Julie Minikel-Lacocque

Office Location: WH-3039
Office Phone: (262) 472-5800
Email: minikelj@uww.edu
Mailing Address:
UW-Whitewater
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
800 W Main
Whitewater WI 53190

Instructor for:
CIGENRL 350/550: Introduction to ESL & Bilingual Education (combined undergraduate and graduate course)
CIGENRL 710: Culture and Literacy (graduate special topics course, online)
CIGENRL 455/655: Teaching Content in the Bilingual Classroom (combined undergraduate and graduate course)
CINGENRL 354: Seminar in ESL/Bilingual Education (undergraduate course)
Supervisor for Field Study and Student Teaching experiences

Educational Background:
BA, Carleton College, Northfield, MN: 1995
MAT, The School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT: 2002
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison: 2009

Research Interests:
Race and racism in schools; College access and the transition to college for underrepresented students; Financial aid & low-income students in higher education; Urban education; Social constructions of "success" in school for racial and linguistic minorities; K-12 pathways to and preparation for college; Qualitative Methodologies; Programs and policies related to college preparation and access

Dissertation:
Getting College Ready: Race, Class, and Access for Latino/a Students at a Predominantly White University

Additional Research:
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study

Publications:
Minikel-Lacocque, J. (In Review). "Racism, College, And The Power of Words: Racial Microaggressions Reconsidered."

Minikel-Lacocque, J. (In Review). Getting College Ready: Race, Class, and Access for Latino/a Students at a Predominantly White University.

Goldrick-Rab, S., Minikel-Lacocque, J., & Kinsley, P. (In review). "Managing to Make It: The College Trajectories of Traditional-age Students with Children."

Minikel-Lacocque, J. & Goldrick-Rab, S. (In progress). "Family Obligation, Financial Reciprocity and Need-Based Financial Aid."

Minikel-Lacocque, J. (In progress). "Comparing In-Depth Qualitative Interviewing and the Therapeutic Process: Dilemmas, Ethics, and Boundaries."

Goldrick-Rab, S., Harris, D, Benson, J, Bowman, A., Byrd, D., Honts, F., Luedke, C., Kelchen, R., Kinsley, P., Minikel-Lacocque, J., & St. Louis, T. (2010). " A Statistical Portrait of First-Time, Full-Time Pell Grant Recipients Attending Wisconsin's Public Colleges and Universities: Freshman Semester, Fall 2008." Baseline Report, Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study.