Faculty Profile for Dr. Lori Czop Assaf

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Dr. Lori Czop Assaf
Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ED 3051
phone: (512) 245-9163

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ph. D. 2003 The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum and Instruction Specialization in Literacy
“The Authoring of Self: Looking at Preservice Teachers’ Professional Identities as Reflected in an Online Environment”

M. Ed. 1996 The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum and Instruction with Reading Major

B. A. 1988 University of San Diego Bachelor of Arts in Diversified Liberal Arts and K-8 Teaching Certification

CERTIFICATIONS
California Elementary Education PK thru 8 (Lifetime certificate obtained in 1988)
Texas Elementary Education Self-Contained Grades PK-6th (Lifetime certificate obtained 1988)
Texas Reading Specialist Grades PK-12 (Lifetime certificate obtained in 1995)
Texas ESL Education PK-6 (Lifetime certification obtained in 1995)

Teaching Interests

Masters and Doctoral Level Literacy Courses
International Perspectives on Writing Instruction and Teacher Professional Development

Research Interests

Writing Instruction and Assessment
In Service and Pre Service Teacher Education
Professional Identity
Professional Learning

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Hoff, M., Lussier, K. O., & Assaf, L. C. (2021). Balancing in a Whirlwind: The Influence of International Service-Learning on Preservice Teachers’ Movement Towards Humanizing Pedagogy. Information Publishing.
  • Assaf, L. C., Phakomile, P., & Brooks, J. M. (2021). Superheroes and Community Innovators: Opportunities to Engage in Critical Literacy in a Makerspace Camp in Rural South Africa. Language Arts.
  • Assaf, L. C., Sowa, P., & Zammet, K. (n.d.). Global Meaning Making: Disrupting and Interrogating International Literacy Research and Teaching Edited Book. U.S.A: Emerald.
  • Assaf, L. C., Lussier, K. O., & Lopez, M. (2020). Becoming Linguistically Responsive Teachers. Teacher Education Quarterly, 47(2), 108–133.
  • Lussier, K. O., & Hoff, M. (2019). A Literacy Awakening”: The Role of Study Abroad and International Service Learning for Preservice Teachers’ Literacy Engagement. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(2), 47–65. Retrieved from https://fire-ojs-ttu.tdl.org/fire/index.php/FIRE/article/view/163

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for College Achievement, 2021, Texas State University. August 24, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Specialist, Fulbright. June 1, 2016 - June 1, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors for Spring (2021), Alpha Chi. May 1, 2021 - May 25, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Developmental Leave Year Long Supplemental Award, Texas State University. September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Research Accelerator, Texas State University. August 26, 2019 - June 1, 2020

Selected Grants

  • Justice, Sean Bradley (Principal), Assaf, Lori Czop (Co-Principal), Kinard, Timothy A (Supporting), Martínez Hinestroza, José (Supporting), Veech, Joseph A (Supporting), Close, Hunter G (Supporting), Burke, Quinn (Supporting). EPK-2: Exploring PK-2 Teachers' Abilities to Identify CT Precursors and Implement Learning Activities that Strengthen Computer Science in Early Childhood Classrooms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $450000. (Submitted: November 2019, Funded: September 2020 - August 2023). Grant.
  • Assaf, Lori Czop (Principal), Hooper, R. (Co-Principal), Stephens, L. (Co-Principal). College Ready Writers Program Advanced Institute, Department of Education through National Writing Project, $20000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Assaf, Lori (Principal), Lopez, Minda (Principal), Reed, Jason (Principal). Texas State University Equity and Access Grant: George Ancona: Pioneer Mexican American Photographer and Author, Institutional (Higher Ed), $4100. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Justice, Sean Bradley, Assaf, Lori Czop. EPK-2 Exploring PK-2 Teachers’ Ability to Identify CT Precursors and Implement Learning Activities that Strengthen Computer Science in Early Childhood Classrooms., LBJ Institute, STEM-For-All Partnership within the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research, $50000. (Funded: June 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024). Grant.
  • Cocio, Andrea (Principal), Errazuiz, Constanza (Co-Principal), Assaf, Lori Czop (Supporting). Identidad y posicionamiento profesional de estudiantes de pedagogía a partir de sus fondos de conocimiento e identidad: modelo explicativo de sus repertorios discursivos en dos universidades nacionales, Ministry of Education Chile, Fondecyt Ministry of Education Chile, $30000. (Submitted: June 1, 2020, Funded: October 15, 2020 - October 15, 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Scholarship Commitee
January 16, 2024-Present
Member
COE Book Club
October 15, 2023-Present
Member
University Arts Committee
August 16, 2023-Present
Member
Residency Committee
June 15, 2023-Present
Member
COE Review Committee
September 15, 2021-Present