Ana Solano-Campos

Ana Solano-Campos is an Associate Professor at the College of Education & Human Development, Georgia State University. Her work focuses on sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and migration studies, with a commitment to equity for linguistically diverse students. She has held roles training teachers in Costa Rica and the U.S., emphasizing biliteracy and biculturalism in dual language programs. She received an AERA grant to develop biliteracy strategies for teachers in two-way dual language programs.

Education:

• PhD in Educational Studies (Language and Culture), Emory University, 2014
• MA in TESOL, Greensboro College, 2008
• Lic. in Applied Linguistics, Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2004
• BA in TESOL, Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2001

Research Interests: Dr. Solano-Campos examines how language policies shape educational equity, particularly for immigrant/refugee learners. Her work employs critical ethnography and interdisciplinary frameworks to address barriers faced by emergent bilingual students. She has conducted comparative studies in Costa Rica and the U.S., exploring transnationalism's impact on education and citizenship.

Grants & Partnerships: Recent projects include an AERA-funded initiative training teachers to integrate biliteracy strategies connecting oracy and literacy. She collaborates with dual language programs to foster bilingualism and has advised on teacher education curricula for culturally responsive pedagogy.

Labs/Teams: While not explicitly affiliated with a named lab, her research intersects with Georgia State's Adult Literacy Research Center and Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL), focusing on multilingual education equity.