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Lisa Marie Dorner Post doctoral fellow, Distributed Leadership Study Annenberg Hall Room 218 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001

Biography

Lisa Dorner received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University in 2006.  Her research interests include the implementation of educational policy, immigrant childhoods, and bilingual education policy and practice.  As part of the DLS team, she has analyzed the work environments of urban Catholic, charter, and public schools.  She has also worked on the evaluation of a professional development program for principals, using mixed methods to question the greater social factors that influence whether and how a principal may gain from in-services and develop expertise over time.

Curriculum Vitae

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Research/Scholarship
Education

Year		Degree		Institution
2006		PhD, Human Dev & Social Pol		Northwestern University
2003		MA, Education and Social Policy		Northwestern University
1996		MA, English		Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1994		BA, English with Spanish minor (summa cum laude)		Truman State University, Kirksville, MO

Dissertation

Year	Title
2006	Constructing a Dual Language Policy in a New Immigrant Community: Conflicts, Contexts, and Kids	Download Microsoft Word DOC

Selected Publications

Dorner, Lisa; Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Li-Grining, Christine P. (2007). "I helped my mom" and it helped me: Translating the skills of language brokers into improved standardized test scores. American Journal of Education.

Orellana, Marjorie F., Dorner, Lisa M., & Pulido, Lucila (2003). Accessing assets: Immigrant youth's work as family translators or 'para-phrasers'. Social Problems: 505-524.
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Orellana, Marjorie F., Reynolds, Jennifer F., Dorner, Lisa M., & Meza, Maria (2003). In other words: Translating or "para-phrasing" as a family literacy practice in immigrant households. Reading Research Quarterly: 12-34.

Research Interests

education policy and policy implementation, especially as it relates to Latino immigrant families; bilingual education; immigrant family development

Teaching/Advising
Courses

SESP 372		Methods of Observing Human Behavior Guided practice in systematic and participant observation of human behavior.  Observer bias, field notes, unobtrusive measures.
SESP 201		Childhood & Adolescence Personal, social, and cognitive development, birth through adolescence.  Interplay of biological and experiential factors on linguistic and conceptual development, ego, and personality.