Lonna Summers Rocha joined the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at KU in 2016. Rocha earned a BA in English and Spanish from Southwestern College in Kansas, an MA and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas. Rocha was a bilingual paraeducator for preK-12 students and taught English to college students and adults in the U.S. and Mexico. Rocha has taught graduate and undergraduate courses for in-service and pre-service teachers and provided professional development workshops to educators, community members, and migrant family advocates.
Education
Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University of Kansas, 2015, Lawrence, KS
Curriculum and Teaching: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University of Kansas, 2008, Lawrence, KS
Research Interests
- In-service teachers
- University TESOL programs
- Critical pedagogy
- Bilingual paraeducators
- Qualitative research
- Reflexivity
Teaching interests
- TESOL
- Assessment
- TESOL Practicum
- Methods
- Second Language Acquisition