Christian Dallavis

Contact Information

Christian Dallavis, Ph.D.
Program Director, Notre Dame Magnificat Schools
154 IEI Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-4962
Dallavis.1@nd.edu

Degrees

B.A., English & Japanese, University of Notre Dame
M.A, in Teaching, University of Portland
Joint Ph.D. in English and Education, University of Michigan

Honors/awards

School of Education Scholar, University of Michigan

Educational research interests

The intersection of sociocultural theories of learning, Catholic schooling, and education for urban immigrant communities; Context-specific teacher education; Multicultural education; The theory and practice of culturally responsivepedagogy; Schooling in religious contexts; Models of university-school partnership

Current Research Projects

Magnificat Research and Evaluation: A critical examination of
university-school partnerships, models of school networks, innovate school
reform models, and alternative school governance models.

Choosing to Teach: A comparative study of beginning teachers in Catholic, Jewish and public schools

From Theory to Practice: Implementing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Classrooms and Schools

Select Publications & Presentations

Haviland, V. S., Gere, A. R., Buehler, J. L., & Dallavis, C. M. (In press). “Making the journey to cultural competence with poetry.” Multicultural Perspectives.

Gere, A. R., Buehler, J. L., Dallavis, C. M., & Haviland, V. S. “A visibility project: Learning to see the raced consciousness of preservice teachers.” Accepted pending revision, American Educational Research Journal.

Dallavis, C.M. (2008, November). “How can I implement CRP in my classroom?” Presented as part of symposium, “Demystifying culturally responsive pedagogy: Translating theory into classroom practice,” at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio.

Watzke, J. L. & Dallavis, C. M. (2008, April). “Spiritual dimensions of culturally responsive pedagogy: Research on teacher and student perspectives.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New York City.

Bio

Christian Dallavis joined the Notre Dame faculty in Summer 2008 as the Program Director of the Notre Dame Magnificat Schools, a partnership initiative designed to promote engagement between the University and individual urban Catholic schools. Dallavis, whose doctoral dissertation examined historical and contemporary urban Catholic schooling in an immigrant community, is responsible for researching and refining the Magnificat model of urban Catholic schooling to prepare the program for expansion. Dallavis also serves as faculty for the Alliance for Catholic Education Master of Education program, teaching middle school English methods and English assessment.