College of Education

Education

• Ph.D., Educational Psychology – University of South Florida, 2021
• M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction – University of Tampa, 2011
• B.A., Psychology – University of Tampa, 2007

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Barreto is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University, where she teaches courses in educational psychology within the Department of Teacher Education. Her research focuses on culturally relevant pedagogy, ethnic/racial identity development with young Latinx adolescents, and bilingual/multimodal literacy. She brings experience as a Latina, first generation college student, and a former K-12 educator in Florida and Spain. She is passionate about preparing future teachers to support diverse learners through evidence-based psychological practices and a critical global lens.  

Interests and Expertise

Teaching Interests

• Educational Psychology
• Child & Adolescent Development
• Research Methods
• Community Partnerships

Research Interests

• Equity in Education
• Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
• Bilingual/Multimodal Literacy
• Ethnic/Racial Identity Development in preadolescents

Publications and Presentations

• Barreto, J. & Coker, J. (in press) Rule of Culture: Cultural Negotiations of fourth-Grade Latinx Students through Digital Storytelling. Routledge.
• Braunstein, L. B., & Barreto, J. M. (2024). ‘You’re the one that needs help’: Examining racialized bias within a Two-Way Immersion Spanish classroom. Bilingual Research Journal, 47(1), 92–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2023.2296427
• Barreto, J. (2021). Ethnic identity as a cultural mediator in teaching: An autoethnography of a Latinx teacher in the United States. In: Gutman, M., Jayusi, W., Beck, M., Bekerman, Z. (eds) To Be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25584-7_28

Memberships

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Society of Research Child Development (SRCD)
• Literacy Research Association (LRA)