Dr. Catherine Lammert is a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa. She earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Language and Literacy Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 2019. Her dissertation titled Inquiry, Advocacy, and Practice-Based Research: Transformative Possibilities in Literacy Preservice Teacher Education explored ways to design and scale programs that support new teachers' racial literacy. Her current scholarship focuses on activist literacy teaching across the disciplines and teacher adaptiveness.

I'm interested in second language writing, especially ESL writing and writing in Spanish. I collect data in our writing center and use it to explore issues in composition and in second language acquisition. I'm interested in Latin American culture and literature and did a Fulbright in Ecuador. I have a BA in Spanish, a master's in linguistics/TESOL, and a PhD in English with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition. 

My primary teaching and research areas are Family Law and International Family Law, with a particular interest in cross-border children's law and children's rights. I chair the board of the US branch of International Social Service (ISS-USA) and have attended treaty negotiation and review meetings in The Hague and elsewhere on the Hague Children's Conventions.