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Daniel Doorn, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, School of Education		 Phone: (626) 815-5371
Email: ddoorn@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 815-5416
Doorn’s most recent community service and research-based study project involves the structure and implementation of a summer academic-enrichment writing camp for bilingual children. His other ongoing collaborative research interests include: student self-assessment of growth as readers and writers, children’s discoveries about the process and purpose of writing, and children’s development of non fiction writing and reading. Doorn’s major long-term study involves ways expanding and enriching home-school literacy connections for language minority children and their families.

Education

Ph.D. - Curriculum and Instruction in Multicultural Education, University of New Mexico
M.A. - Applied Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh

Department

  • School of Education

Expertise

  • Elementary Education
  • English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Literacy
  • Reading Assessment and Development
  • Writing Process Workshops

Courses Taught

EDUC 505 – Advanced Literacy Development
EDUC 507 – Family, Community, and School Connections
EDUC 508 – Assessment and Evaluation in Multicultural Classrooms
EDUC 509 – Special Topics in Education
EDUC 589A – Research for Educators: Beginning Process
EDUC 589B – Research for Educators: Finish Reporting

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
Family Collaboration in Children’s Literacy: When Journals Travel Home (1995). Immigrant Learners and Their Families: Literacy to Connect the Generations.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

ESL Teacher Preparation Program. U.S. Department of Education, OBEMLA. August, 1989 through July,1991. Two-year award for $104,000.

He has served as a workshop leader, consultant, and presenter on language and literacy development strategies for educators across the US and at international sites.

Over the past 25 years, he has taken on several leadership roles in the professional organizations of TESOL, NCATE, and CATESOL and continues to be a regular presenter at their annual conferences