Education

Ph.D., Learning, Teaching, & Diversity, Vanderbilt University, 2021
M.A., Hispanic Languages & Literatures, Boston College, 2012
B.A., Spanish, University of Pennsylvania, 2001

Bio

Dr. McBride earned a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University's Department of Teaching and Learning, specializing in Language, Literacy and Culture. Her research focuses on bi/multilingual literacies and equity-based pedagogies. Dr. McBride regularly presents her research at the national meetings for the Literacy Research Association (LRA) and the National Council for Teachers of English Assembly for Research (NCTEAR). She also serves as a moderator to Kappa Delta Pi, the National Honor Society for Education.

Scholarly & Professional Interests

Translanguaging
Translingual Writing
Linguistic Justice
Writing Instruction
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies

Select Publications

Marshall, S. A., Brown McClain, J., & McBride, A. (2023) Reframing translanguaging practices to shift mathematics teachers’ language ideologies. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2023.2178683

McBride, A. & Jiménez, R. (2021). Responding to the call for multi/translingual approaches to writing instruction: A review of recent post-secondary translanguaging studies. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 51(4), 303-321, DOI: 10.1080/10790195.2021.1878073
        
McBride, A. & Jiménez, R. (2019). Translanguaging con los estudiantes de minorías lingüísticas en el colegio comunitario: Desafiando los discursos dominantes a través de la escritura. Actas CIAIQ2019: Investigación Cualitativa en Educación, 1, 7-14. 

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"Ninguém ignora tudo. Ninguém sabe tudo. Todos nós sabemos alguma coisa. Todos nós ignoramos alguma coisa. Por isso aprendemos sempre." (Freire)

"No person ignores everything. Nobody knows everything. We all know something. We all ignore something. That's why we always learn." (Freire)