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Yvonne Pratt-Johnson, Ed.D. is a Professor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in the Department of Education Specialties. Her teaching and research interests, publications, and presentations include first- and second-language acquisition; literacy development for first- and second-language learners; study abroad as it relates to informed pedagogy and pedagogical issues associated with English-based creoles; and teaching “dialect-different” students in a Standard English instructional context.
A former Department Chair and Interim Dean, Dr. Pratt-Johnson has fulfilled administrative roles in the New York City, New York State, and US Departments of Education. She is the recipient of multiple academic awards and honors, including the 2013 Sigma Delta Phi Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Pratt-Johnson has devoted much of her recent work to projects that provide teachers with cultural immersion and language study in key “sender cultures” for today’s students. She has received five Fulbright-Hays Awards.
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