Nuo Xu

Ph.D.  University of Utah, Language, Culture & Curriculum    

M.A.  Ohio University, Applied Linguistics (TESOL)

B.A.  Beijing Language and Culture University, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language                                                                                              

Dual Language Bilingual Education

Bilingualism and Biliteracy

Critical Literacy

Translanguaging Pedagogy

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Immigration & Family Literacy

Undergraduate Courses:

EDTL 3010: Middle Childhood Phonics, Fluency & Word Study

EDTL 4200: Disciplinary Literacy (Grades 4-12)

Graduate Courses:

EDTL 5200: Disciplinary Literacy (Grades 4-12)

EDTL 6210: Literacy: Theories & Applications

EDTL 6400: Advanced Literacy & Language Arts

See Google Scholar for Dr. Nuo Xu’s publications.

National & International Conferences:

Xu, N. & Ma, J. (2023, December). Chinese Immigrant Parents’ Attitudes and Family Practices Toward Their Children’s Bilingual and Biliteracy Development in the United States. Literacy Research Association (LRA)'s 73rd Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Xu, N. & Valdez, E. V. (2023, December). Setting Aside Critical Consciousness While Leveraging Students’ Literacy and Cultural Practices: Chinese Dual Language Bilingual Education Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies and Instructional Practices. Literacy Research Association (LRA)'s 73rd Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Xu, N., Sun, W., & Valdez, E. V. (2023, April). Secondary Chinese DLBE teachers’ barriers to developing critical consciousness in Chinese DLBE classrooms. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
 
Xu, N., Sun, W., & Valdez, E. V. (2023, March). Secondary Chinese dual language bilingual education teachers’ lived experiences, language ideologies, and practices. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL), Portland, OR.
 
Xu, N., & Valdez, E. V. (2022, April). Chinese teachers’ raciolinguistic ideologies and perspectives on critical consciousness in dual language bilingual education classrooms. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
 
Sun, W., Xu, N., & Valdez, E. V. (2022, April). Perspectives and rationales on Chinese-English dual language education: Voices from Mandarin heritage language speaking parents. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
 
Xu, N., & Valdez, E. V. (2022, March). Implementational spaces for developing critical consciousness in Chinese dual language bilingual education secondary classrooms. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL), Pittsburgh, PA.
 
Xu, N., & Valdez, E. V. (2022, March). Translanguaging as pedagogy in DLI programs: Potentiality, implementation, and caution. The 8th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
  
Xu, N. (2021, November). Crafting spaces of agency for liberation: Experiences of Chinese female international students in the U.S. figured worlds. (Individual paper presented in the panel session Liberatory insights: Stories from transdisciplinary critical inquiries). American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Portland, OR.
 
Xu, N., & Valdez, E. V. (2021, April). The importance of developing heritage language literacy in U.S. Chinese families through Chinese language maintenance. National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), Virtual.

Grant Faculty Member: BGSU “TIME” (Tutoring in Math and English/Language Arts)

Manuscript Reviewer: Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ), Language and Education

Conference Proposal Reviewer: Literacy Research Association (LRA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Educational Studies Association (AESA), National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

Conference Member: LRA, AERA, AESA, NAME, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

Listening to music, dancing, playing tennis, traveling