Cynthia Reyes
Professor of Education
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
85 South Prospect St
412 Waterman
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ph.D. in Reading, Writing, and Literacy from University of Illinois, Chicago
- M.Ed. in Educational Studies/Instructional Leadership from University of Illinois, Chicago
- B.A. in Spanish and Communications from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN
BIO
As the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs for the College of Education and Social Services at UVM, Dr. Cynthia Reyes's responsibilities focus on ensuring the integrity and quality of undergraduate education curricular and academic affairs processes, supporting faculty progression through rank-mentoring-RPT programming, and other related tasks and initiatives.
Her research and service passions include diversity, equity, and inclusion; family and school professional partnerships, digital literacies, and educational policy and language. Her teaching experience includes courses in Education for Cultural and Diversity (ECLD), Race and Racism in the U.S., and community-based learning. She has extensive experience in community-engaged projects especially with immigrant families. She is particularly interested in work that is generative, creative in problem-solving, and is community-based to address the needs of families and youth.
Dr. Reyes received two Fulbright Canada awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. During the fall semester, her Fulbright Research Chair position at the University of Waterloo, Ontario will engage in work with interdisciplinary scholars focusing on anti-racism and BIPOC communities. During the spring semester, she will serve as Fulbright Research Chair in Education at the University of Alberta focusing on equity in pedagogy and scholarship on the experiences of non-dominant families and communities.
Prior to her accomplished career in higher education, Reyes taught in a bilingual (Spanish/English) classroom in a Chicago Public School and also taught English as a second language in adult education. As a higher education representative, she currently serves on the Vermont Advisory Working Group for Ethnic Studies for the Vermont Agency of Education.
Courses
- Language Policy Issues, Race, and School
- Language Policy, Race, and School
- Social Processes and Institutional Change
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 2023-2024 Fulbright Research Chair in Education at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- 2023-2024 Fulbright Research Chair in Anti-Racism and BIPOC Communities, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada
- George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Vermont (2019)
- Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2019)
- John Dewey Educator’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2015)
- ALANA Faculty Teaching Award, ALANA, University of Vermont (2012)
- Service Learning Faculty Fellow, University of Vermont, awarded for faculty that engages in service learning and research (2011)
- Educational Alliance Fellow, Project Brite: Diversity and English Language Learners, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island from the U.S. Department of Education: National work that promotes and integrates diversity in a teacher education program (2007)
Area(s) of expertise
- English learner (EL) Education
- Immigrant Families and Literacy
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Teacher Education
Bio
As the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs for the College of Education and Social Services at UVM, Dr. Cynthia Reyes's responsibilities focus on ensuring the integrity and quality of undergraduate education curricular and academic affairs processes, supporting faculty progression through rank-mentoring-RPT programming, and other related tasks and initiatives.
Her research and service passions include diversity, equity, and inclusion; family and school professional partnerships, digital literacies, and educational policy and language. Her teaching experience includes courses in Education for Cultural and Diversity (ECLD), Race and Racism in the U.S., and community-based learning. She has extensive experience in community-engaged projects especially with immigrant families. She is particularly interested in work that is generative, creative in problem-solving, and is community-based to address the needs of families and youth.
Dr. Reyes received two Fulbright Canada awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. During the fall semester, her Fulbright Research Chair position at the University of Waterloo, Ontario will engage in work with interdisciplinary scholars focusing on anti-racism and BIPOC communities. During the spring semester, she will serve as Fulbright Research Chair in Education at the University of Alberta focusing on equity in pedagogy and scholarship on the experiences of non-dominant families and communities.
Prior to her accomplished career in higher education, Reyes taught in a bilingual (Spanish/English) classroom in a Chicago Public School and also taught English as a second language in adult education. As a higher education representative, she currently serves on the Vermont Advisory Working Group for Ethnic Studies for the Vermont Agency of Education.
Courses
- Language Policy Issues, Race, and School
- Language Policy, Race, and School
- Social Processes and Institutional Change
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 2023-2024 Fulbright Research Chair in Education at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- 2023-2024 Fulbright Research Chair in Anti-Racism and BIPOC Communities, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada
- George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Vermont (2019)
- Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2019)
- John Dewey Educator’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2015)
- ALANA Faculty Teaching Award, ALANA, University of Vermont (2012)
- Service Learning Faculty Fellow, University of Vermont, awarded for faculty that engages in service learning and research (2011)
- Educational Alliance Fellow, Project Brite: Diversity and English Language Learners, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island from the U.S. Department of Education: National work that promotes and integrates diversity in a teacher education program (2007)
Areas of Expertise
- English learner (EL) Education
- Immigrant Families and Literacy
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Teacher Education