Research Areas:
Ambrizeth Lima’s areas of research include immigrant studies and first and second language acquisition.
Activities & Honors:
Ambrizeth Lima is a language acquisition coach for Boston public schools. Her research areas of interest include: urban education; race, class, gender, and culture in education; first and second language acquisition; and immigrant studies. She has presented at numerous workshops that focus on the integration of immigrant communities in the U.S. and teaching immigrant families the role that their schools and communities play in the U.S. She emigrated from the Cape Verdean Islands when she was 15 and has remained committed to the work she does in her community. Lima received her doctorate in education and her masters in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is also the co-founder of the Amilcar Cabral/Martin Luther King Junior Conference.
Selected Publications:
• Lima, A. (2005). Teaching as a spiritual journey. In S. Nieto. (Ed.), Why we teach. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
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Auerbach, E., Brito, I. & Lima, A. (2003). The logic of non-standard teaching: A course in Cape Verdean culture and history. In J. Long, B. Norton, and K. Toohey (Eds.), Critical pedagogies and language learning. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
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Lima, A. (2000). Voices from the basement: Breaking through the pedagogy of indifference. In Beykont, Z. (Ed.). Lifting every voice: Pedagogy and politics of bilingualism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Publishing Group.
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Sanchez, W., Thomas, D. & Lima, A. (2001). Cape Verdean children and special services: Establishing culturally relevant connections. In Professional psychology: Research and practice.
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Lima, A. (1996). The ethics of teaching LEP students. Write Out of Our Minds. Boston, MA: Boston Writing Project.
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Lima, A. (1996). Creolinglish: The new language of Cape Verdeans in New England. Cimboa Literary Magazine. Boston, MA: Consulate of Cape Verde.
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Lima, A. (1998). Tomorrow I’ll eat my carrots. Cimboa Literary Magazine. Boston, MA: Consulate of Cape Verde.
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Lima, A., Tavares, A. and Barros, B. (1999). Cape Verde. In Honoring patient preferences: A guide to complying with multicultural patient requirements. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey- Bass. |
