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. (accepted). "Raciolinguistics and the education of Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled"
Cioè-Peña, M. (conditionally accepted). "Bilingualism, Dis/ability, and Stigma: When a social justice movement becomes a silencing tool.
Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). From Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies to Culturally Sustaining Research: Engaging with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Students with Dis/abilities”
Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). “Wanting to Leave; Needing to Stay: Issues for undocumented mothers of children with disabilities”
Cioè-Peña, M. (under review). "After the phone call: culture, disability and the construction of a "bad" mother"
Cioè-Peña, M. (2019). "Complicating Notions of Inclusion". In J. Valle & D. Connor, Rethinking Disability: A Disability Studies Approach to Inclusive Practices, Second Edition. Taylor & Francis.
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.
Community Engaged Teaching & Learning Fellow, Montclair State University, 2019 - 2021
First Place - Outstanding Dissertation of the Year, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), 2019
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
2019. " Wanting to Leave; Needing to Stay: Issues for undocumented mothers of children with disabilities." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada - April 5 - 9, 2019.
2019. "Public Health, an Educational Issue: the impact of public health factors on parental engagement." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada - April 5 - 9, 2019.
2019. "Adapting Participatory Rank Methodology from a Public Health Context to an Educational Research Context." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada - April 5 - 9, 2019.
2019. "From Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies to Culturally Sustaining Research: Engaging with EBLADs and their Families." American Association of Applied Linguistics. Atlanta, GA. March 12.
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
2019. "Special Needs Students and Building Teacher Capacity: Lessons From the Mind, Math, & Multiliteracy Summer Institute" Georgetown University. Washington, D.C. November 8.
2019. "Attaining Full Inclusion for Emergent Bilingual Learners with IEPs." Teachers College - Columbia University. New York, NY. October 23.
2019. "Working with Qualitative Data: Coding and Analyzing Trauma." City University of New York – The Graduate Center. April 13.
2019. "The Racialization of Language and Disabilities in the Lives Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Dis/abled." City University of New York – Hunter College. April 2.
2019. "'Yo Soy Su Mama': Latinx Mothers Raising Emergent Bilinguals with Disabilities." National Association for Bilingual Education. Orlando, FL. March 6-9. 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
GRANTS
$500. Teacher Research Group Grant. Department of Teaching & Learning Book Club. – Author/Organizer– November 2019. Funded.
$350,000. Mind, Math, and Multiliteracies Institute (M3I): A Three-Week Summer Institute for Special Educators in the District of Columbia" – Researcher – December 2018.Funded.
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
Fall 2018 ECSE 502: Sociocultural Context of Disability and Inclusive Education ECSE 439 - 01 and 02: Pedagogy in the Inclusive Elementary Classroom
Adjunct Professor
Summer 2018 ECEL 691 - Issues, Policies and Trends in Inclusive Education: Race and Disability
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 Georgetown University & Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Winter - Fall 2019
Mind, Math, and Multiliteracies Institute (M3I): A Three-Week Summer Institute for Special Educators in the District of Columbia
Northwell Health/Shanti Bhavan, 2019
Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER)
City University of New York - New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals (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
2019. Organizer of the department of Teaching & Learning's "Teacher Research Group" Book Club.
2019. Appointed to Montclair State University's Elections Committee.
2019. Appointed to the department of Teaching & Learning's Awards and Scholarships committee.
2019. Member of the department of Teaching & Learning's Teaching Students with Disabilities Ad hoc Committee.
2019. Member of the department of Teaching & Learning's Early Childhood Ad hoc Committee.
2019. Member of the Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal.
2019. Chair for "Expanding Scholarly Discourses on Family Engagement" American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada - April 5 - 9, 2019.
2019. Peer reviewer for The Journal of Teaching Disabilities Studies.
2019. Peer reviewer for Equity & Excellence in Education.
2019. Peer reviewer for The Urban Review.
2018. Contributor to "UDL for Teachers" website.
2018 - Present. 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 theCollege of Education and Human Services Teacher Education Program Validity Session. Montclair State University.
2018 - Present. Member of the City University of New York - New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals (CUNY-NYSIEB) advisory team.
2018 - Present. 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
Farsi: Beginner
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 for Bilingual Education, 2013 - Present
New York Collective of Radical Educators, 2010 - 2013
North Dakota Study Group, 2008 - Present
Institute for Descriptive Inquiry, 2007- Present