Publications.

Books.

• Coady, M. R. (2027). Teaching multilingual learners in rural schools: Four movements for educators. With contributions from C. Rubinstein. Series Editor P. Gorski. Routledge.

• Ariza, E. W., & Coady, M. R. (2026/27). Why TESOL? (6th Edition). Kendall Hunt.

• Coady, M. R., Golombek, P., & Marichal, N. (Eds). (2023). Educating multilingual students in rural schools: Illuminating diversity in rural communities in the United States.Brill.

• Zein, M., & Coady, M. R. (Eds.) (2022). Early language learning policies in the 21st century. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-76251-3

• Coady, M. R. (2020). The Coral Way bilingual program. Multilingual Matters.

• Coady, M. R. (2019). Connecting school and the multilingual home: Theory and practice for rural educators.Multilingual Matters.

Select recent publications.

• Chorążewska, A., Klinytsky, I., & Coady, M. R. (2026). The standard of protection of language rights of beneficiaries of international protection in Europe: A new legal approach to harmonising integration. Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego (Constitutional Law Review).

• Dean Hughes, M., Coady, M. R., Robeson, J., Estrada, M., & Montesinos Jorro, R. (2026). “I bet I can do that”: Rural cultural wealth in a grow-your-own (GYO) teacher education program. Theory and Practice in Rural Education.

• Preston S. Lopez, M., Rosario-Pangket, W., & Coady, M. R. (2026). Convergence of teachers’ instruction practices and perspectives on translanguaging with English learners. Journal of Language Learning in Education, 14(1), 89-114. https://iafor.org/archives/journals/iafor-journal-of-education/10.22492.ije.14.1.pdf

• Carrillo Carrasquillo, M. H., Amaya, A., & Coady, M. R. (2025). When monolingual frameworks fail: Border thinking and linguistic identity in rural schools. In E. McHenry-Sorber & S. Hartman (Eds.). Critical Theory in Rural Education: Power, Place, and Justice. Series Editor A. Azano. Routledge.

• Azano, A., Flowers, J., Coady, M. R., & Biddle, C. (2025). Trends influencing the future of rural education research in the United States. In H. Harmon & J. Johnson (Eds.) Handbook on Rural and Remote Education. Elgar.  

• Coady, M., & Román, D. (2024). Introduction to the Special Topics Issue on Rural Multilingual Education. The Rural Educator, 45(4), i-v. https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1542

• Coady, M. R., Lewis, B., & Mann, J. (2024). “Send me a picture and I'll tell you what it says”: Language as rural cultural wealth in rural multilingual family engagement. Journal of Education and Multilingualism, 1(2), 190-224. https://jempub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Coady_Et_Al_2024_Send_Me_A.pdf

• Coady, M. R., & Roberson, J. L. (2024). The shifting linguistic landscape on Ocracoke Island. In J. Reaser, W. Wolfram & C. Gaskill (Eds). Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the Brogue. UNC Press.

• Olszewska, A.,Coady, M. R.,& Yilmaz, T. (2024). Introduction to special topics issue: Refugee Background Students (RBSs). Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/jmtp.28245

• Coady, M. R., Marichal, N. V., & Uysal, H. (2023). Trekking across some rough terrain: Rural teacher education for multilingual students. Peabody Journal of Education, 98(4), 364-379. DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2023.2238502

• Coady, M. R., Marichal, N., Olszewska, O., & Ankeny, R., Long, A., Shafiei, H., & Chakraborty, R. (2023). “It’s like fuel”: Rural educator professional development for English learners. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.26209/JRRE3901

• Golombek, P., Olszewska, A., & Coady, M. R. (2022). The humanizing power of counter-stories: Teachers’ understandings of emerging bilinguals in rural settings. Teaching and Teacher Education Journal, (113), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103655

• Coady, M. R., Ankeny, R., & Ankeny, B. (2022). Language as a “right”: Unpacking Castañeda’s reach across federal, state, and district lines. E. García & O. Jiménez Castellanos (Eds.). Special issue on the 40th anniversary of Castañeda v. Pickard. Language Policy, 21, 305-329.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-021-09604-1

• Coady, M. R. (2020). A review of rural English learner education: Call for a focused national research agenda. Educational Researcher, 49(7), 524-532. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X20931505

• Coady, M. R., Miller, D., Zeyjun, J., Heffington, D. V., Lopez, M. P. S., Olszewska, A., de Jong, E. J., *Yilmaz, T., & Ankeny, R. (2020). Can effective teaching be observed?: Validation of an EL-modified Framework for Teaching observation protocol. TESOL Quarterly, 54(1), 173-200. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.544

Webinars and Podcasts.

• Coady, M. R. (2026, Sept 2). Promising practices in rural ML education. Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) sponsored webinar. https://www.cal.org/promising-practices-in-rural-ml-education/

• Coady, M. R. (2026). Crafty Polyglots podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/1PQsmz08DAe06REhgtC4fn

• Coady, M. R. et al. (2026, Aug. 20). Leveling up: Amplifying advocacy for multilingual students. AERA, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) sponsored webinar.https://www.cal.org/leveling-up-amplifying-advocacy-for-multilingual-students/

• Coady, M. R. et al. (2026, Aug. 11). From day one: Partnering with families and communities to support Multilingual Learners. National Association of English Learner Program Administrators (NAELPA). NAELPA-sponsored webinar. https://www.naelpa.org/news-events/webinars

• Coady, M. R. (2023, Nov.). Rural education and the migratory patterns of immigrants to the United States. An interview with Dr. Maria Coady. National Rural Education Association (NREA) Official Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s03e16-rural-education-and-the-migratory/id1497719729?i=1000632453959

• Coady, M. R. (2021, Mar.). Rural English learners and COVID-19. Mashable Social Good Series – Digital Divide with Dr. Chris Emdin (moderator), Dr. Maria Coady, Dana Floberg, Becky Pringle, and Lakisha Young.

Media appearances and mentions.

• Coady, M. R. (2026, Aug. 20). Parents anxious as Chapel-Hill-Carrboro school board nears Mandarin program decision. (T. Grubb). News and Observer. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316889319.html

• Ashchi, T., & Coady, M. (2026, May). Harnett County abruptly closes two additional dual language immersion programs, ignoring families’ and students’ requests to remain open. NABE e-NEWs.

• Coady, M. R. (2026, April 1). Several Harnett County Public Schools to shutter Dual Language Immersion program. WRAL. https://www.wral.com/news/education/harnett-schools-dual-langauge-program-closing-april-2026/

• Bono, C., Coady, M. R., & Machado-Casas, M. (2026, March). Urgent Call to Action: Dual Language Immersion Programs Shutdown in Harnett County, North Carolina. NABE e-News.

• Coady, M. R. (2026, Feb. 9). How one rural school district used college students to keep English learners in school. Education Week. (L. Langreo).https://www.edweek.org/leaders/2026/how-one-rural-district-used-college-students-to-keep-english-learners-in-school

• Coady, M. R. (2025, Nov).What the death of OELA means for rural schools and how educators can respond. The National Rural Education Association.https://nrea.net/maria-coady-death-of-oela/

• Coady, M. R. (2024, Jan.). Why rural schools matter for North Carolina’s multilingual learners. EdNC Perspective. https://www.ednc.org/perspective-why-rural-schools-matter-for-north-carolinas-multilingual-learners/

• Coady, M. (2023, Dec.) Why the Rural Schools Matter report misses the Mark and how to fix it. NABE eNews. https://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/NABE/NABE120723.php

• Coady, M. R.(2023, Apr.). The science of reading is not the only answer to North Carolina’s literacy crisis. The North Journal. https://nsjonline.com/article/2023/04/coady-the-science-of-reading-is-the-answer-to-north-carolinas-literacy-crisis/

• Coady, M. R.& Sorel, T. (2019). Small Town, Big Dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP4sbLce5sM