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<b>From: </b>"Reyes, Reynaldo" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rreyes9@utep.edu"><rreyes9@utep.edu></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:11:32 -0600<br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bcahil@nmsu.edu"><bcahil@nmsu.edu></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jodonnel@nmsu.edu"><jodonnel@nmsu.edu></a>,
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<b>Cc: </b>Christian Faltis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cfaltis@asu.edu"><cfaltis@asu.edu></a>, "Izquierdo,
Elena" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ielena@utep.edu"><ielena@utep.edu></a><br>
<b>Conversation: </b>Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants &
Refugees<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants &
Refugees<br>
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</span></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 16px;">Hello Friends and Colleagues: <br>
<br>
We are sending this e-mail to ask for your support in the creation of a
new Special Interest Group (SIG) with AERA. The new SIG will be called
“ELLs, Immigrants, and Refugees in Secondary Schools.” It’s purpose is
to address and seek out specific knowledge dealing with the lives of
adolescents from this particular student community (and even the
sub-groups that fall within), which will provide researchers and
educators who commit their professional and personal lives to these
students a base where their voices may be illuminated and heard. We,
the organizers of this new SIG, believe that there is a call to create
such a SIG because of the continued complexities and uniqueness
associated with these student groups at the secondary level within the
U.S. Beyond just language, this SIG will address issues of culture,
psychological adjustments, peer issues and influences in acculturation
and/or assimilation processes, teacher perceptions of and preparation
for working effectively with such students groups, and the role(s) of
politics in the lives of these students and their presence in our
schools and communities, among others. *Note: A copy of the new SIG
proposal is attached. <br>
<br>
*If you are a member of AERA (or will soon become one), and you are
interested in joining this new SIG then do the following: <br>
1) <u>reply to this e-mail by stating: </u>“I currently am a member
of AERA and I will join the proposed SIG should it come into
existence.” <br>
2) following this statement, please provide your <b>full name,
institutional affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and AERA
member ID number</b>. <br>
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Furthermore, if you know of any friends and/or colleagues who are
members of AERA and you think would be interested in joining this SIG,
please forward this e-mail to them. <br>
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If you are interested in joining this SIG, a response within 2 – 3 days
would be greatly appreciated. <br>
<br>
Thank you for your time and support.<br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
<br>
Reynaldo Reyes III, Ph.D. <br>
University</span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12px;"> of Texas at El Paso<br>
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style="font-size: 16px;"> <br>
Christian Faltis, Ph.D. <br>
Arizona</span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12px;"> State University<br>
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style="font-size: 16px;"> <br>
Elena Izquierdo, Ph.D.<br>
University</span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 12px;"> of Texas at El Paso<br>
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style="font-size: 13px;"> <br>
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