Teresa Lucas
Teaching Professor
Teaching and Learning
Office: ZEB 351B
Phone: 305-348-7592
Email: lucast@fiu.edu
Specialty: TESOL/ Foreign Language Education
She has served as president of Miami-Dade TESOL and of the United Faculty of Florida-FIU Chapter.
Awards
College of Education Merit Award (2016), College of Education Merit Award (2015), National Education Association Fellowship to complete the NEA Higher Education Emerging Leaders Academy, (June 2012 _ March 2013), College of Education Merit Award Bonus for Excellence in Teaching (2011)
Research Areas
- Bilingualism
- Incorporating Habits of Mind in courses
- Developing trust among students
- Corporatization of public education
Education
Teresa Lucas holds a PhD. from FSU in Multilingual/Multicultural Education, and an MS in TESOL from the University of Illinois.