Bio

Dr. Valdes' research explores many of the issues of bilingualism relevant to teachers in training, including methods of instruction, typologies, measurement of progress, and the role of education in national policies on immigration. Specifically, she studies the sociolinguistic processes of linguistic acquisition by learners in different circumstances--those who set out to learn a second language in a formal school setting (elective bilingualism) and those who must learn two languages in order to adapt to immediate family-based or work-based communicative needs within an immigrant community (circumstantial bilingualism). Her research in these areas has made her one of the most eminent experts on Spanish-English bilingualism in the United States.

She is a founding partner of Understanding Language, an initiative that focuses attention on the role of language in subject-area learning, with a special focus on helping English Language Learners meet the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards (http://ell.stanford.edu).

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education (1992 - Present)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • AERA Fellow, . (2018 - Present)
  • Member, National Academy of Education (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Educational Testing Service (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Language, Identity and Education (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Written Communication (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Modern Language Journal (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Language Policy (2018 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Research on the Teaching of English (2018 - Present)
  • Professor, Division of Language and Literacy, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley (1986 - 1992)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, New Mexico State University (1973 - 1976)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Language and Literature, Western New Mexico University (1972 - 1973)

Professional Education

  • PhD (Spanish), Florida State University (1972)
  • MA (Spanish), Florida State University (1970)
  • BA (Spanish), University of West Florida (1968)

Contact

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 3096
  • Profile:
    Professor of Education

Research Interests

  • Diversity and Identity
  • Literacy and Language
  • Poverty and Inequality
  • Standards
  • Teachers and Teaching

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Teaching/learning of additional languages

Immigrant families in Latino communities

The challenge of "curricularizing" language

Heritage language teaching and learning

2019-20 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • Translanguaging and the Transdisciplinary Framework for Language Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual World MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL Leung, C., Valdes, G. 2019; 103 (2): 348–70

    View details for DOI 10.1111/modl.12568

    View details for Web of Science ID 000467866700001

  • TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING GOALS AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN TEACHING LANGUAGE TO HERITAGE SPEAKERS ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF SPANISH AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE Valdes, G., Parra, M., Potowski, K. 2018: 301–30

    View details for Web of Science ID 000450109500020

  • Analyzing the curricularization of language in two-way immersion education: Restating two cautionary notes Bilingual Research Journal Valdes, G. 2018

    View details for DOI 10.1080/15235882.2018.1539886

  • NURTURING DISCURSIVE STRENGTHS Efforts to Improve the Teaching of Reading and Writing in a Latino Charter School ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESEARCH AND TEACHING: REVISITING AND EXTENDING ARTHUR APPLEBEE'S CONTRIBUTIONS Valdes, G., Lomeli, K., Taube, J., Teachers Latino Coll Preparatory, Durst, R. K., Newell, G. E., Marshall, J. D. 2017: 107–22

    View details for Web of Science ID 000417791300008

  • From language maintenance and intergenerational transmission to language survivance: will “heritage language” education help or hinder? International Journal of the Sociology of Language Valdés, G. 2017; 2017 (243): 67-95
  • Conceptualizing Language Learners: Socioinstitutional Mechanisms and their Consequences MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL Kibler, A. K., Valdes, G. 2016; 100: 96-116

    View details for DOI 10.1111/modl.12310

    View details for Web of Science ID 000371499100006

  • Assessing English Language Proficiency in the United States Language Testing and Assessment Poza, L. E., Valdés, G. 2016: 1-14
  • Latin@ s and the intergenerational continuity of Spanish: The challenges of curricularizing language International Multilingual Research Journal Valdés, G. 2015; 9 (4): 253-273
  • What Does Standards-based Educational Reform Mean for English Language Learner Populations in Primary and Secondary Schools? TESOL QUARTERLY Kibler, A., Valdes, G., Walqui, A. 2014; 48 (3): 433-453

    View details for DOI 10.1002/tesq.183

    View details for Web of Science ID 000341097700001

  • ' Entre Familia ': Immigrant Parents' Strategies for Involvement in Children's Schooling. School Community Journal Poza, L., Brooks, M. D., Valdés, G. 2014; 24 (1): 119-148
  • What does standards‐based educational reform mean for English language learner populations in primary and secondary schools? TESOL Quarterly Kibler, A., Valdés, G., Walqui, A. 2014; 48 (3): 433-453
  • Changes in the expertise of ESL professionals: Knowledge and action in an era of new standards Alexandria, VA: TESOL International Association Valdés, G., Kibler, A., Walqui, A. 2014
  • Science and Language for English Language Learners in Relation to Next Generation Science Standards and with Implications for Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER Lee, O., Quinn, H., Valdes, G. 2013; 42 (4): 223-233

    View details for DOI 10.3102/0013189X13480524

    View details for Web of Science ID 000330303100002

  • Latino Children Learning English: Steps in the Journey. Multicultural Education Series. Valdés, G., Capitelli, S., Alvarez, L. ERIC. 2010
  • Maintaining Spanish in the United States: Steps toward the effective practice of heritage language re-acquisition/development HISPANIA-A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE TEACHING OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE Valdes, G., Fishman, J. A., Chavez, R., Perez, W. 2008; 91 (1): 4-24

    View details for Web of Science ID 000254397500002

  • Bilingualism, heritage language learners, and SLA research: Opportunities lost or seized? MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL Valdes, G. 2005; 89 (3): 410-426

    View details for Web of Science ID 000231588900009

  • Keeping content at the heart of content-based instruction: Access and support for transitional English learners Content-based instruction in primary and secondary school settings Bunch, G., Lotan, R., Valdés, G., Cohen, E. 2005: 11-25
  • Language ideology: The case of Spanish in departments of foreign languages ANTHROPOLOGY & EDUCATION QUARTERLY VALDES, G., Gonzalez, S. V., Garcia, D. L., Marquez, P. 2003; 34 (1): 3-26

    View details for Web of Science ID 000183448300016

  • Leadership giftedness: Models revisited GIFTED CHILD QUARTERLY Roach, A. A., Wyman, L. T., Brookes, H., Chavez, C., HEATH, S. B., VALDES, G. 1999; 43 (1): 13-24

    View details for Web of Science ID 000078501300002

  • Chicano Spanish: The problem of the "underdeveloped" code in bilingual repertoires MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL Valdes, G., Geoffrion-Vinci, M. 1998; 82 (4): 473-501

    View details for Web of Science ID 000077428200002

  • Dual-language immersion programs: A cautionary note concerning the education of language-minority students HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW VALDES, G. 1997; 67 (3): 391-429

    View details for Web of Science ID A1997XY05600001

  • THE TEACHING OF MINORITY LANGUAGES AS ACADEMIC SUBJECTS - PEDAGOGICAL AND THEORETICAL CHALLENGES MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL VALDES, G. 1995; 79 (3): 299-328

    View details for Web of Science ID A1995RV76900001

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING ABILITIES IN A FOREIGN-LANGUAGE - CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A GENERAL-THEORY OF L2 WRITING MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL VALDES, G., HARO, P., ARRIARZA, M. P. 1992; 76 (3): 333-352

    View details for Web of Science ID A1992JK60500006