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Gabriela C. Zapata

Associate Professor in Education, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Dr. Gabriela C. Zapata was born in , 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 not accepting new students for next academic year (starting in Autumn 2026).

Selected Publications

  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, BILL COPE, MARY KALANTZIS, ANASTASIA OLGA (OLNANCY) TZIRIDES, AKASH K. SAINI, DUANE SEARSMITH, JENNIFER WHITING, NIKOLETA POLYXENI KASTANIA, VANIA CASTRO, THEODORA KOURKOULOU, JOHN W. JONES and RODRIGO ABRANTES DA SILVA, 2025. Technology, Pedagogy and Education. 1-19
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2025. Loter铆a as an expression of Tejanidad. In: JODY A. MAR脥N and NORMA E. CANT脷, eds., 隆Somos Tejanas! Chicana identity and culture in Texas University of Texas Press. 168-185
  • ANASTASIA TZIRIDES, GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, PATRICK BOLGER, BILL COPE, MARY KALANTZIS and DUANE SEARSMITH, 2024. International Journal on E-Learning. 23(3), 319-334
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, AKASH K. SAINI, ANASTASIA-OLGA (OLNANCY) TZIRIDES and BILL COPE, 2024. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal. 18(2), 1-30
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, BILL COPE, MARY KALANTZIS, ANASTASIA OLGA (OLNANCY) TZIRIDES, AKASH K. SAINI, DUANE SEARSMITH, JENNIFER WHITING, NIKOLETA POLYXENI KASTANIA, VANIA CASTRO, THEODORA KOURKOULOU, JOHN W. JONES and RODRIGO ABRANTES DA SILVA, 2025. Technology, Pedagogy and Education. 1-19
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2025. Loter铆a as an expression of Tejanidad. In: JODY A. MAR脥N and NORMA E. CANT脷, eds., 隆Somos Tejanas! Chicana identity and culture in Texas University of Texas Press. 168-185
  • MAYBEL MESA MORALES and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. The International Journal of Literacies. 31(2), 57-76
  • MAR脥A IRENE MOYNA and GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2024. 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. Computers and Education Open. 6, 100184
  • ANASTASIA TZIRIDES, GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, PATRICK BOLGER, BILL COPE, MARY KALANTZIS and DUANE SEARSMITH, 2024. International Journal on E-Learning. 23(3), 319-334
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, AKASH K. SAINI, ANASTASIA-OLGA (OLNANCY) TZIRIDES and BILL COPE, 2024. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal. 18(2), 1-30
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, 2023. The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum. 30(1), 17-35
  • GABRIELA C. ZAPATA, MARY KALANTZIS and BILL COPE, eds., 2023.
  • 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. Routledge.
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., MOYNA, MAR脥A IRENE and MILLER, MICHAEL, 2022. E-JournALL: EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages. 9(1), 121-137
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2021. Hispania. 104(2), 271-296
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., DOMINGUEZ, Y. A, GOOCH, S. C. and PACHECO A. L., 2021. The International Journal of Design in Society. 15(1), 25-44
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and RIBOTA, ALESSANDRA, 2021. Pedagogies: An International Journal. 16(1), 1-18
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and RIBOTA, ALESSANDRA, 2021. . 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. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 21(2), 1-17
  • KALANTZIS, MARY, COPE, BILL and ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2019. Editorial Octaedro.
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2019. Language, Culture and Curriculum. 32(1), 94-110
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and MESA MORALES, MAYBEL, 2018. Lenguas en Contexto. 9, 40-50
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C. and LACORTE, MANEL, eds., 2017. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • ZAPATA, GABRIELA C., 2017. . 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. . 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, Lenguas en Contexto. 9, 40-50

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