Dr. Maria Coady is the Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Educational Equity at North Carolina State University and a Professor of Multilingual Education. Her work focuses on rural multilingual students and the preparation of educators who work with them. Prior to that, she was a Professor of ESOL and Bilingual Education at the University of Florida. Dr. Coady received her doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she studied bilingualism and bilingual education.
