Melissa Adams Corral is a doctoral candidate at The Ohio State University. She is interested in bringing an organizing perspective to classroom-based research in schools that serve communities of color. She has worked as a bilingual elementary school teacher and taught 2nd-5th grades, in addition to holding an M.A. in Bilingual and Bicultural Education. Her work addresses topics that include: relational methodologies for classroom-based researchers, translanguaging pedagogies, children’s mathematical thinking, teaching and learning across content areas, and working with parents and communities. She has designed and run professional development in bilingual teaching, elementary mathematics teaching and student-centered learning. Growing up bilingual in English and Spanish has shaped both her teaching and her continued research and writing.
