Erica Saldívar García

Dr. Erica Saldívar García is Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Director of TESOL, Bilingual, and World Language Education unit in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Her areas of research include the bilingualism and biliteracy of multilingual youth, raciolinguistic and literacy ideologies, and language education policy. Her work explores the concept of proficiency as applied to bilingual Latinx students in world and heritage language courses. A former teacher of Spanish, Dr. Saldívar García's praxis focuses on supporting pre-service and in-service teachers as they imagine and create transformational learning experiences for multilingual learners. She actively co-leads two projects: Adult ESOL Community Voices: Authentic Learning for Emergent Educators in NYC and Enhancing Multilingual Multicultural Awareness in Bilingual Education. 

Dr. Saldívar García has worked with language educators in various leadership roles to develop world language and bilingual programming for multilingual students. Her doctoral research was awarded the American Education Research Association Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group's 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award (1st Place). She is a recipient of the 2024 NYU Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award. Dr. Saldívar García earned a BA in Economics and Spanish from Wellesley College, and an MsEd and EdD both from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.