Faculty Profiles

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2024). Emergent bilinguals love reading... if we let them. Journal of Latinos and Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2024.2434548

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2023). “Aman tanto a mi hija que hasta vienen a verla a mi casa” Teaching and learning from home visits with emergent bilingual families. The Bilingual Review, 35(2). Retrieved from https://bilingualreviewjournal.org/index.php/br/announcement/view/8

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2022). Rethinking multiliteracies: Toward a radical vision for multilingualism. In 4th edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 138–147). Elsevier & Risk Business Analytics Alderman Drive Alpharetta, GA 30005, USA, United Sates: Elsevier. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.07123-2

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2021). Funds of linguistic knowledge en prácticas transnacionales to promote biliteracy development. In Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Conceptos Fundamentales (pp. 51–61). NY, USA: Peter Lang.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2021). “Your Children Are Having Too Much Fun”: Teaching Literacy With Radical Hope. In Childhoods in More Just Worlds. An International Handbook (pp. 155–174). Gorham, Maine, United States: Myers Education Press.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2021). Late capitalism and new challenges: Indigenous communities taking risks  in defense of vulnerable languages and territories in Guatemala and Colombia. In Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics. (pp. 31–47). Bristol * Blue Ridge Summit, United Kindom: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21832/CUNNIN8236

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Sosnowski, J. J. (2021). Incarcerated Languages and Literacies: Attempting Liberatory Language and Literacy Pedagogies in a Prison Setting. In Literacy Across the Community: Research, Praxis, and Trends. New York and London, United States: Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved from https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031816

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (n.d.). Border Literacies. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Education Research (p. 8). Oxford, U.K.: Oxford Encyclopedia of Education Research.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Schall, J. (2017). “They didn’t teach us well”: Mexican-origin students speak out about their readiness for college literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.581

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2016). Aquí no hay pobrecitos: Decolonizing bilingual teacher education in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1080/15595692.2016.1258694

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Biliteracy and human capital in Texas border colonias. In P. Smith & A. Kumi-Yeboah (Eds.), Handbook of research on cross-cultural approaches to language and literacy development (pp. 29–56). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8668-7.ch002

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Theorizing translanguaging and multilingual literacies through human capital theory. International Multilingual Research Journal, 9(1), 59–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2014.985149

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Mediating deficit views of Mexican-origin learners with pre-service literacy teachers. Teacher Education and Practice, 28(1), 27–44.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Biliteracy and human capital in Texas border colonias. In Handbook of research on cross-cultural approaches to language and literacy development (pp. 29–56). Hershey, PA, United States: Information ScienceReference. Retrieved from http://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-cross-cultural-approaches/126408

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (n.d.). Confronting linguistic contradictions in a bilingual teacher preparation program. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hjle20#.Vjjr0st8O-I

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Mediating deficit views of Mexican-origin learners with preservice literacy teachers, 28(1), 27–44.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2015). Theorizing Translanguaging and Multilingual Literacies  through Human Capital Theory, 9(1), 59–73.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2013). Repositioning biliteracy as capital for learning: Lessons from teacher preparation at the U.S.-Mexico Border. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 26(3), 301–323.

Cole, D., Meadows, B., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2013). (K. Denham & A. Lobeck, Eds.), Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/default.asp?j

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2013). Repositioning biliteracy as capital for learning: Lessons from teacher preparation at the U.S.-Mexico Border, 26(3), 301–323.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2012). Learning from bilingual family literacies. Language Arts, 90(1), 18–29.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2012). Researching transfronterizo literacies in Texas border colonias. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 15(6), 635–651.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2012). Learning from bilingual family literacies, 90(1), 18–29.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2012). Researching transfronterizo literacies in Texas border colonias., 15(6), 635–651. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rbeb20/current#.VE5mTovF_pw

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Smith, P. H. (2011). “I will never forget that”: Lasting effects of language discrimination on language minority children and families in Colombia and on the U.S.-Mexico  border. Childhood Education, 87(1), 2–9.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Smith, P. H. (2011). “I will never forget that”: Lasting effects of language discrimination on language minority children and families in Colombia and on the U.S.-Mexico  border, 87(1), 2–9.

Schall, J., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderland families: Revaluing our students and their families. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Schall, J. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderland families: Bilingual parents stand up for Spanish-speaking children. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Schall, J., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderland  families: Vernacular literacies. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Schall, J., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderlands  families: Digital literacies. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century  Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Schall, J., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderlands families: Religious literacies. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century  Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Schall, J., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderlands  families: Rejecting the deficit perspective. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and  21st Century Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Schall, J. (2011). Understanding the literate lives of borderlands families: An overview of the family literacies project. Reading in the borderlands. Reading, Literacy and 21st Century Literacies in the Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved from http://readingintheborderlands.wordpress.com/

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2011). Mapping multiliteracy on the U.S. –Mexico border. Mappling.Com. Retrieved from [http://www.mappling.com/blog/month/july-2011]

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2010). Local literacies as counter-hegemonic practices: Deconstructing anti-Spanish ideologies in the Rio Grande Valle. 59th Annual Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 276–287.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2010). Local literacies as counter-hegemonic practices: Deconstructing anti-Spanish ideologies in the Rio Grande Valle (Vol. 59th Annual Yearbook, pp. 267–287). Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA: Yearbook of the Literacy Research Association.

Smith, P. H., Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Jiménez, R. T. (2009). The social construction of literacy in a Mexican community: Coming soon to your school? In J. Scott, D. Straker, & L. Katz (Eds.), Affirming students’ rights to their own language: Bridging language policies to teaching practices (pp. 303–318). Routledge.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2009). “This great emptiness we are feeling”: Towards a decolonization of schooling in Simunurwa, Colombia. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 40(4), 421–437.

Sarmiento-Arribalzaga, M. A., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2009). Pre-service bilingual teachers and their invisible scars: Implications for teacher preparation programs. Journal of the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, 19(1), 61–69.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2009). “This great emptiness we are feeling”: Towards a decolonization of schooling in Simunurwa, Colombia, 40(4), 421–437. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01062.x/abstract

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Smith, P. H. (2008). Cultural diversity: Why it matters in schools and what  teachers need to know. In D. Freeman & Y. Freeman (Eds.), Diverse learners in the mainstream classroom (pp. 3–30). Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2007). Zanarwin Awiri Colmena: La enseñanza de la lectura y la escritura en la escuela indígena de Simunurwa. In A. M. Truscott de Mejia & S. Colmenares (Eds.), Bialfabetismo. Lectura y escritura en dos lenguas en Colombia (pp. 39–58). Cali, Colombia: Universidad del Valle.

Vance, C., Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2007). Prácticas de lecto-escritura en padres de familia: Influencias en el desarrollo de la lecto-escritura de sus hijos. Lectura y Vida: Revista Latinoamericana de Lectura, 28(3), 6–17.

Smith, P. H., & Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2007). Understanding (and challenging) overlapping effects of NCLB and anti-bilingual, anti-immigrant ideologies: Responses from the Rio Grande Valley. Bilingual Education Interest Section Newsletter, 9(2), 12–17.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2006). La planificación lingüística: herramienta de resistencia política y cultural de los Indígenas Arhuacos de Colombia. [Local language planning as instrument for political and cultural resistance in Colombia]. In R. Terborg (Ed.), Retos de la política del lenguaje en el siglo XXI. México: Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2005). Zarnawin y las abejas. La enseñanza de la lectura en el centro etnoeducativo de Simunurwa. [Teaching reading in the ethnoeducation center of Simunurwa]. Lenguas En Contexto, 2, 8–14.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (2004). Educación de gestión local: La experiencia educativa en una comunidad  indígena Arhuaca. [Education for local action: The educational experience of an Arhuaco community]. Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada, 94–106.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A., & Smith, P. H. (2000). What you see is not necessarily what you get: English language learning and the importance of listening to students. Colombian Applied Linguistics, 2(1), 75–86.

Murillo Benjumea, L. A. (1925). Confronting Linguistic Contradictions in a Bilingual Teacher Preparation Program. Journal of Latinos and Education.