Program Evaluation Analyst, Innovative Learning Center
Katie Trautman is a PhD candidate in Language and Literacy Studies in the College of Education. A former elementary and K–12 ESL teacher, she brings eight years of experience working with bi/multilingual students and now focuses her research on how teacher education can better prepare justice-oriented educators. Her dissertation explores how preservice teachers develop and enact culturally and linguistically sustaining stances and pedagogies in elementary classrooms.
She is passionate about bridging research and practice to support teachers of bi/multilingual students and promote more equitable learning environments. Her research interests include literacy teacher preparation, translanguaging theory and pedagogy, and language ideologies in literacy education. Katie has contributed to several grant-funded research teams focused on mentoring preservice and early career teachers, justice-focused teacher residency programs and multilingual writing development. She works to advance justice in education through research, collaboration and sustained support for educators and the communities they serve.