Alexandra (Ale) Babino, Ph.D.

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ababino@twu.edu
940-898-2447
MCL  906C 

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Biography

Alexanadra (Ale) Babino, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Multilingual and Multicultural Studies (MMS) master’s program at Texas Woman’s University. Over the last 19 years, she's won multiple awards for her teaching and research in bilingual and literacy education. Most recently, the MMS was recognized by Excelencia in Education (2024) as one of the top three master’s programs for Latino student success. The Texas Council for Teachers of English Language Arts (2024) also named her as the University Teacher of the Year. In 2016, her dissertation won a first-place distinction by the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), where she was also recognized with an early career reviewer award by the Bilingual Research Journal in 2019. Across her roles, she’s most interested in how (emergent) bilinguals and their teachers become biliterate and bicultural to varying degrees across contexts, with an emphasis on dual language and teacher preparation programs. While she's held many titles over the years, at heart she'll always be a maestra that teaches with cariño and de todo corazón.

Education

Ph.D., Literacy & Language Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.A., English Composition, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.A., Spanish, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Expertise

Bilingual Identities; Biliteracies Development; Biliteracy Teaching; Bilingual Assessment; Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs; Critical Pedagogies; Mixed Methods Research; Case Study Research

Latest Articles

Language policymaking through translingual literacy instruction
Language Policy (2024)
Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino, Victor Lozada, Ángeles Muñoz, Zulma Mojica

What Mamá Gallina teaches literacy educators about healing biliteracies
The Reading Teacher (2024)
Kimberly Muñoz, Alexandra Babino

Five consejos (tips) on how to nurture the many languages of literacy from the elementary to the college classroom
English in Texas (2024)
Gladys Elena Roa-Albert, Alexandra Babino

Pursuing excellence, teaching passionately
English in Texas (2024)
K. E. Tumy, V. DeFriend, A. Funderburgh , Alexandra Babino

Whose bilingualism counts? juxtaposing the sanctioned and subaltern languaging through two dual language teachers' testimonios
Journal of Language, Identity, and Education (2023)
Alexandra Babino

Caminos de convivencia: a comparative case study of h bilingual pre-service teachers biliteracies development
Bilingual Research Journal (2023)
Alexandra Babino, Kimberly Muñoz

Enacting resistance literacies through languaging and advocacy: Intergenerational testimonios to inform literacy research and instruction.
Literacy Research and Instruction (2021)
Alexandra Babino

Utilizing SIOP lesson demonstrations as a springboard for reflection: A collaborative self-study of EL teachers
Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education (2021)
Jacqueline Riley, Alexandra Babino

Being a conduit and culprit of white language supremacy: a duo autohistoria-teoria.
Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales (2020)
Altheria Caldera, Alexandra Babino

Moving toward culturally sustaining language instruction that resists white language supremacy
The National Journal of Middle-Grades Reform (2020)
Altheria Caldera, Alexandra Babino

Multiple pathways to multilingual investment: a collective case study of self-identified Mexican students in the U.S.
International Multilingual Research Journal (2019)
Alexandra Babino

Teacher educators engage preservice teachers with the 57 Bus.
Worlds of Words (2019)
Tami Morton, Alexandra Babino

Re-modeling dual language programs: Teachers enact agency as critically conscious language policymakers
Bilingual Research Journal (2018)
Alexandra Babino

Humanizing (multi)literacy teaching: a starter kit to renewed hope.
The National Journal of Middle-Grades Reform (2018)
Alexandra Babino

Striving toward equitable biliteracy assessments in hegemonic school contexts
Association of Mexican American Educators Journal (2017)
Alexandra Babino, Ricardo González Carriedo

Same program, distinctive development: Exploring the biliteracy trajectories of two dual language schools
Bilingual Research Journal (2017)
Alexandra Babino

"I like English Better": Latino emergent bilinguals' investment in Spanish, English, and bilingualism.
Journal of Latinos and Education (2017)
Alexandra Babino

Caring as a pedagogical framework for adolescent English learners: A formative experiment
The Tapestry Journal (2017)
Alexandra Babino, Katy Walker

Advocating for dual language programs: Implementation of a public policymaking model
Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction (2015)
Alexandra Babino, Ricardo González Carriedo

Emergent bilinguals' emerging identities in a dual language school
Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction (2015)
Alexandra Babino

Books

Viewing literacy through innovative lenses
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Nedra Cossa, Leslie Roberts, Juan Araujo, Alexandra Babino

Elevating the role of creativity, identity, and voice in literacy
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. (2023)
Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Kathryn V. Dixon

Educate to liberate
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. (2022)
Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Kathryn V. Dixon

Building bridges with and for literacy
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. (2020)
Nedra Cossa, Alexandra Babino, Robin D. Johnson

Radicalizing literacies and languaging: A framework toward dismantling the mono-mainstream assumption.
Palgrave Macmillan (2020)
Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

Educating for a just society
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. (2019)
Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Robin D. Johnson

Engaging all readers through explorations of literacy, language, & culture
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. (2018)
Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Robin D. Johnson

Chapters

Named, unnamed, and coded oppressions: applying an intersectional analysis to dual language bilingual education programs
in The Handbook on Dual Language Bilingual Education. | Routledge (2024)
Alexandra Babino

You can't be a teacher talking like that": decolonizing raciolinguistic identities for teachers of color.
in From Being Woke to doing #theWork: Using Culturally Relevant Practices to Support Student Achievement and Sociopolitical Consciousness. | Brill (2023)
Freyca Calderón-Berumen, Alexandra Babino, Altheria Calderón

Named, unnamed, and coded oppressions: applying aintersectional analysis to dual language bilingual education programs.
in The Handbook on Dual Language Bilingual Education. | Routledge (2023)
Alexandra Babino

From me to we: Humanizing elementary classrooms for LGBTQ+ youth through an EC-6 teacher preparation program
in Research Anthology on Empowering Marginalized Communities and Mitigating Racism and Discrimination. | IGI Global (2021)
Alexandra Babino, Kathryn Dixon

Enacting a raciolinguistic perspective for "the new mainstream" in literacy classrooms
in Handbook of Research on Reconceptualizing Preservice Teacher Preparation in Literacy Education | IGI Global (2021)
Alexandra Babino

Teaching across the demographic divide with Latinx texts on immigration
in Handbook of Research on Reconceptualizing Preservice Teacher Preparation in Literacy Education | IGI Global (2021)
Darci Gueta, Alexandra Babino

Building bridges between research and practice: Reflecting upon the results of the 2019 what's hot in literacy survey
in Building bridges with and for Literacy. | Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Yearbook (2020)
Stephanie Grote García, Evan Ortlieb, Bethany Pletcher, Michael Mandarino, Alexandra Babino

From me to we: Humanizing elementary classrooms for LGBTQ+ youth through an EC-6 teacher preparation program
in Incorporating LGBTQ+ Identities in K- 12 Curriculum and Policy, | IGI Global (2020)
Alexandra Babino, Kathryn Dixon

Bilingual and biliterate skills as cross competence skill success.
in Educational Policy Goes to School, | Routledge (2018)
Ricardo González Carriedo, Alexandra Babino

Recent Presentations

Caminos de convivencia: implicaciones de las pedagogías encarnadas de cariño en la preparación de maestros bilingües
Jalisco-Texas Virtual Conference Educational Research and Practice (2024)
Paper | Kimberly Muñoz, Alexandra Babino

Decentering the "E" in the (E)LA classroom: a meta-study of high school students across the multilingual continuum
American Educational Research Association (2023)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

Caminos de conviviencia: implicaciones de las pedagogías encarnadas de cariño en la preparación de maestros bilingües
Jalisco-Texas Virtual Conference Educational Research and Practice (2023)
Paper | Kimberly Muñoz, Alexandra Babino

Every teacher, a bilingual teacher: ESL and mainstream teachers' ideologies and practices
American Educational Research Association (2023)
Paper | Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino, Victor Lozada, Ángeles Muñoz, Zulma Mojica

Mapping the Critical Biliteracies Development of Two Career Bilingual Teachers
Literacy Research Association (2023)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Blanca Juardo, Rocío Almanza

Crafting your research agenda: From topics and timelines to timeouts and teammates
Literacy, Language, and Culture PhD Doctoral Collaborative (2023)
Paper | Alexandra Babino

How can bilingual teachers use the science of reading training toward equitable biliteracy?
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (2023)
Paper | María Daniela García, Alexandra Babino

Expert bilingual teachers talk back to the science of teaching reading: a phenomenological training
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference (2022)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, María Daniela García

US Latina students' raciolinguistic identities in hegemonic school systems: A cross-case analysis
American Educational Research Association (2022)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

Being a conduit and culprit of white language supremacy: a duo autohistoria-teoria
Qualitative Inquiry (2021)
Paper | Altheria Caldera, Alexandra Babino

Whose bilingualism counts? Juxtaposing sanctioned and subaltern bilingualism through two dual language teachers' testimonios
American Educational Research Association (2021)
Paper | Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino

Healing through intercultural competency
Education: A Vision for Society, (2021)
Virtual | Sara Rodríguez, Alexandra Babino, M. Jang

From me to we: Humanizing elementary classrooms for LGBTQ+ youth through a teacher preparation program
American Educational Research Association (2020)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Kathryn V. Dixon

Resistance literacies and languaging as advocacy: a comparative case study of two Mexicana's intergenerational testimonios.
Literacy Research Association (2020)
Paper | Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino

Radicalizing literacies and languaging: Book Overview
Association of Teacher Educators Conference (2020)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

Multiple pathways to multilingual investment: a collective case study of self-identified mexicana students in the U.S.
American Educational Research Association (2019)
Paper | Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino

El desarrollo cognoscitivo, emocional, y social de adolescents bilingües.
La Escuela Arturo Muró (2019)
Faculty Workshop | Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

Meet the editors of the ALER yearbook
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (2019)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Juan Araujo, Robin D. Johnson

From me to we: Strengthening ec-6 literacy education programs to foster humanizing practices for LGBTQ youth
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference (2019)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Kathryn V. Dixon

Disrupting status quo through viewing literacies and languaging within Bourdieu's reflexive sociology
Literacy Research Association (2018)
Paper | Mandy Stewart, Alexandra Babino

Meet the editors of the ALER yearbook
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference (2018)
Paper | Juan Araujo, Alexandra Babino, Nedra Cossa, Robin D. Johnson

When the program doesn't fit: Dual language stakeholders negotiate the unique program implementation at Rivera
American Educational Research Association (2018)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Carol Wickstrom

Remodeling dual language programs: Teachers enacting programmatic agency within competing priorities
American Educational Research Association (2018)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Mandy Stewart

). Incentivizing multilingualism: The Seal of Biliteracy in Texas
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (2018)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Ricardo González Carriedo

Incentivizing bilingualism: Application of the Seal of biliteracy
SPICOLA Forum (2017)
Paper | Ricardo González Carriedo, Alexandra Babino

Toward equity: Exploring the biliteracy program implementation at one dual language school
Literacy Research Association (2017)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Ricardo González Carriedo

How "fiel" is your dual language implementation?: Results and implications from a comparative case study
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (2017)
Paper | Alexandra Babino, Carol Wickstrom

Same program, distinctive development: Exploring the biliteracy trajectories at two dual language schools
Literacy Research Association (2016)
Paper | Alexandra Babino

Learning two languages at the same time: Using the L1 to support the L2
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (2016)
Paper | Alexandra Babino

Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Professor, College of Professional Education (2024)
• Texas University Teacher of the Year, Texas Association of Teachers of English Language Arts (2024)
• TABPHE Innovation in Teaching Award, Texas Association for Black Professionals in Higher Education Chapter of TAMU-C (2021)
• "Ceaseless Innovation" Research Award, Faculty Senate, Texas A & M University – Commerce (2021)
• Early Career Reviewer Award, Bilingual Research Journal (2020)
• Augustine "Chuck" Arize Junior Faculty Award for Research, Teaching, & Service, Texas A & M University – Commerce (2019)
• Global Fellow, Texas A & M University – Commerce (2018)
• OpEd Writing Fellow, Write to Change the World - Education Cohort (2018)
• Distinguished Global Fellow, Texas A & M University – Commerce (2018)
• 1st Place Outstanding Dissertation, National Association for Bilingual Education (2016)