Academic Work

Publications & scholarship.

Below is a selection of my peer-reviewed and scholarly publications, spanning journal articles, book chapters, and dissertation/thesis scholarship in curriculum and instruction, teacher cognition, and language education.

Peer-reviewed & scholarly publications

2025Journal Article

Boruchowski, I. D. (2025). Mainstream K–2nd Grade Teachers’ Beliefs Towards Using Learners’ Home Languages in a Multilingual Setting. International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 7(1), 237–257.

doi:10.36892/ijlls.v7i1.1995

2025Journal Article

Boruchowski, I., & da Costa, L. (2025). Societal Factors in the Acquisition of Portuguese as a Heritage Language. Portuguese Language Journal, 18(1).

2023Dissertation

Boruchowski, I. D. (2023). Teachers’ Beliefs towards Learners’ Heritage Languages inside Schools in a Multilingual Setting. [PhD Dissertation, Florida International University]. FIU Digital Commons.

2020Journal Article

Pontier, R. W., Boruchowski, I. D., & Olivo, L. I. (2020). Dynamic Language Use in Bi/Multilingual Early Childhood Education Contexts. Journal of Culture and Value in Education, 3(2), 158–178.

2019Book Chapter

Silva, G. & Boruchowski, I. D. (2019). Portuguese as a Heritage Language. In Milleret, M. & Risner, M. (Eds). A Handbook for Portuguese Instructors in the US. Boavista Press.

2014Thesis

Boruchowski, I. D. (2014). Curriculum development in a heritage language community-based school: A Qualitative inquiry regarding a Brazilian Portuguese program in South Florida. [Master’s thesis, Florida International University]. FIU Digital Commons.

Manuscripts in progress and under review are available on request.

Conference presentations

Peer-reviewed presentations at AERA and AAAL — the two most competitive national venues in applied linguistics and education research — plus an invited lecture at McGill University.

Boruchowski, I.D.; Cantu, S. C.; Hitchins Chik, C.; Diaz, A. (Oct. 2025). How the New NHLRC Online Professional Development Course Addresses Community-Based Heritage Language Schools’ Needs. Community-Based Heritage Language School Conference, Washington, DC.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Apr. 2024). Experience and Training may not be Enough: Teachers’ Beliefs Towards Learners’ Heritage Languages. Florida Association of Bilingual Education (FABE), Miami, FL.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Apr. 2024). Teachers’ Beliefs Towards Learners’ Heritage Languages in a Multilingual Setting. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Mar. 2024). Experience and Training may not be Enough: Teachers’ Beliefs Towards Learners’ Heritage Languages. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Nov. 2023). Teachers’ Beliefs Towards Learners’ Heritage Languages in a Multilingual Setting. Invited Lecture, McGill University, Montreal, CA.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Oct. 2021). South Florida teachers’ beliefs towards learners’ home languages. Sunshine State TESOL of Florida (SSTESOL), Tampa, FL.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Nov. 2020). Using Backward Design and Project-Based Learning to create a culturally relevant curriculum. Sunshine State TESOL of Florida (SSTESOL). Online.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Apr. 2020). When literacies leave safe harbors: a dialogue between Carlson’s mythological analysis of curriculum and the literacy experiences of emergent bilinguals in the U.S. American Association for Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS). Online.

Boruchowski, I.D. & Juhas, S. (Feb. 2019). Triangulating project-based learning, Performance Indicators for Language and Culture, and counterbalance instruction. Seventh International Conference on Immersion & Dual Language Education, Charlotte, NC.

Boruchowski, I.D. (Feb. 2018). Critical Thinking and Curriculum Development for K-8 Heritage Language Learners. 3rd International Heritage Language Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Additional publications

Boruchowski, I. D. (2024). Teachers Using Heritage Languages in Class: Reasons and Strategies. Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools.

Boruchowski, I. D. (2020). Os contextos linguísticos e sociológicos como base para a reflexão do ensino de leitura e escrita. In: Souza, A., & Ortiz Alvarez, M. L. (Eds.) Português como Língua de Herança. Pontes.

Boruchowski, I. D. (2019). Possíveis contribuições da pedagogia crítica ao ensino de línguas de herança. In: Carvalhinhos, P. & Hernandez, M. C. (orgs.), A Casa, O Sapo e o Baú. Dialogarts.

Boruchowski, I. D. (2019). Herança. In Melo-Pfeifer, S. & Silva, G. (org.) Vidas de professores de Português de Língua de Herança. Instituto Politécnico de Santérem/Escola de Educação.

Boruchowski, I. D., & Lico, A. L. (2016). Como manter e desenvolver o português como língua de herança. MUST University.

Boruchowski, I. D. (2015). Conteúdos para o ensino de PLH. In: Chulata, K. D. A. (org.). Português como Língua de Herança. Pensa MultiMedia Editore.

Boruchowski, I. D. (2015). Diretrizes e princípios norteadores para um currículo de língua de herança. In Jennings-Winterle, F. & Lima-Hernandes, M.C. (org.). Português como língua de herança. BEM.

Destro, Ivian Lara. (2007). A leitura como prática socializadora e a formação do sujeito-leitor. Tese de Iniciação Científica, Universidade de São Paulo.