• The Dean Emeritus, Dr. Brenda Fyfe, and I spearheaded a project to investigate the application of Reggio Inspired Approach for affirming the rights of emergent bi- and multilingual language learners.

• The research project has been funded by the Faculty Research Grant and The Beatrice and David Kornblum Institute for Teaching Excellence. 

• The project included a study tour in Italy in 2019. A total of 10 researchers from various universities and institutions were involved: Brenda, myself, Gigi Yu, Juana Reyes, Cheryl Breig-Allen, Jennifer Strange, Nahid Hashemi, Baji Rankin, DJ Kaiser, and Jesus Oviedo.

• The book has been published by Routledge:

https://www.routledge.com/Affirming-the-Rights-of-Emergent-Bilingual-and-Multilingual-Children-and/Fyfe-Lee-Johnson-Reyes-Schroeder-Yu/p/book/9781032267340?utm_source=individuals&utm_medium=shared_link&utm_campaign=B043991_am3_1au_6rm_t013_1al_ip23