Stephanie Vigil
Contact Information
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Teaching and Learning; Graduate Research Associate, Center for Folklore Studies
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Areas of Expertise
- Graduate Associate
- Folklore
- Latino/a Studies
Education
- Master of Arts - English: TESOL, California State University
- Bachelor of Arts - Neuroscience, Minors: Philosophy and Psychology, Knox College
Stephanie Vigil is a Salvadoran American PhD candidate in Teaching & Learning, with a focus on Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Language Education, as well as interdisciplinary specializations in Folklore and Latino/a Studies. As a secondary school English language teacher in Japan, Stephanie enjoyed teaching Greek mythology to her students and Latin American culture to community members through weekend cooking and crafting courses. As a doctoral student, Stephanie serves as a GRA for the Center for Folklore Studies and a GTA for pre-service teachers in the TESOL program. She is currently focused on the effects of integrating folk narrative digital multimodal composition projects into English as a second language classrooms in K-12 contexts.