Research.

Dr. Coady’s scholarship aims to reduce inequalities surrounding access and opportunity for multilingual learners. She examines place and rurality in the context of education for MLs and their families.

Dr. Coady is the recipient of more than $10 million in grant-funded awards from the US Department of Education (Project STELLAR and Project DELTA), the Ford Foundation, the W. T. Grant Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.

Dr. Coady’s current research studies (2023-26) include:

  • The first study to systematically examine rural Dual Language Immersion (rDLI) programs, multilingual learners, and rural community cultural wealth (funded by the Spencer Foundation with J. Koch)

  • A replication mixed-methods research study of the effects of escalated immigration enforcement on education

  • Game-based learning and science literacy development for grade 5 multilingual learners (funded by the W. T. Grant Foundation with J. Nietfeld and R. Sperling)

  • Teacher candidates’ beliefs on the use of Artificial Intelligence with multilingual learners

Book cover titled 'Connecting School and the Multilingual Home: Theory and Practice for Rural Educators' by Maria R. Coady, showing a teacher and a student smiling and talking in a classroom.
Photo of the entrance to The Coral Way Bilingual Walk Center with a promotional graphic for The Coral Way Bilingual Program by Maria R. Coady, featuring palm trees and a book cover design.