Gina N. Cervetti

Gina N. Cervetti is a Professor at the Marsal Family School of Education, University of Michigan, specializing in literacy-content area integration with emphasis on science education contexts.

Her research explores how inquiry-based science experiences create authentic meaning-making opportunities for literacy development, sustained engagement with academic concepts, and transfer of inquiry tools across curricular domains. Key focus areas include:

• Science-literacy integration frameworks for elementary grades
• Academic discourse and vocabulary acquisition in science
• Educative curriculum design for teacher learning
• Supporting linguistically diverse students through science-literacy connections
• Teacher professional development for integrated instruction

Professor Cervetti serves as co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded study examining the efficacy of the Seeds/Roots model for English learners and educative curriculum design. She teaches EDUC 260 (Tutoring Literacy and Language in Elementary Grades) and EDUC 582 (Directed Study for Master's students), where she mentors capstone projects.

Scientific Awards:

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Her leadership includes directing the literacy team for Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading curriculum development (grades 2-5) at UC Berkeley. Current work centers on NSF-funded research advancing teacher strategies for linguistically diverse classrooms through science-literacy integration. She participates in the Language, Literacy & Culture and Teaching/Teacher Education intellectual clusters at the Marsal School.