Autore: Dorie Conlon Perugini

Dorie Conlon Perugini is a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut in the department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages concentrating on Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies. She is also an elementary Spanish teacher in Glastonbury, Connecticut where she teaches grades 1-5 and conducts action research. Her research interests include intercultural competence, social justice, raciolinguistics, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. Dorie has co-edited Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: Theory to Practice, which shares the journey of world language teachers partnering with graduate students from the University of Connecticut to help students develop intercultural competence.