families." Columbia University. New York, NY. October 17.
• 2018. Keynote: "Gifted, Talented and Neurodiverse: Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Dis/abled." New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE) Annual Meeting. Huntington, NY, March 17.  
• 2017. "Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom." City University of New York – Brooklyn College. December 6. 
• 2017. "Book Launch & Panel: Translanguaging with Multilingual Students."  City University of New York – City College. March 30.
• 2014. “Bilingual Special Education in NYC.” City University of New York – City College. November 18.
• 2014. “Education in NYC Public Schools.” City University of New York – Brooklyn College. November 6. 
• 2014. “Bilingual Special Education: History, Practice and You.” City University of New York – Hunter College. October 23.
• 2014. “Multilingualism in Berlin Public Schools – A Research Proposal.” Humboldt University. June 20

ACADEMIC TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Montclair State University
Assistant Professor                                                                                                          

• Fall 2018 
  ECSE 502: Sociocultural Context of Disability and Inclusive Education
  ECSE 439 - 01 and 02: Pedagogy in the Inclusive Elementary Classroom   
• Spring 2019
  

           ECSE 502: Sociocultural Context of Disability and Inclusive Education 
           ECEL 279-01: Foundation and Philosophy of Inclusive Education          
           ECSE 536-02: Observation and Assessment of Elementary Children with Disabilities
Adjunct Professor

• Summer 2018
  ECEL 691 - Issues, Policies and Trends in Inclusive Education: Race and Disability

City University of New York  – Hunter College
Adjunct Professor                                                                                                          

• Fall 2016, Spring 2016. Issues in Teaching English Second Language Learners with Special Education Needs
  
  

City University of New York – Brooklyn College
Adjunct Professor                                                                                                            

• Spring 2018, 2016. Methods and Research in Teaching English Language Arts to Emergent Bilingual Students
  
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Community outreach consultant, 2018 - Present
Learning Resource Center - South, Rowan University

​Pedagogical Consultant, 2014 – 2018
The Office of Educational Opportunity and Diversity,  The Graduate Center - City University of New York                             

Research Assistant/ Implementation Specialist, 2013 – Present 
City University of New York – New York State Initiative for Emergent Bilinguals (CUNY-NYSIEB)                                       

Instructional Specialist / Professional Development Consultant, 2013 – Present 
City University of New York – Seminars for Emergent Bilinguals                                                                    

Bilingual Special Education Teacher, 2007 – 2013
P.S.24                                                                                                                              

• 5th grade Dual Language, Part- time ICT
• 5th grade Dual Language General Education
• 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Self-Contained Bilingual Special Education bridge

Early Intervention Specialist, 2004-2007
Special Sprouts, Brooklyn

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• CITI Program IRB Certified – up to date
• NYS Special Education, grades 1-6, as of September 2007
• NYS Bilingual Education, Spanish, grades 1-6, as of September 2007
  
  

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Northwell Health/Shanti Bhavan, 2019
Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) 

CUNY NYSIEB, 2013-2019
Translanguaging and Literacy
 
Humbolt University/CUNY Graduate Center Summer Seminar, Summer 2014          
Comparative Research on Berlin Public Elementary Schools
 
Metamorphosis Teaching Learning Community: Reasoning and Proofing, 2010-2013
 
Assessment Think Tank/Task Creation Committee – Children First Network 2, 2012-2013
Developing children’s understanding of place value

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

• 2018. Contributor to "UDL for Teachers" website.
• 2018. Member of the Office for Social Justice and Diversity (OSJD) "Employee" Committee. 
• 2018. Member of the Early Childhood Elementary and Literacy Education department's Teaching Students with Disabilities Committee.
• 2018. Member of the College of Education and Human Services Teacher Education Program Validity Session. Montclair State University. 
• 2018. Peer reviewer for Teachers College Press.
• 2018. Peer reviewer for International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
• 2018. Peer reviewer for Urban Education.
• 2017 - Present. Peer reviewer for International Journal of Inclusive Education.
• 2017. Peer reviewer for Language Policy.
• 2016. Guest editor to special edition “Linguistic diversity, equity, and pedagogical innovation in higher education.” Bellaterra - Journal of Teaching and Learning Language and Literature.
• 2016. Peer Reviewer for Critical Inquiry in Language Studies.         
• 2015 - 2016. Peer Reviewer for Theory, Research, And Action in Urban Education.                          
• 2015. Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Multilingual Education Research.     

LEADERSHIP

• Board member, Institute for Descriptive Inquiry, 2015 – Present
• Session Moderator, Pipeline Conference, May 2014, March 2015
• Urban Education Admissions Committee Member, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016
• Co-coordinator of Urban Education Lecture Series, Fall 2013
• Co-Chair at the Summer Institute for Descriptive Review, 2011, 2012 and 2014

 
LANGUAGES

• English: Proficient
• Spanish: Proficient
• French: Beginner
• German: Beginner

MEMBERSHIPS

• Northeastern Educational Research Association, 2018 - Present
• NJ Coalition for Inclusive Education, 2018 - Present
• American Educational Research Association, 2014 - Present
• New York State Association for Bilingual Education, 2014 - Present
• Association of Language Awareness, 2014 - Present
• Disability Studies in Education, 2014 - Present
• National Association of Bilingual Education, 2013 - Present
• New York Collective of Radical Educators, 2010 - 2013
• North Dakota Study Group, 2008 - Present
• Institute for Descriptive Inquiry, 2007- Present ​