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Kristin Davin

Middle Grades Secondary & K-12
biliteracy
language teacher development
second language assessment
second language development
Associate Professor
COED 321A
704-687-8875
kdavin@uncc.edu

Profile

Kristin J. Davin is an associate professor of Foreign Language Education in the Cato College of Education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate foreign and second language methodology and assessment courses. Her research focuses on second language development, second language assessment, language teacher development, and the Seal of Biliteracy.

Curriculum vitae
 

Education

Ph.D. – University of Pittsburgh, 2011, Foreign Language Education
M.A.Ed. – Wake Forest University, 2004, Foreign Language Education
B.A. – Wake Forest University, 2003, Spanish and Communications

Teaching

Methods in K-12 Foreign Language Teaching
Assessment in the Teaching of K-12 Foreign Languages
Lab in Content Pedagogy

Awards

Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for Excellence in Graduate Program Administration. (2022). University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Award for Excellence in Research. (2022). Cato College of Education. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
SCOLT Educator of Excellence Award. (2022). Southern Conference on Language Teaching.
Stephan A. Freeman Award for Best Published Article in Language Teaching. (2022). Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. (2020). American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Distinguished Service Award. (2016). Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Selected Publications

Davin, K. J., & Heineke, A. J. (2022). Promoting multilingualism in schools: A framework for implementing the Seal of Biliteracy. ACTFL Press.

Heineke, A. J., & Davin, K. J. (Eds.) (2020). The Seal of Biliteracy: Case studies of language policy in practice. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Davin, K. J. (2021). Critical language testing: Factors influencing students’ decisions to (not) pursue the Seal of Biliteracy. Harvard Educational Review, 91(2), 179–203. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-91.2.179

Davin, K. J., & Kushki, A. (2022). A Sociocultural perspective: Seeking evidence of development in a PACE approach to grammar instruction. Language Learning, 72(S1), 165–202. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12473 

Sagre, A., Herazo, J. D., & Davin, K. J. (2021). Contradictions in teachers’ classroom dynamic assessment implementation: An activity system analysis. TESOL Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3046

Heineke, A. J., & Davin, K. J. (2021). Implementing the Seal of Biliteracy: A multiple case study of six high-awarding districts. Modern Language Journal, 105(2), 395–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12708

Davin, K. J., & Heineke, A. J. (2018). The Seal of Biliteracy: Adding students’ voices to the conversation. Bilingual Research Journal, 41(3), 312–328. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2018.1481896
 
Kissau, S., Davin, K. J., & Wang, C. (2019). Recruitment and retention: Analyzing foreign language teachers’ motivation influences and perceptions. Teaching and Teacher Education, 78, 174–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.11.020
 
Donato, R., & Davin, K. J. (2018). The genesis of classroom discursive practices as history in person processes. Language Teaching Research, 22(6), 739-760. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168817702672
 
Davin, K. J., Heineke, A. J., & Egnatz, L. (2018). The Seal of Biliteracy: Successes and challenges of implementation. Foreign Language Annals, 51(2), 275–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12336
 

Davin, K. J., & Heineke, A. J. (2017). The Seal of Biliteracy: Variations in policy and outcomes. Foreign Language Annals, 50(3), 486–499. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12279

Davin, K. J., Herazo, J. D., & Sagre, A. M. (2017). Learning to mediate: Teacher appropriation of dynamic assessment. Language Teaching Research, 21(5), 632–651. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168816654309

Davin, K. J. (2016). Classroom dynamic assessment: A critical examination of constructs and practices. Modern Language Journal, 100(4), 813-829. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12352

 

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