About Rebecca Lorimer Leonard
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rebecca Lorimer Leonard joined the board in 2021. As an Associate Professor in the English Department and Director of the Writing Program at UMass Amherst, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on language diversity, literacy studies, and research methods. Rebecca has published broadly on these topics, including in her book Writing on the Move: Migrant Women and the Value of Literacy, which won the 2019 Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. In 2017, she received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at UMass Amherst.
Rebecca holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MA from San Francisco State University, and a BA from the University of Southern California. You can read more about her work at her website.
Latest Articles by Rebecca Lorimer Leonard
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Literate Mending in Multilingual Families
Children and Parents Talk about Language Riya and I are sitting at a café, talking about her experiences as a […]
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Driving curriculum and legislative bill aim to expand access to driver’s licenses for immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts!
Two recent developments have the potential to increase the ability of immigrants and refugees to obtain driver’s licenses in ILI’s […]
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ILI contributes to a new driving curriculum in collaboration with Rebecca Lorimer Leonard and UMass graduate and undergraduate students
ILI is proud to have teamed up with University of Massachusetts Amherst and our own staff and students to collaboratively […]