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Patsy Egan Faculty Profile

Patsy Egan

ATLAS Program Director
Work space: St. Paul Main Campus > Drew Residence Hall > Drew Residence Hall DRH 72B

Patsy Egan, PhD, is the director of ATLAS, Adult Basic Education (ABE) Teaching & Learning Advancement System. ATLAS is housed in the Hamline University School of Education, and its mission is to provide resources and professional development to advance adult education throughout Minnesota. Patsy holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Nebraska and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, as well as a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Minnesota (read a summary Patsy's dissertation here). She has state-issued teaching licenses in K-12 ESL and also in Adult Basic Education. Patsy’s teaching and research focuses on literacy development and teacher education for adult learners, including adult basic education and English as a Second Language. She is a frequent national conference presenter, invited trainer and author, largely in the area of low-literacy adult ESL.

As director of ATLAS, Patsy collaborates with Minnesota Department of Education staff on multiple projects focused on identifying, planning, designing, and evaluating the training and professional development needs of ABE/ESL administrators, teachers, and support services staff across the state. Patsy also develops and facilitates workshops for practitioners in the four regions of the MN professional development system on topics including: English language instruction, second language acquisition, literacy development, multilevel classrooms, visual literacy, classroom management, teacher collaborative inquiry, and other areas.

Patsy also teaches graduate courses as an adjunct faculty member for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Languages (TEFL) and Adult ESL certificate programs at Hamline.

In November 2013, Patsy received the Harold B. Allen award from the Minnesota Teachers of English of Other Languages for her work in the field of ESL in Minnesota and service to this professional organization of teachers.

Beginning in 2018, Patsy became the first President of the LESLLA, an international group of scholars and teachers dedicated to Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults.

Patsy’s teaching style is informal but rigorous, grounded in the belief that each student brings a wealth of experiences and perspectives to the group that can enrich and enhance our teaching practices. Classes contain plenty of time to explore a topic individually, followed by a great deal of discussion and collaborative work.

“Throughout the classes I teach, I am constantly connecting our actions in classrooms with the theories that undergird our decisions as educators. Written assignments are typically illustrations of what my students “do” in real-life classroom settings alongside demonstrations of how those actions are intentionally informed by research, theory, and deep thinking about the complexities of language, literacy, teaching, and learning.”

- Patsy Egan  

 

Please note that prior to 2017, Patsy published under the name Patsy Vinogradov.

Egan, P., & Echelberger, A. (2023). Professionalizing English Instruction for Adult Immigrants and Refugees in the United States: One State's Work in Teacher Development. In: Cirocki, A., Farrelly, R., Buchanan, H. (eds) Continuing professional development of TESOL practitioners. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42675-9_13

Egan, P., & Echelberger, A. (2023). Hospitality through languages: Pain, joy, gist. LESLLA Symposium Proceedings, 16(1), 1–3. Available: https://lesllasp.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/lesllasp/issue/view/462

*Cary, E., & Egan, P. (2021). Movement at the intersections: Minneapolis, race, pandemic, and adult education. COABE Journal, The Resource for Adult Education, Special Edition: Racial Equity & Immigrant Integration, 153-156.

Egan, P. & Parrish, B. (2019) Oral language as a bridge to academic writing, in Teaching academic writing to adults learning English. Schaetzel, K. & Kreeft Peyton, J. & Fernandez, R., (eds). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Egan, P. & Parrish, B. (2018). 10 Years of ATLAS: Enhancing Instruction and Cultivating Leaders in Adult Education. MinneTESOL Journal, Fall 2018. Available Online.

 *Egan, P., & Andress, E. (2018). Strengthening adult career pathways in Minnesota: A professional development cohort for managers. COABE Journal, The Resource for Adult Education, Special Edition: Featuring Career Pathways, 20-27. 

Vinogradov, P.E. (2016). Meeting the language needs of today’s adult English language learner: Companion learning resource. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Available: https://lincs.ed.gov/programs/eslpro

Vinogradov, P. (2016). Crossing contexts for teacher learning: Adult ESL teachers in kindergarten. In J. Crandall & M.A. Christison (Eds.), Teacher education and professional development in TESOL: Global perspectives (Global research on teaching and learning English). New York: Routledge.

Vinogradov, P. (2015). Border crossings: Reaching across contexts for teacher professional development. In International Perspectives on Teacher Research (S. Borg & H.S. Sanchez, Eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Vinogradov, P. (2015). Fingers, eyes, and ears to words: LESLLA teachers learn from dyslexia educators. In I. van de Craats, J. Kurvers, & R. van Hout (Eds.), Adult literacy, second language and cognition (pp. 235-250). Centre for Language Studies.

Vinogradov, P. (2014). Adult ESL and Kindergarten: An Unlikely Meeting to Improve Literacy Instruction. MinneTESOL Journal, Spring 2014. Available Online.

*Vinogradov, P. (2013). Defining the LESLLA teacher knowledge base. Proceedings from the 8th LESLLA Symposium. Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition. Jyvaskyla, Finland.

*Vinogradov, P. (2012). Professional development for LESLLA teachers: a status report. Minnesota Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Journal. Minneapolis, MN: MinneWI TESOL, December 2012.

*Bigelow, M. & Vinogradov, P., Editors. (2012). LESLLA, Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition, Proceedings to the 7th Annual International Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011.

*Vinogradov, P. (2012). “You just get a deeper understanding of things by talking:” Study circles for teachers of ESL emergent readers. Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 1, p.34-48.

*Bigelow, M., & Vinogradov, P. (2011). Teaching adult second language learners who are emergent readers. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 31, p.120-136.

Vinogradov, P. (2011). Study circle guide for teachers of low-literacy adult ESL students. ATLAS, ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System. St. Paul, MN: Hamline University.

Vinogradov, P., & Bigelow, M. (2010). Using oral language skills to build literacy of adult learners with emerging English literacy. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics.

*Vinogradov, P. (2010). Balancing top and bottom: learner-generated texts for teaching phonics. Proceedings from the 5th LESLLA Symposium. Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition. Banff, Canada, September 2009.

*Vinogradov, P., and Liden, A. (2009). Principled training for LESLLA instructors. Proceedings from the 4th LESLLA Symposium - Low-Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition. Antwerp, Belgium, October 2008.

*Vinogradov, P. (2008). “Maestra! The letters speak.” Adult ESL Students Learning to Read for the First Time. Minnesota Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Journal. Minneapolis, MN: MinneWI TESOL 25, 2008.

(* Refereed)

LESLLA: Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults

ATLAS

MinneTESOL

Minnesota Adult Basic Education