Alison Wishard Guerra
Assistant Professor
- Email:
- awishard@ucsd.edu
- Phone:
- (858) 534-1878
Alison Wishard Guerra, Assistant Professor of Education Studies, is a member of the faculty of the doctor of education graduate program in teaching and learning at the University of California, San Diego. She has doctorate in Applied Developmental Studies in Education from UCLA. Her research focuses on social and linguistic development in early childhood, with particular focus on developmental competencies among Latino children from low-income families. She studies within group variations related to immigration and acculturation experiences in relation to children's longitudinal trajectories towards social and cognitive developmental competencies.
CURRICULUM VITA
DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Studies in Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
- MA in Psychological Studies in Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002
- B.A. in Psychology and Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1997
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Howes, C., & Wishard, A. (2004). Revisiting sharing meaning: Looking through the lens of culture and linking shared pretend play through proto-narrative development to emergent literacy. In E. Zigler, D. G. Singer, & S. J. Bishop-Josef (Eds.) Children's Play: The Roots of Reading. Washington DC: Zero to Three Press.
- Shivers, E. M., Howes, C., Wishard, A. G., & Ritchie, S. (2004). Teacher-articulated perceptions of practices with families: Examining effective teaching in diverse high quality child care settings. Early Education and Development, 15, 167-186.
- Wishard, A. G., Fuligni, A. S., & Howes, C. (2004). Finding a "Literacy-rich curriculum" in children's everyday experiences. National Head Start Association Dialog Briefs, 7, 3-4.
- Wishard, A. G., Shivers, E. M., Howes, C., & Ritchie, S. (2003). Child care programs and teacher practices: Associations with quality and children's experiences. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 65- 03.
- Sakai, L., Whitebook, M., Wishard, A., & Howes, C. (2003). Evaluating the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing differences between the first and revised edition. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 427-445.
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