Lourdes Cardozo Gaibisso

Lourdes Cardozo Gaibisso

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Department / Division

  • Graduate Faculty

Classification

  • Associate Professor

Contact

lc1811@msstate.edu
662-325-3644

Address

  • 2010 Lee Hall

Education

  • Ph.D., Language and Literacy Education, TESOL and World Language Education, University of Georgia 
  • M.A. Education, Research in Teaching and Learning, Universidad ORT Uruguay 
  • B.A. English Language Teaching, National Teacher Education College - Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Uruguay 

Courses Taught

  • EN/AN 2403 Introduction to the Study of Language  
  • EN/AN 4403/6403 Introduction to Linguistics  
  • EN 4433/6433 Approaches to TESOL 
  • EN 4443/6443 English Syntax
  • EN 4453/6453 Methods in TESOL
  • EN 4463/6463 Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso is an Associate Professor of TESOL and Linguistics and a Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center, where she directs the Science Literacy for Excellence (SL4E) Research Collaboratory. An applied linguist and former middle school teacher, she studies science and environmental literacies for multilingual learners on the Gulf Coast. She also designs and leads in-service teacher professional development programs that build on teachers’ own expertise to create more equitable learning opportunities for multilingual students. Lourdes is a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellow.

Research Websites: SL4E Research Collaboratory | Project SEMILLAS

  • Cardozo-Gaibisso, L., & Leyton Naranjo, L. (2026). SEMBRAR: A place-based educational program for building environmental literacy in multilingual rural Gulf Coast communities. HortTechnology, 36(5), 982–984. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05944-26
  • Cardozo-Gaibisso, L., Stewart, S., Coral Patino, D., & Morman, H. (2026). Establishing new territorializations in a community-engaged TESOL program: Insights from college student experiences. Journal of English Learner Education, 19(2), Article 4. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jele/vol19/iss2/4
  • Hodges, G., Cardozo-Gaibisso, L., McCann, S., Perry, P., & Wasson, K. (2026). Using translanguaging strategies while teaching Mendelian genetics. The American Biology Teacher, 88(3), 176–182. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2026.88.3.176
  • Cardozo-Gaibisso, L. (2025). Sustainable strategies in ESOL teacher development: Connecting theory, practice, and community. Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa, 16(Especial). https://doi.org/10.18861/cied.2025.16.especial.4226
  • Cardozo-Gaibisso, L., Narsipur, S., & Coleman, O. (2025). Meaning-making in STEM: Informing the pedagogical agenda for multilingual learners through the SMILE framework. In L. C. de Oliveira (Ed.), Applying a functional approach to language development in teaching the content areas to multilingual learners in K–12 classrooms (pp. 133–146). Emerald Publishing.
  • Cardozo-Gaibisso, L. (2024). Aportes de la lingüística sistémico-funcional a la equidad educativa: Prácticas y debates. Cuaderno de Pedagogía Universitaria, 21(41), 7–19. https://doi.org/10.29197/cpu.v21i41.544

Cardozo Gaibisso Book 1

Handbook of Research on Advancing Language Equity Practices With Immigrant Communities

 

Cardozo Gaibisso Book 2

Pedagogies for Equitable Access: Reimagining Multilingual Education for an Uncertain World

  • SEMILLAS: Sowing Environmental Multilingualism: Integrating Learning, Linguistics, and Action in Science. Empowering K-8 Youth Through Place-Based Education, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Co-Principal Investigator.
  • SEMBRAR: Sustainable, Environmental, Multidisciplinary Bilingual Research, and Action in Rurality - Mississippi and Florida. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowship, Education Track. Principal Investigator.
  • BRIDGE TESOL: Building Regional Initiatives for Developing Global Educators for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Global Development Seed Grants, International Institute.
  • Faculty Fellowship, Institute for the Humanities, Mississippi State University (Spring 2027)
  • Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program (2022 and 2026)
  • College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, Humanities, Mississippi State University (2025)
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship, Education Track (2024)
  • North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (NASFLA) Promising Scholar Award (2023)