Bridget Bunten
Assistant Professor of Education Coordinator of Elementary Education
Education
- B.A., Gettysburg College, 2001
- Spanish & Elementary Education
- M.A., UMass Boston, 2006
- Applied Linguistics
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2010
Research
- Addressing the needs of English language learners (ELLs) within teacher education
- The impact of a culturally and linguistically diverse student population on teaching and learning
- The language and literacy development of ELLs
- Language policy and its impact on students, teachers, schools and communities
Prior Teaching Experiences
- Spanish (as a foreign language), Grades K-8
- Two-way Bilingual Program Teacher, 5th Grade
- ELL Support Teacher, Grades K-5
- Adult ESL & Citizenship Courses
- Teaching Reading & Language Arts in Elementary School (college-level)
- Teaching English to English Language Learners (college-level)
- Clinical Application of Instruction (college-level)
Teaching
- EDU 351 Processes & Acquisition of Reading
- EDU 352 Reading Instruction & Assessment
- EDU 354 Literature for Children: K-8
- EDU 412 Curriculum & Instruction: Language Arts and Social Studies
- EDU 413 & 414 Elementary Education Teaching Internship
