Bio
Two-line Bio
Dr. Cherice Montgomery holds a B.A. in Spanish, a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with an emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture. She has experience teaching at a variety of levels, and is currently teaching technology-infused courses in Spanish pedagogy while supervising student teachers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Short Bio
Cherice Montgomery holds a B.A. in Spanish, a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (both from Wichita State University), and a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with an emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture from Michigan State University. A former high school teacher and instructional facilitator, she currently teaches technology-infused courses in Spanish pedagogy and supervises student teachers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Cherice has received several awards for excellence in teaching, including the Kansas Foreign Language Teacher of the Year Award. Her current projects include conference presentations, publications, and work with Arabic and Chinese teachers on a variety of grant-funded initiatives.
Long Bio
Cherice Montgomery holds a B.A. in Spanish, a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (both from Wichita State University), and a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with an emphasis in Learning, Technology, & Culture from Michigan State University. She currently teaches courses in Spanish pedagogy and supervises student teachers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She also serves as an independent consultant for a variety of publishers, universities, and school districts.
Cherice’s work is informed by a wide array of teaching experiences. She has worked as an elementary Spanish immersion instructor for homeschooled children, a middle school Spanish immersion camp director, a high school teacher, and a community college instructor. She has also served as a full-time instructional facilitator, coordinating cross-curricular professional development and providing both pedagogical and technological support for faculty in a large, urban, public high school. Cherice has been honored with several awards for excellence in teaching, including the Kansas Foreign Language Teacher of the Year Award.
Dr. Montgomery’s research interests focus on the intersections of:
- Arts-informed education, creativity, and visual cognition
- Design-based pedagogies and experiential learning
- Language, transliteracy, and learning
- Mentoring, leadership, and change
- Pedagogy of professional development
- Social technologies as pedagogical tools
Her professional endeavors have included service as a member of the Advisory Board for the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC), as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum & Instruction, and as a member of the New Visions in Foreign Language Education Task Force. While at MIchigan State, she worked with the Literacy Acquisition Research Center, served as a technical consultant to the Top-of-the-Mitt satellite of the Red Cedar Writing Project, was a writing consultant for the MSU Writing Center, and coordinated the Innovation with Technology in Education Consultants (iTecs) for MSU’s College of Education. She has also designed and facilitated a variety of grant-funded, summer institutes with the purpose of helping teachers to develop skills in mentoring, leadership, pedagogy, and technology (including several for teachers of less commonly taught languages).
Cherice’s hobbies include cooking, games, reading, photography, and scrapbooking.
You can download a copy of her CV here (updated versions coming soon):
Short Resume – Cherice Montgomery CV – 4 Pages
Abbreviated CV – Cherice Montgomery CV – Abbreviated
Complete CV – Cherice Montgomery CV – Complete
