Amanda Kibler

Amanda Kibler is a Professor at the College of Education, Oregon State University, specializing in language and literacy development for multilingual children and adolescents from immigrant backgrounds. Her work emphasizes equitable learning opportunities, supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, and Institute of Education Sciences.

• Editorial Leadership: Former Associate/Co-Editor of Journal of Second Language Writing (2017–2021), current National Research and Development Center member (2020–2025).
• Current Projects: Principal Investigator of a national study on teacher collaboration and co-teaching for multilingual learners.

Research Themes: Focus on ethnographic, longitudinal, and mixed-methods studies addressing literacy ecologies, dialogic classroom practices, home language engagement, and teacher identity development. Her work challenges binary language ideologies like BICS/CALP dichotomy.

Awards & Grants: Funded by major foundations, with 71+ peer-reviewed articles and 24 book chapters. Recent publications explore AI in L2 writing, translanguaging, and refugee student literacy.

Teaching & Advocacy: Advocates for linguistically integrated classrooms and serves as the Patricia Valian Reser Faculty Fellow (2025–2028), currently on sabbatical through Fall 2026.