Lia Maimon

Associate Professor of Education

OFFICE

126 Carlson Hall

University of Bridgeport

University Avenue

Bridgeport, CT 06604-5795

(203) 576-4215

OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00PM to 3:00PM or by appointment

INTERNET

maimon@bridgeport.edu

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University

Developmental Reading in the Elementary School

Elementary Language Arts Methods

Content Area Literacy

Critical Thinking and Reading

Urban Teacher Education

Literacy Theory and Practice

Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language

Reading for Limited Proficiency English Learners

Reading Comprehension for Academic Purposes

Study Skills Instruction

Freshman English Composition

College ESL

High School: Regular and Alternative: ESL

Middle School: Reading, Writing, ESL

Elementary School: 4th & 5th grades

OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network for Urban Educational Renewal

Urban In-service Teacher Education

Supervision of Student Teachers

Reading Diagnostician of Juvenile Offenders

Curriculum Developer

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Using a Reading Perspectives Framework as a Guide for Pre-service Elementary Teachers (under review).

Looking for Unity: An Inclusive Conceptualization of Literacy Theory and Practice (under review).

The relationship between self-efficacy and the functions of writing, Journal of College Reading and Learning, (2002).

Improving Cross-cultural Text Revision, Journal of College Reading and Learning, (2001).

Reducing Resistance to Content Area Literacy Courses. 19th Yearbook of the College Reading Association, (1997).

The Effects of Perceptions of Failure and Test Instruction on Test Performance of Community College Students. 17th Yearbook of the College Reading Association, (1995).

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

An Inclusive Conceptualization of Reading Instruction Strategies. Annual meeting AAER/NAAER, November 2005.

A Different Conceptualization of Giftedness. Annual meeting AAER, November 2004.

The Creation of New Epistemologies. Annual meeting AAER, November2003

Using Cross-Cultural Strategy to Improve and Assess the Writing of ESL College Students. Annual meeting of the College Reading Association (CRA), October 2003.

Cross-Cultural Revisions. Annual Meeting of the College Reading Association (CRA), November 2001.

A Theoretical Conceptualization as Basis for a Pragmatic Agenda Driven Literacy Theory and Practice. Annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), November 2000.

Looking for Unity: An Inclusive Conceptualization of Literacy Theory and Practice. Annual meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), December1999.

Cross-Cultural Text Production. Keynote presenter, College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), regional meeting, April 2000.

RECENT AWARDS

University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Award 2003

University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Award 2002

University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Award 2001

University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Award 2000

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Invited Program Reviewer for the International Reading Association and the National Council for Accreditation Teacher Education.

Reviewer for the 2003 College Reading Association Conference.

Invited reviewer for the 2003 Standards for Reading Professionals for the International Reading Association.

Reviewer of book proposals and manuscripts for the International Reading Association, 1995-2004.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

AERA: American Educational Research Association

Co-Director of Symposium Division.

CRA: College Reading Association

CRA: Connecticut Reading Association.

CARR: Connecticut Association of Reading Research

IRA: International Reading Association.

Member of Special Interest Group: Balanced Reading Instruction, Professors of Reading Teacher Educators.

NRC: National Reading Conference: International Committee