Gabriela C. Zapata

Contact

• workRoom C80 Dearing
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Gabriela.Zapata@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://sites.google.com/view/profgabrielaczapata/home

Biography

Dr. Gabriela C. Zapata was born in Rosario, Argentina. She received her MA in TESOL and PhD in Spanish (Linguistics track) from the Pennsylvania State University in the United States. While at Texas A&M University, Dr. Zapata served as an ADVANCE Administrative Fellow in the Office for Diversity. Throughout her career, she has also directed/coordinated six Spanish and Portuguese basic language programs in public and private universities in the United States and Canada.

Expertise Summary

Dr Zapata offers doctoral supervision in the following areas: Generative AI in higher education (assessment, AI literacy, teacher education); multiliteracies (Learning by Design) and second/heritage/community language teaching and learning; multimodal social semiotics; multimodality in second/heritage/community language education; computer supported collaborative learning.

Dr Zapata is no longer accepting new students for next academic year (starting in Autumn 2025).

Selected Publications

• MARÍA IRENE MOYNA and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. Somos Tejas: A narrative project to document the college experiences of first-generation Latinx students Diversity & Inclusion Research. 1, e70003
• TZIRIDES, A. O., ZAPATA, G. C., KASTANIA, N. P., SAINI, A. K., CASTRO, V., ABDUL RAHMAN ISMAEL, S., YOU, Y., AFONSO DOS SANTOS, T., SEARSMITH, D., O'BRIEN, C., COPE, B. and KALANTZIS, M., 2024. Combining human and artificial intelligence for enhanced AI literacy in higher education Computers and Education Open. 6, 100184
• MAYBEL MESA MORALES and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. Digital multimodal composing in beginning L2 Spanish classes: Student-created children’s books The International Journal of Literacies. 31(2), 57-76
• GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, MARY KALANTZIS and BILL COPE, eds., 2023. Towards education justice: Literacy, multiliteracies, and the design of social futures

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• MAYBEL MESA MORALES and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. Digital multimodal composing in beginning L2 Spanish classes: Student-created children’s books The International Journal of Literacies. 31(2), 57-76
• MARÍA IRENE MOYNA and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. Somos Tejas: A narrative project to document the college experiences of first-generation Latinx students Diversity & Inclusion Research. 1, e70003
• TZIRIDES, A. O., ZAPATA, G. C., KASTANIA, N. P., SAINI, A. K., CASTRO, V., ABDUL RAHMAN ISMAEL, S., YOU, Y., AFONSO DOS SANTOS, T., SEARSMITH, D., O'BRIEN, C., COPE, B. and KALANTZIS, M., 2024. Combining human and artificial intelligence for enhanced AI literacy in higher education Computers and Education Open. 6, 100184
• GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2023. Self-discovery and healing in Nepantla: Multimodality and Learning by Design in a mixed Spanish university classroom The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum. 30(1), 17-35
• GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, MARY KALANTZIS and BILL COPE, eds., 2023. Towards education justice: Literacy, multiliteracies, and the design of social futures
• GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2023. Multiliteracies, OER, and inclusive L2 pedagogical practices. In: GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, MARY KALANTZIS and BILL COPE, eds., Towards education justice: Literacy, multiliteracies, and the design of social futures Routledge. 76-97
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2022. Learning by Design and second language teaching: Theory, research, and practice. Routledge.
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., MOYNA, MARÍA IRENE and MILLER, MICHAEL, 2022. Interprofessional learning to enhance Spanish communication skills in Pharmacy students E-JournALL: EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages. 9(1), 121-137
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2021. Lotería in the age of COVID-19: A social semiotic analysis of two artistic visions Hispania. 104(2), 271-296
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., DOMINGUEZ, Y. A, GOOCH, S. C. and PACHECO A. L., 2021. Charros in Texas and gauchos in Argentina: A social semiotic analysis of historical multimodal artefacts The International Journal of Design in Society. 15(1), 25-44
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and RIBOTA, ALESSANDRA, 2021. The instructional benefits of identity texts and learning by design for learner motivation in required second language classes Pedagogies: An International Journal. 16(1), 1-18
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and RIBOTA, ALESSANDRA, 2021. Open educational resources in heritage and L2 Spanish classrooms: Design, development, and implementation. In: BLYTH, CARL and THOMS, JOSHUA, eds., Open education and foreign language learning and teaching: The rise of a new knowledge ecology Multilingual Matters. 25-46
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2020. Sprinting to the finish line: The benefits and challenges of book sprints in OER faculty-graduate student collaborations The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 21(2), 1-17
• KALANTZIS, MARY, COPE, BILL and ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2019. Las alfabetizaciones múltiples: Teoría y práctica Editorial Octaedro.
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2019. L2 Spanish university students’ perceptions of the pedagogical benefits of culture portfolios Language, Culture and Curriculum. 32(1), 94-110
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and MESA MORALES, MAYBEL, 2018. The beneficial effects of technology-based social reading in L2 classes Lenguas en Contexto. 9, 40-50
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and LACORTE, MANEL, eds., 2017. Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers Palgrave Macmillan.
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2017. A match made in Heaven: An introduction to Learning by Design and its role in heritage language education. In: ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and LACORTE, MANEL, eds., Multiliteracies pedagogy and language learning: Teaching Spanish to heritage speakers Palgrave Macmillan. 1-26
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2017. The Role of Digital, Learning by Design Instructional Materials in the Development of Spanish Heritage Learners’ Literacy Skills. In: ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and LACORTE, MANEL, eds., Multiliteracies pedagogy and language learning: Multiliteracies pedagogy and language learning: Teaching Spanish to heritage speakers Palgrave Macmillan. 67-106
• ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and MESA MORALES, MAYBEL, The beneficial effects of technology-based social reading in L2 classes Lenguas en Contexto. 9, 40-50