Elizabeth Gilliland

Elizabeth "Betsy" Gilliland is a doctoral student in Language, Literacy, and Culture in the UC Davis School of Education, with designated emphases in Second Language Acquisition and Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies. She is studying how high school second language writers, particularly long-term English language learners, understand academic language and writing. Her research is concerned with the ways that federal and state language and education policies affect English language learners' access to quality literacy instruction and, consequently, their preparation for college-level writing demands. 

DISSERTATION TITLE

Talking about Writing: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Adolescents’ Socialization into Academic Literacy