Rebecca Callahan AERA-IES Post-Doctoral Fellow Ph.D., University of California at Davis M.A., University of California at Davis B.C.C., University of California at San Diego B.A. University of California at San Diego Directory listing

Rebecca Callahan, who completed her Ph.D. in Education at UC Davis, was awarded two post-doctoral fellowships, one from UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI) and one from AERA with funding from the U.S. Department's Institute for Education Sciences (IES). Dr. Callahan accepted the AERA/IES three year fellowship.

Dr. Callahan began her post-doctoral research in September 2003 with Dr. Russell Rumberger at UC Santa Barbara in the Linguistic Minority Research Institute. Her research there included a detailed analysis of statewide language proficiency data and English Learner high school transcripts, as well as investigations into the early literacy development of non-native English speakers

Dr. Callahan joined the PRC in September 2004 under the mentorship of Chandra Muller. She will continue to investigate the academic preparation of immigrant and English Learner secondary students using the AHAA dataset under Dr. Muller. She is especially interested in long-term English Learners- those students who have been in US schools seven years or more, yet remain limited in English language proficiency.

Prior to returning to the university for graduate study, Dr. Callahan worked as a bilingual educator, first in the early elementary grades, then at the secondary level. As a graduate student, she worked at the UC LMRI Educational Policy Center at UC Davis. Dr. Callahan's dissertation research, under the direction of Dr. Patricia Gándara, focused on the impact of educational policy on high school age English Learners.

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