Section Links

• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
• M.A., Education, University of Iowa, 1990
• B.S., Education, University of Iowa, 1986

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004--
• Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2004
• Assistant Professor, Education, The University of Georgia, 1995-2001
• Visiting Scholar, Educational Policy Research Division, Educational Testing Service, 1997-1998

Activities & Honors

• Parliamentarian, National Reading Conference, 2006-2009
• Chair, National Council of Teachers of English, 2005-2006
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
• Reviewer, Reading Research Quarterly, 2004- present
• Invited Member, Multicultural & Diversity Issues Committee, American Educational Research Association, 2004-2005
• Professional Development Leader, Teacher Professional Development, 2003-2006
• Chairperson for Committee on Diversity, National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy, 2002- present
• Chair, Area XI: Literacy and Language Diversity, National Reading Conference, 2001-2003
• Chair, Studies and Research: Grants Subcommittee, International Research Association, 2000-2002
• Holmes Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991-1994

Grants

• Senior Personnel, Instruction of Reading Comprehension: Cognitive Strategies or Cognitive Engagement, Institute of Education Sciences, 2003
• Principal Investigator, Becoming literate in two languages: Lessons from a bilingual preschooler, Campus Research Board, 2001

Selected Publications

• Manyak, P. C., & Bauer, E. B. (2008). Explicit code and comprehension instruction for English language learners. Reading Teacher, 61(5), 432-434.
• Aaron, J., Bauer, E. B., Commeyras, M., Cox, S., Daniell, B., Elrick, E., et al. (in press). No deposit, no return: Community, responsibility, and risk in critical inquiry classrooms. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
• O'Brien, D., & Bauer, E. B. (2005). New literacies and the institution of old learning. Reading Research Quarterly, 40(1), 120-131.
• Bauer, E. B. (2003). Finding Esmerelda's shoes: A case study of a young bilingual child's response to literature. In A. Willis, G. E. Garcia, V. Harris, & R. Barrera (Eds.), Multicultural issues in literacy and practice (pp. 11-28). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Bauer, E. B., Hall, J. K., & Kruth, K. (2002, April). The pragmatics role of code-switching in play context. International Journal of Bilingualism, 6(1), 53-74.