Tina Cheuk

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rank Associate Professor
email tcheuk@calpoly.edu
office location 02-131
phone

(805) 756-6775

Education


  • Ph.D., Science Education, Stanford University
  • M.A., Policy, Organization and Leadership Studies, Stanford University
  • B.S., Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Chicago

Research Interests


  • Science education
  • Bilingual Education
  • Disciplinary literacy and language development
  • Curriculum and assessment development
  • Higher Education Policy: Pregnant and parenting students 

Selected Publications


    • Cheuk, T., & Valree, M. (2024). Impact of the COVID Care Crisis for Student Parents in Higher Education. Southwestern Law Review. 53(1).

    • Cheuk, T., Quinn, R., & Conner, J. (Eds.) (2024). Political Activism in Colleges and Universities: Possibilities for Institutional Change toward Social Justice. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-032-61429-8.

    • Cheuk, T. (2024). Exploring interconnections with the living world through nature journaling. In R. Montgomery & A. Montgomery (Eds.), Place-based writing in action: Opportunities for authentic writing in the world beyond the classroom (pp. 29-39). Routledge.

    • Frye, A. & Cheuk, T. (2024). Community as resistance and rebellion among aspiring educators of color. In B. R. Silver & G. P. McCarron (Eds.). Supporting college students of immigrant origin: New insights from research, policy, and practice. Cambridge University Press.

    • Cheuk, T. (2024). Exploring translanguaging and multimodal practices in nature journaling with pre-service teachers. In O. S. Andrews & A. Tomlin (Eds.), When we hear them: Attuning teachers to language diverse students (pp. 201-210). Information Age Publishing (IAP).

    • Cheuk, T. (2023). Planning science instruction for emergent bilinguals: Weaving rich and relevant language support. A review. Teachers College Record.

    • Buck Bracey, Z., Stuhlsatz, M., Wilson, C., Cheuk, T., Santiago, M. M., Osborne, J., Haudek, K., & Donovan, B. (2023). Investigating differential severity across linguistic subgroups in automated scoring of student argumentation. In Advances in Applications of Rasch Measurement in Science Education, part of the Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education book series (CTISE, volume 57), 385-426.

    • Cheuk, T., Quinn, R., & Conner, J. O. (2022). Introduction to ‘Political Activism in Postsecondary Settings: Possibilities and Limits in Institutional Change toward Social Justice’. Peabody Journal of Education, 97(5), 521–532. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2022.2143699 

    • Mayorga, E., Cheuk, T., Quinn, R., Conner, J. O. (2022). Afterword to ‘Political Activism in Postsecondary Settings: Possibilities and Limits in Institutional Change toward Social Justice’. Peabody Journal of Education, 97(5), 631–638.

    • Cheuk, T. & Morales-Doyle, D. (2022). The ‘messy middle’ of science education partnerships. Science Education. 106(5), 1198–1213. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21751

    • Cheuk, T. (2021). Can AI be racist? Color-evasiveness in the application of machine learning to science assessment. Science Education. 105(5), 825–836. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21671

    • Cheuk, T. (2020). Emergent bilingual and multilingual learners in California: Californians Together passing the torch to the next generation of advocates (1996 to present). Berkeley Review of Education. 9(1). https://doi.org/10.5070/B89146421

    • Santos, M., Castellón, M., Cheuk, T., Greene, R., Mercado-Garcia, D., Zerkel, L., Hakuta, K., & Skarin, R. (2018). Preparing ELs for College and Career: Lessons from successful high schools. Teachers College Press.

    • Cheuk, T., & Quinn, R. (2018). Dismantling the wall between Church and State: The case of public education. Phi Delta Kappan. 100(3), 24–28.

    • Cheuk, T.  (2016). Discourse practices in the new standards: The role of argumentation in Common Core-era next generation science classrooms for English language learners. Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 20(3), 92–111.

    • Stage, E. K., Asturias, H., Cheuk, T., Daro, P.A., & Hampton, S.B. (19 April, 2013). Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Generation of Standards. Science. 340(6130), 276–277.

    Courses Taught


    • EDUC 436: Learning to Teach K-8 Science with Diverse Populations
    • EDUC 439: Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar I
    • EDUC 403: Developing Teachers of Color
    • EDUC 532: Advanced Field Experiences in Education 
    • EDUC 598: Action Research Project in Education 

    Selected Grants


    • $3.34M. co-PI. Bilingual/Responsive Instruction for Language Learners And New Teachers/Educators (BRILLANTE). Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Learner Acquisition (OELA). 13 funded proposals of 150 submitted. 2024-2029.
    • $2.1M. co-PI. Teaching for Inclusivity and Equity Residency Program (TIER). Funder: U.S. Department of Education. 2020-2025
    • $60,000. PI. Data-to-Action Campaign for Parenting Students with the Urban Institute. 2023-2025. 
    • $55,000. PI. Student Parent Joy. PI. Funder: Imaginable Futures. 2023-present. 
    • $50,000. Co-PI. Fostering a mutual support network for aspiring and early career teachers of Color. Funder: Spencer Foundation. 2020-2025. 
    • $2500. PI. ‘Grant us the sun’: Kitchen-table conversations with the Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC). Funder: Chancellor’s Office at the California State University. 2023. 
    • $20,000. PI. Multigenerational outcomes and returns on investments for student parents in the California University System. Funder: Center for California Studies at Sacramento State. 2022-2023.

    Awards


    • 2023-24 Cal Poly Distinguished Scholarship Award (1 of 3)
    • 2024 Education Equity Champion Award, EdTrust-West
    • 2023 Cal Poly President’s Diversity Award, faculty winner (1 of 2) 
    • 2022 Outstanding Faculty Innovator in Student Success nominee (1 per campus), California State University
    • 2022, Significant Contributions in the Areas of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Teaching and Teacher Education. California Council on Teacher Education

    Professional Service


    • California Alliance for Student Parent Success, advisory committee member (1 of 9), 2023-present.
    • Building Institutional Capacity to Facilitate Student Parent Success and Social and Economic Mobility, advisory board member (1 of 8), American Council on Education (ACE) (2024).
    • PreK-12 STEM Education Innovations, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Board on Science Education (BOSE), committee member (1 of 14), 2023-2025. 
    • 2028 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment Framework Panel, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), development and steering committee member (1 of 30), 2022-2023. 
    • California State Literacy Plan, California Department of Education, committee member (1 of 41). 2020-2021. 
    • Bilingual Authorization Work Group, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, committee member (1 of 25). 2020-2022. 
    • Science Curriculum Framework, California State Board of Education, committee member (1 of 20). 2014-2015.

     

     

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