Westminster Faculty Information

Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department - Education
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Office Location - Malouf 123
Office Phone - 801-832-2475
Marilee Coles-Ritchie

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Education

  • University of Utah, Ph.D.
  • School for International Training, MAT
  • University of Utah, B.S.

Expertise / Research Areas

  • English Learners
  • Qualitative Research
  • Multicultural Education
  • Educational Foundations
  • Bilingual Education

About

Marilee Coles-Ritchie has experience working in the field of language acquisition and multicultural education for over 20 years. She has taught English Learners in many diverse settings including a public high school in Douglas, Arizona, a bilingual secondary school in Quito, Ecuador, and an elementary school in the Navajo Nation. She has a Masters of Teaching degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and a Ph.D. in Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. As Assistant Professor at Westminster College, she teaches educational foundations, qualitative research methods, and ESL endorsement courses.

Research/Teaching Interests

She just published a book entitled, "Inciting Change in Programs for Secondary English Language Learners: The case of Cherry High School"
http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230606105

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