Lynda Cavazos, Ph.D

Affiliation

University of Texas at San Antonio

Biography

Lynda Cavazos, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at UTSA. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from the University of the Incarnate Word in 2016. Before working in higher education, she was an elementary teacher and an early childhood bilingual teacher. She has received the Norma Ziegler Professional of the Year Award from SAEYC and the Teacher to Honor Award from the UTSA BESO organization. Her research interests are bilingual education, early childhood, curriculum and instruction, and teacher mentoring. She has served on the Inman Christian Center board on the west side of San Antonio. She provides teacher mentoring or instructional coaching to local schools, that need external teacher support. Her publications have been in the Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction, World Federation Association of Teacher Education, Early Years: Journal of Texas Association for the Education of Young Children, Journal of Interdisciplinary Education, TABE Newsletter, TABE Journal and American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Frequently, she presents and attends state, national and international conferences.