Vera P. John-Steiner

Presidential Professor
Linguistics and Education

Department of Linguistics
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1196
(505)277-4324
vygotsky@unm.edu

Research Interests

Psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, bilingualism, productive and creative thinking, cross-cultural education, women's issues.



Courses Taught

Spring 1997

Thought and Language
Creativity

Fall 1996

On sabbatical

Spring 1996

Discourse Processes
Psychological Development of Women



Selected Publications

Books

(In preparation). Thought communities: Dynamics of collaboration. Oxford University Press.

(1997). Notebooks of the mind. (2nd edition). Oxford University Press.

With Panofsky, C. & Smith, L. (1994). Sociocultural approaches to language and literacy: An interactionist perspective. Cambridge University Press.

With Cole, M., Scribner, S. & Souberman, E. (Eds.) (1978). Translation of Vygotsky's Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard University Press.


Journal Articles

With Mahn, H. (1996). Sociocultural approaches to learning and development: A Vygotskian framework. Educational Psychologist, 31, 191-206.

With Meehan, R., & Kennedy, C. (1995). The implications of "First language acquisition as a guide for theories of learning and pedagogy" in a pluralistic world. Linguistics and Education, 7, 369-378.

(1995). Cognitive pluralism in a sociocultural context. Mind, Culture and Activity: An International Journal, 2, 2-11.

(1993). Afterword: Vygotskian approaches to mathematical education. Special issue, Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics.



Chapters in Books

(1996). Women's collaborative interactions. In D.I. Slobin, J. Gerhardt, A. Kyratzis, & J. Guo (Eds.), Social interaction, social context, and language: Essays in honor of Susan Ervin-Tripp. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

(1991). Private speech among adults. In R. Dias & L. Berk (Eds.) Private speech from social interaction to self regulation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

(1990). A Vygotskian perspective on verbal thinking and writing. In C. Hedley, J. Houtz & A.N. Baratta, (Eds.), Cognition, curriculum, and literacy. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

With Panofsky, C., & Blackwell, P. (1990). The development of scientific concepts and discourse. In L. C. Moll, (Ed.) Vygotsky and education: Instructional applications of sociohistorical psychology. Cambridge University Press.