Biography
Gretchen Oliver is an Assistant Professor of Education and Assistant Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program at Clarkson University, Capital Region Campus. Prior to this, Dr. Oliver was a Visiting Assistant Professor (2018-2019) and the Project Coordinator and Lead Field Researcher (2013-2017) for a U.S. Department of Education grant-funded research and professional development project at the University at Albany. She also worked for many years as a K-12 French teacher (1999-2011) and a French Lecturer and University in the High School Liaison (2011-2013) at the University at Albany.
Dr. Oliver's research interests focus on the ways in which secondary mathematics and science teachers and English as a New Language (ENL) specialists engage English language learners (ELLs) in meaningful learning experiences, while attending to the linguistic demands of these content areas, and how they use culturally responsive teaching practices in the process. She studies the collaboration between these general education teachers and ENL specialists, and how they use co-teaching to support ELLs in the mainstream classroom. She has also researched the ways English to speakers of other languages (ESOL)-focused leadership practices support ELLs and their teachers.
Dr. Oliver has authored and co-authored several chapters in works such as The Handbook of TESOL in K-12 and the TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching.
New York State Certified Pre K-12 French
Education Background
French and International Studies B.A. - 1996 Niagara University
French Studies M.A. - 1999 University at Albany (SUNY)
Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. - 2017 University at Albany (SUNY)
Courses Taught
- TE513 - Curriculum and Methods of TESOL
- TE517 - TESOL Teaching and Assessment Methods
- TE580 - Action Research in TESOL
- FRN989 - French Independent Study