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Andrew W. Weaver
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
Bio
Dr. Andrew Weaver is a professor of literacy education and an expert in the literacy development of multilingual children. His research examines how social relationships support the language and literacy development of all students, particularly children identified as English learners. He has also conducted studies on issues of measurement in education and the literacy skill profiles of multilingual children.
Education
PhD, Teaching & Learning (Literacy Education Concentration), New York University, 2024
MS, Education, Southern Methodist University, 2018
BS, Psychology, Santa Clara University, 2015
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Literacy development of multilingual children, reading comprehension, elementary literacy, educational measurement, applications of network analysis in education research
Selected Publications
Kieffer, M. J., & Weaver, A. W. (2024). Classroom concentration of English learners and their reading growth. Educational Researcher, 53(1), 54–58. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X231203646
Weaver, A. (2023). Do teacher reports of executive functions predict reading development? Evidence from a nationally representative sample. Reading Research Quarterly, 58(4), 561–583. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.519
Weaver, A., & Kieffer, M. J. (2022). Exploring the English language comprehension, reading fluency, and executive functions of Spanish-English bilingual adolescents with reading difficulties. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 38(3), 233-252.
Selected Presentations
Weaver, A., Kieffer, M., Keane, K., Rivera-Orellana, J., Wu, X., & Carlo, M. (2024, April). Exploring heterogeneity, discourse, and linguistic awareness in multilingual literacy learning [Symposium Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Weaver, A., Kieffer, M., Proctor, C. P., Cappella, E., & Bergner, Y. (2024, April). A social network analysis of discourse in linguistically diverse small groups. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Weaver, A., Kieffer, M., Proctor, C. P., & Cappella, E. (2023, March). Do multilingual friendships predict reading comprehension for elementary students? Society for Research in Child Development. Salt Lake City, UT.
Weaver, A. & Kieffer, M. (2021, July). The cross-linguistic heterogeneity of bilingual readers in early adolescence: A person-centered approach. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Virtual Conference.
Awards and Honors
New York University Steinhardt Dissertation Finishing Award, (New York University), 2024
Pre-doctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Fellowship, (Institute of Education Sciences), 2018-2022
