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NABE members have organized more than 20 special interest groups, covering all levels of schooling: early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher education. Some focus on roles within the profession: teacher, paraprofessional, parent, research and evaluation, and policy makers. Other SIGs are devoted to the education of special populations or interests, such as Asian/Pacific Americans, gifted and talented, instructional technology, teachers as researchers, Native American bilingual education, special education, and world languages and cultures.
Any group of 25 NABE members may petition the NABE Executive Board for authorization to form a SIG. Once approved, SIGs are given certain responsibilities and benefits. Among the responsibilities are organizing an academic session (either a half-day or full-day Institute) and a Business Meeting during NABE’s annual conference. In addition, the SIG Chair is invited to report to the NABE Board on important trends and issues that concerrn the SIG, as well as resolutions for action. SIGs are also encouraged to submit articles for the NABE News and other NABE publications.
SIGs enable NABE members to network, share information and resources, and exchange ideas about the professional issues that most concern them.
Asian & Pacific Islanders SIG
Rosa Salas Palomo, Chair
Micronesian Language Institute
University of Guam
P.O. Box 909
Hagatna, GU 96932
Phone (671) 735-2193 or (671) 727-5522
salaspalomo@hotmail.com
Shu-Yuan Lin, Co-Chair
921 S. 8th Avenue
Pocatello, ID 83209
Phone: (208) 283-3185
linshu@isu.edu
Critical Pedagogy
Mario Castaneda, Chair
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Phone: 310-488-5220
professor.castaneda@gmail.com
Rosario Diaz-Greenberg, Co-Chair
California State University
College of Education
335 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos
CA 92069
Phone: (760) 750-4309 or (760) 480-1963
rgreen@csusm.edu
Dual Language Immersion
Rosa Villarreal, Chair
1311 Round Rock Avenue
Round Rock, TX 78681
Phone: (512) 464-5123
rosa_villarreal@roundrockisd.org
Marisa Hellawell, Co-Chair
Center for Bilingual Education
University of Texas, Arlington
Phone (817)706-0852
marisah@uta.edu
Early Childhood Education
Clara Cappiello, Chair
East Coast Migrant Head Start
1111 SE Federal Highway, Suite 226,
Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: (772) 781-2334 Ext. 21
Fax: (772) 781-2372
cappiello@ecmhsp.org
Dr. Georgianna Duarte, Co-Chair
University of Texas at Brownsville
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
Phone: (956) 433-1163
duartefree@aol.com
Elementary Education
Doris Luft Baker, Chair
2656 Hendricks Ridge
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541) 747-2925
dbaker@uoregon.edu
Lidia Morris, Chair
University of Texas at Arlington
5105 La Salle Dr.
Arlington, TX 76016
(817) 451-8788 or (817) 300-8778
lidiamorris@sbcglobal.net
ELL Newcomers and Recent Immigrants
Dr. Hector Rivera, Chair
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750506
Dallas, TX 75275
Phone: (214) 768-1394
hrivera@smu.edu
Diana Madrial-Hopes Co-Chair
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750506
Dallas, TX 75275
Phone: (214) 768-1379
dmadrigalhopes@yahoo.com
ELL Secondary Education
kathy Ames-Borres, Chair
Harrisburg School District
2101 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 703-4173
kames@hbgsd.k12.pa.us
Tara Elizabeth Gross, Co- Chair
Harrisburg School District
2101 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 703-4000 or (717) 703-1322
tgross@hbgsd.k12.pa.us
ESL in Bilingual Education
Dr. Ivannia Soto-Hinman, Chair
Whittier College
13406 Philadelphia Street
Whittier, CA 90608
Phone: (562) 907-4200
isotohinman@whittier.edu
ish777701@cs.com
Rossana Boyd, Co-Chair
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle# 310740
Denton, TX 76203
Phones: (940) 391-4800 or (940) 565-2933
rossana.boyd@unt.edu
Gifted Education
Nilda M. Aguirre, Chair
International Educational Consultants, Inc
43110 Holder Lane
Hammond, LA 70403
Phone: (225) 209-0224
nma226@gmail.com
Norma E Hernandez, Co-Chair
International Educational Consultants, Inc
P. O. BOX 187
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
Phone: (225) 209-1007, (225) 939-9061
nehdez@gmail.com
Indigenous Bilingual Education
Maxine Roanhorse-Dineyazhé, Chair
2300 E. Balboa Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: (928) 672-3519
mrdineyazhe@mail.shonto.bia.edu
Elvira Largie, Co-Chair
HCR 330 P.O. Box 4149
Tohatchi, NM 87325
Phone: (928) 674-9605 or (928) 349-2348
elargie@mcs.k12.nm.us
Instructional Technology
David Rutledge, Chair
New Mexico State University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
MSC 3CUR/PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: (505) 646-5637
rutledge@nmsu.edu
Eurvine Williams, Co-Chair
Illinois State University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Campus Box 5330
Normal, IL 61790
Phone: (309) 438-3174
ewillia@ilstu.edu
Language Policy
Margarita Machado-Casas, Chair
Phone: (313) 577-0968
machadoc5277@gmail.com
Belinda Schouten, Co-Chair
Our Lady of the Lake University
Education Department- Bilingual Coordinator
411 SW 24th Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210) 434-6711 Ext. 2473
btschouten@lake.ollusa.edu
Para Educators
Eufemia Amabisca, Chair
South Mountain Community College
7050 South 24th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85042
Phone: (602) 243-8019
eufemia.amabisca@smcmail.maricopa.edu
Gloria Rivera, Co-Chair
Murphy School District #21
2615 W. Buckeye Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85009
Coordinator, Multicultural Services
grivera@msdaz.org
Parent and Community
Carla Amaro-Jimenez, Chair
The University of Texas - Arlington
502 Yates St. Science Hall, Rm. 322P
Box 19777
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: (817) 272-3346
amaro@uta.edu
Policy Makers
Rocio Dresser, Chair
San Jose State University, CA
rocio.dresser@sjsu.edu
Annette Torres-Elias, Co-Chair
8117 Pase Drive
Plano, TX 75025
Phone: (469) 952-8690
atorreselias@yahoo.com
Viviana Hall, Co-Chair
2914 Starboard 20
Rockwall, TX 75087
Phone: (214) 768-1522
vividallas1@yahoo.com
Research and Evaluation
Katie Brooks, Chair
Butler University
College of Education
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: (317) 358-9880
kbrooks@butler.edu
Timothy Ebsworth, Co-Chair
The College of New Rochelle
29 Castle Place
New Rochelle
New York, NY 10805-2339
Phone: 973) 819-5881
tebsworth@cnr.edu
Special Education
Amy Mazur, Chair
George Washington University
2134 G St. NW RM 416
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-1511
amazur@gwu.edu
Patricia Rice Doran, Co-Chair
Project Coordinator
The George Washington University
Bilingual Special Education Program
2121 I Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone: (202) 994-1000
prdoran@gwu.edu
World Languages and Cultures
Mariella Herold, Chair
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 5774
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774
Phone: (928) 523-7141 or (520) 235-8755
Fax: (928) 523-1929
Mariella.herold@nau.edu
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