Skip to main content Dr. Lori Czop Assaf
- Professor at Curriculum And Instruction, College of Education
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Member, University Curriculum Committee.
September 15, 2024 - Present.
- Member, College Curriculum Committee.
September 15, 2024 - Present.
- Member, Charles Butt Scholarship Review Committee.
2023 - Present.
- Member, Accelerated Alternative Certification Planning Committee.
2023 - Present.
- Member, University Arts Committee.
August 16, 2023 - Present.
- Member, Teacher Education Council Member.
August 24, 2022 - Present.
- Member, St. David’s Foundation Community Garden.
2021 - Present.
- Member, Boggy Creek Community Clean Up Volunteer.
January 2021 - Present.
- Chair, Charles Butt Foundation: Raising Texas Teachers Chair.
August 1, 2020 - Present.
- Volunteer, Foundation Schools Adult Tutor.
January 15, 2017 - Present.
- Graduate Co-Coordinator, Reading Program.
2012 - Present.
- Personnel Committee.
2010 - Present.
- Member, AERA Writing Research Special Interest Group.
2010 - Present.
- Chair, Reading Graduate Comps.
2009 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board for Language Arts.
2007 - Present.
- Grader, Master’s Comprehensive Exams.
2004 - Present.
- Member, American Educational Research Association.
2003 - Present.
- Member, National Council of Teachers of English.
2003 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board for The Reading Teacher.
2003 - Present.
- Member, Literacy Research Association- Previously National Reading Assocation.
2003 - Present.
2028
- Member, Literacy Association Literacy Research Association International Innovative Community Group Steering Committee.
2024 - 2028.
2027
- Member, Literacy Research Association: Distinguished Scholar Award Committee, Member.
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2027.
2026
- Member, AACTE Global Education Committee.
November 1, 2023 - February 15, 2026.
2024
- Member, Teacher Fellows Action Research Reviewer.
2024.
- Chair, Literacy Research Association Chair Barr/Mosenthal Handbook of Reading Research Fund Committee.
2021 - 2024.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Language Arts.
September 2021 - 2024.
- Editorial Review Board Member, The Reading Teacher.
July 2021 - 2024.
- Member, University Global Dissertation Committee (2024-2025).
October 15, 2024 - December 2, 2024.
- Member, Bobcat Welcome Day.
August 21, 2024.
- Member, Residency Committee.
June 15, 2023 - May 15, 2024.
- University Undergraduate Marshal for Graduation Ceremonies (May 10, 2024)., Texas State University Graduation.
May 10, 2024.
- Member, COE Review Committee.
September 15, 2021 - January 24, 2024.
2023
- Participant, College Graduation May.
May 2023 - 2023.
- Member, Austin Justice Coalition.
January 2021 - 2023.
- Member, University Education Abroad Review Board.
September 1, 2018 - 2023.
- Member, University Education Abroad Review Board.
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023.
- Member, US Prep Leadership Team.
October 2021 - September 15, 2023.
- Member, TEA Reading Specialist Educator Standards Advisory Committee.
July 15, 2021 - August 15, 2023.
- Member, University Education Abroad Review Board.
March 15, 2021 - June 1, 2023.
- Chair, EC-6 ESL Program Coordinator.
January 16, 2014 - June 1, 2023.
- Chair, Elementary Undergraduate Program Area.
August 15, 2017 - May 15, 2023.
- Member, Clinical Fieldwork Jigsaw Raise Your Hand Texas.
July 15, 2020 - May 14, 2023.
2022
- Participant, College Graduation.
2022.
- Chair, EC-6 ESL Program Redesign.
July 15, 2020 - 2022.
- Volunteer, iACT Interfaith Refugee Mentor.
2017 - 2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for associate professor going up for full professor at Rowan University.
September 1, 2022 - November 15, 2022.
- Member, Early Childhood Math Job Search (2021-2022).
July 2021 - May 2022.
- Member, SRT Jigsaw Raise Your Hand Texas.
July 15, 2020 - May 15, 2022.
2021
- Participant, College Graduation.
2021.
- Member, Curriculum and Instruction Ad Hoc Budget Committee.
July 15, 2020 - 2021.
- Board Member, Dell’s Children’s Hospital Diabetes Educator Board Member.
2016 - 2021.
- Founder and Director, Quetzal Critical Film Series.
2012 - 2021.
- Editorial Review Board Member, The Reading Teacher.
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
- Editorial Review Board Member, The Teacher Educator.
November 1, 2018 - November 1, 2021.
- Member, University Piper Award.
September 15, 2018 - September 15, 2021.
- Member, NCTE Elementary Nominating Committee.
January 1, 2020 - April 15, 2021.
- Chair, College Review Committe- Alternative.
January 18, 2019 - January 1, 2021.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Teaching and Teacher Education Editorial Board Member (2018-2021).
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021.
2020
- Participant, College Graduation.
2020.
- Volunteer, Keep Austin Fed Volunteer.
July 15, 2017 - 2020.
- Chair, LRA Program Area 12 Chair.
January 1, 2017 - 2020.
- Member, University Research Enhancement Grant (2017-2020).
August 15, 2016 - 2020.
- Member, LRA Reading Research International Award Committee.
January 15, 2016 - 2020.
- Member, LRA International Innovative Community Group Steering Committee.
January 15, 2016 - 2020.
- Chair, University Research Enhancement Grant -COE.
September 1, 2017 - December 15, 2020.
- Member, Academic Writing Challenge.
November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020.
- Attendee / Participant, NCTE.
January 15, 2020 - November 30, 2020.
- Member, Study Abroad Feasibility Committee.
September 1, 2018 - May 30, 2020.
2019
- Participant, College Graduation.
2019.
- Member, College Review Committe- Alternative.
December 15, 2018 - 2019.
- Co-Chair, Teaching Rubric Committee.
September 15, 2017 - 2019.
- Co-Chair, Curriculum & Instruction Strategic Plan Committee.
August 1, 2017 - 2019.
- Chair, Research Enhancement Grant College Committee.
September 15, 2016 - December 15, 2019.
- Dissertation Award Committee IRA.
2005 - November 2019.
- Member, Arts Education Search Committee.
November 1, 2018 - May 15, 2019.
- Co-Chair, EC-6 ESL Cohort Committee.
August 24, 2018 - May 15, 2019.
- Host and University Faculty, International Host for Dr. Constanza Errázuiz and Dr. Omar Davison, Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica Campus (2019).
January 2, 2019 - January 30, 2019.
2018
- Participant, College Graduation.
2018.
- Member, International Literacy Association Writing Task Force.
November 1, 2017 - 2018.
- Volunteer, iACT Interfaith Refugee Summer Camp Instructor.
August 15, 2017 - 2018.
- Member, University REP Committee.
2016 - 2018.
- Member, Comparative International Education Society CIES Teacher Education SIG.
March 1, 2016 - 2018.
- Chair, International Committee College of Education.
January 15, 2016 - 2018.
- ACT Interfaith Refugee ESL Tutor.
2015 - 2018.
- Member, Dissertation Committee for Rachel Hooper Developmental Education.
May 2015 - 2018.
- Volunteer, Capital City Food Bank.
2014 - 2018.
- Participant, Integrating Making to Support Multidisciplinary Learning Research Participant.
September 16, 2018 - September 17, 2018.
- Participant, Integrating Making to Support Multidisciplinary Learning Research Participant.
September 15, 2017 - May 15, 2018.
- Participant, Multicultural Education Beyond the Color-Bind.
November 20, 2017 - April 15, 2018.
- University Mentor, Host and Mentor for International Post- Doc Researcher Dr. Deniz Atal- Koysuren, University of Turkey, Ankara.
September 1, 2017 - March 15, 2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for Dr. Amie Sarker University of Dallas.
December 1, 2017 - March 14, 2018.
- Participant, Book Club Member The Struggle of Identity, Agency and Education in the Lives of Undocumented Students - The Burden of Hyperdocumentation.
October 15, 2017 - February 23, 2018.
2017
- Participant, College Graduation.
2017.
- Chair, International Committee College of Education.
September 2015 - 2017.
- Co-Chair, Dissertation Committee for Kristie O’Donnell Developmental Education.
May 2015 - 2017.
- Member, University Arts Committee.
2014 - 2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for Dr. Tasha Tropp Layman to Full ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Kentucky.
August 1, 2017 - October 15, 2017.
- Director, Central Texas Writing Project.
2009 - September 2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for Dr. Alisa Leckie. Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor. Georgia Southern University.
March 15, 2017 - May 10, 2017.
2016
- College of Education Dean Summative Review Committee.
2015 - 2016.
- Chair, Elementary Job Search.
2015 - 2016.
- Parent Volunteer, McCallum Swim Team.
2015 - 2016.
- Co-Editor, English in Texas.
2013 - 2016.
- LRA Chair, International IGC.
2013 - 2016.
- Board Member, TCTELA.
2013 - 2016.
- Chair, Elementary Job Search.
September 2015 - May 2016.
2015
- Classroom Volunteer, Brentwood Elementary Dual Language.
2015.
- Director, Central Texas Writing Project.
2004 - 2015.
- External Reviewer, Dr. Jennifer Barrett-Tatum’s Third Year Review the Charleston College, South Carolina.
October 2015.
- Member, College of Education Dean Summative Review Committee.
December 2015 - August 2015.
2014
- Chair, Search Committee Reading Program.
2013 - 2014.
- Scholar Mentor, Acaceli Ortiz.
2013 - 2014.
- Scholar Mentor, Minda Lopez.
2013 - 2014.
- Member, NCTE International Committee.
2011 - 2014.
- Mentoring Committee.
2010 - 2014.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board for Teacher Education Quarterly.
2010 - 2014.
- External Reviewer, Dr. Cheryl North’s Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
October 2014.
2013
- Dean Appointed, COE Tenure and Promotion.
2012 - 2013.
- Member, Common Experience Committee.
2011 - 2013.
- LRA Co-Chair, Proposals: International Innovative Community Group.
2011 - 2013.
- Member, AERA International Special Interest Group.
2010 - 2013.
- External Reviewer, Dr. Ted Kresler’s Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College of The City University of New York.
September 2013.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2013 - May 2013.
2012
- Member, Internationalization Committee.
2010 - 2012.
- FAC Faculty Advisory Committee.
2009 - 2012.
- Early Achievement Award Committee Member, NCR.
2009 - 2012.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Review Board for Journal of English Research.
2008 - 2012.
- National Reading Conference: Ethnicity/Race Committee.
2004 - 2012.
- National Reading Conference: International Committee.
2004 - 2012.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2012 - December 2012.
2011
- Scholar Mentor, Scholar Mentor Program Texas State University.
2011.
- English Language Learners Task Force.
2009 - 2011.
- Member, University Honors Committee.
2009 - 2011.
- Chair, EC-6 ESL Curriculum Committee.
2008 - 2011.
- Co-Coordinator, Graduate Reading Program.
2007 - 2011.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2011 - May 2011.
2010
- Scholar Mentor- Minda Lopez, College of Education Scholar Mentor Program.
2010.
- Chair, Program for Multilingual Learners, NRC.
2008 - 2010.
- Member, IRA International Literacy SIG.
2007 - 2010.
- Editorial Review Board for Literacy Research.
2003 - 2010.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2010 - May 2010.
2009
- Member, University Faculty Handbook.
2006 - 2009.
- Literacy Reviewer, Broader Middle East and North Africa (BEMNA) International Development Project, IRA.
2006 - 2009.
- International Volunteer, International Reading Assocation.
2006 - 2009.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2009 - December 2009.
2008
- PBS Teacher Line Committee.
2008.
- Literacy Job Search Committee.
2007 - 2008.
- Editorial Review Board for Reading Psychology.
2004 - 2008.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2008 - December 2008.
2007
- Mentor, Pre-Doctorial Scholar Fellow: Minda Lopez.
2007.
- Bilingual Job Search Committee.
2006 - 2007.
- Curriculum and Instruction Scholarship Committee.
2004 - 2007.
- Member, Higher Education Collaboration HEC.
2004 - 2007.
- AERA Language, Literacy and Social Cultural Studies.
2004 - 2007.
- IRA Teacher Preparation SIG.
2004 - 2007.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2007 - December 2007.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2007 - May 2007.
2006
- College of Education Scholarship Committee.
2004 - 2006.
- Tomás Rivera Book Award Regional Committee.
2004 - 2006.
- Member, University Lectures Committee.
2003 - 2006.
- College Marshal Commencements.
2006 - May 2006.
2005
- Rockefeller Brothers Fellowship Mentor, Stephanie Lopez.
2005.
- Live Text Trainer.
2004 - 2005.
2004
- College Marshal Commencements.
2004 - December 2004.
