Dr Trish

Bilingual public elementary school teacher and a migrant education teacher in California. Supervised and mentored student teachers in California, New York, New Jersey, and Utah. Staff development for K-12 teachers. Taught both preservice and inservice teachers methods and theory for teaching social studies, reading, science, integrated curriculum, English as a Second Language, and multicultural curriculum and teaching.

Research-based, student-centered, inquiry-based, funds of knowledge, active, hands-on with ongoing assessment, high-standards to support students in becoming engaged, active and happy citizens in an interdependent world. Multilingual and multicultural curriculum and teaching. Ultimately, I hope that education supports students in growing their freedom and their responsibility to fellow classmates and the world's citizenry.

2003 American Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Dissertation Award for Curriculum Studies; 2003-2004 Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society Top Professor Award at Utah State University

Ed.D in Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University’s; Masters in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen received her doctoral degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University’s Teachers College.  She holds a Masters in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.  Tricia was a bilingual public elementary school teacher and a migrant education teacher in California.  Tricia has supervised and mentored student teachers in California, New York, and Utah.  As a teacher educator, Tricia has taught both preservice and inservice teachers methods and theory for teaching social studies, bilingual reading, bilingual science, integrated curriculum, English as a Second Language, and multicultural curriculum and teaching.  She has presented locally and nationally to teachers and researchers about meeting the needs of all students in schools.  She is the recipient of the 2003 AERA Outstanding Dissertation Award for Curriculum Studies and the 2003-2004 Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society Top Professor Award at Utah State University.  Tricia carries out research and publishes about teacher education.  Tricia is passionate about making curriculum engaging and accessible to all students in schools. Her book, (Un)Knowing Diversity: Researching narratives of neocolonial classrooms through youth’s testimonios was published by Peter Lang in March 2012.