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portraitTony Mirabelli
Lecturer
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture

Office: 176 Cesar Chavez Student Center
Phone: 510-643-8517
Email: tonym@berkeley.edu
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T
ony Mirabelli is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Education. He also is the Coordinator of the Tutorial Program for the Athletic Study Center, and an Academic Specialist who works closely with student athletes who have special academic needs. In 1988, he earned his BA in Philosophy from the University of Illinois, Urbana. In 1989, he went on to earn his MA in Anglo-American Literature from the University of London, University College, England. In 2001, while working at the University of California, Berkeley, he earned his Ph.D. in Education in Language, Literacy and Culture. In 2003 he won the Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award in recognition of exemplary contributions to the University's mission of teaching, research and public service.

Tony Mirabelli has served on numerous committees and workshops, and presented at several conferences since finishing his Ph.D., and his research interests focus on adult learning, reading and writing, academic discourse, and the practice of peer tutoring. His most recent publication, "Learning to Serve: Language and Literacy of Food Service Workers", from What They Don't Learn In School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth edited by Jabari Mahiri. 2004, explores how waitresses use language to do their work. He presently teaches Education 52: "Understanding Language in Society", and he is developing a training manual for peer tutors for publication in 2007.



Degrees
1988 BA, Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana
1989 MA, Anglo-American Literature, University of London, University College, England
2001 Ph.D., Education in Language, Literacy and Culture, University of California, Berkeley.

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Areas of Specialization / Interests
Academic and Motivational Issues of Student Athletes
Adult Development
After-school Programs
At-Risk Youth
Diversity
Learning
Literacy
Reading Development
School and non-school Learning Contexts
School Culture
School to Work
Writing and Literature

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Last Modified: 12/13/06