Margaret Berg
Faculty
Professor of Language and Literacy
Education
- Ph.D. University of Kansas, Lawrence, in Curriculum and Instruction with focuses in Literacy & Linguistics
- M.A. University of Missouri at Kansas City in English with a focus in Writing
- B.A. University of Kansas, Lawrence, with a focus in Theatre & Media Arts
- Secondary Certification/Licensure from the University of Texas at El Paso in English Language Arts with a focus in Bilingual Education & English as Second Language
Professional Experience & Affiliations
- University of Northern Colorado; School of Teacher Education Professorship (2009-Present)
- Associate Professor (2014-present)
- Assistant Professor (2009-2014)
- Teacher at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels in four countries including Russia, China, Ukraine, and the U.S.A. within a small city, in an inner-city, and on the border of Mexico. (1993-2009)
Research Expertise & Interests
Equity in education, teacher education, content and/or disciplinary literacy, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), multi-lingualism and schooling, evaluation of learning, Systemic Functional Linguistics and educational linguistics, discourse analysis, queer theory, linguistic diversity among students with special needs, (auto)ethnography, and youth culture.
Publications
- Berg, M.A. (2016). Russian-speaking students and material needs in the reformist context: An ecological study of curriculum development. Journal of World Languages, doi 10.1080/21698252.2016.1191125
- Huang, J., Berg, M.A., Romero, D. & Walker, D. (2016). The impact of a collaborative project between K-12 schools and a teacher preparation program for linguistically sensitive pedagogy. Journal of World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education.
- Berg, M.A. & Huang, J. (2016). Language objectives beyond vocabulary: Working with content area teachers for linguistically responsive instruction. In Challenging Boundaries in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Perspectives. Aachen British and American Studies Series edited by Stella Neumann, Rebekah Wegener, Jennifer Fest, Paula Niemietz and Nichole Huzen. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- Huang, J., Berg, M.A., Seigrist, M. & Damsrie, C. (2016). Impact of a functional linguistic approach to teacher development on content area student writing. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Honors & Awards
Fulbright Scholar, 2016-2017 in Russia, awarded for project titled: Academic Biliteracy and Ecological Systems for Writing