Heather Macias

UC Santa Barbara
hmacias@ucsb.edu

Heather Macias is a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara with research interests in multilingual literacy, literacy education, and teacher education under Dr. Tim Dewar and Dr. Richard Duran. A former high school teacher for seven years, Heather received her master's and single subject teaching credential in both English and Fine Arts from the University of Southern California in 2007. A fellow of the South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP, '15), Heather's research works to empower underrepresented students and their teachers through effective literacy practices across all disciplines to make education equitable and inclusive. Her current research explores the role that high quality professional development plays in expanding the literacy practices and beliefs of in-service English language arts teachers during a major shift in California educational policy and ideologies surrounding bilingual education.