Lydia Saravia

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Illinois at Chicago (2010 — 2017)
• Master's degree University of Rhode Island (1998 — 2000)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) DePaul University (1994 — 1998)

Companies

• Term Faculty Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse DePaul University (2018)
• Adjunct College of Ed Lewis University (2020 — 2022)
• Postdoctoral Researcher Development of Immigrant Youth In Action Lab (UIC) (2016 — 2018)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor UIC, College of Education (2018 — 2018)
• Visiting Lecturer, English Department University of Illinois at Chicago (2016 — 2017)
• Writing Center Coordinator University of Rhode Island (2016 — 2016)
• Abraham Lincoln Fellow University of Illinois at Chicago (2013 — 2014)
• Assistant Director Writing Center at University of Illinois at Chicago (2006 — 2013)
• Lecturer English Department at University of Illinois at Chicago (2002 — 2013)

Research Interests

Multilingual speakers, English Language Learners (ELL), Bilingual and Intercultural Education, Education policy, Teacher preparation, Language rights, Indigenous rights, Immigration experience of students, First-generation students, Transnationalism, Anthropology and Education, Literacy and culture.