Tony Mirabelli, Ph.D.

tonym@berkeley.edu

510-643-8517

176 Chavez Student Center

Tutorial Coordinator

Tony is the Coordinator of our Tutorial Program.

Academic Specialist

He works closely with student athletes who have special academic needs.

Lecturer

Tony also is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Education.

Background

In 1988, Tony earned his BA in Philosophy from the University of Illinois, Urbana. In 1989, he went on to earn his MA in Anglo-American Literature from the University of London, University College, England. In 2001, while working at the University of California, Berkeley, he earned his Ph.D. in Education in Language, Literacy and Culture. In 2003 Tony won the Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award in recognition of exemplary contributions to the University's mission of teaching, research and public service. Tony has served on numerous committees and workshops, and presented at several conferences since finishing his Ph.D., and his research interests focus on adult learning, reading and writing, academic discourse, and the practice of peer tutoring. Tony's most recent publication, "Learning to Serve: Language and Literacy of Food Service Workers", from What They Don't Learn In School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth edited by Jabari Mahiri. 2004, explores how waitresses use language to do their work. Tony presently teaches Education 52: "Understanding Language in Society", and he is developing a training manual for peer tutors for publication in 2007.