Dr. Bach is assistant professor of literacy/biliteracy education in the division of Bilingual Education, Literacy/Biliteracy, and Sociocultural Foundations in the College of Education. Dr. Bach employs anthropological methods to study literacy, the sociocultural contexts in which it is practiced, and the meanings individuals and communities ascribe onto their engagements with different kinds of texts.

• EDD in Literacy Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education (2010)
• MA in TESOL, Teachers College, Columbia University (1998)
• BA in Spanish with Honors, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994)

• Other - "Picturing" School Closures Photo Exhibition (2019-06-22). Exhibition of photographic work produced by students from Beall Elementary School in the after school arts-based literacy course I designed and taught. Familias Unidas and Mujer Obrera. El Paso, TX. Amy Bach.
• Other - "Picturing" Our Lives on the Border Photo Exhibition (2018-05-06). Exhibition of photographic work produced by high school students who participated in the after school arts-based literacy course I designed and taught. El Paso, TX. Amy Bach.
• Art - Exhibition, Group - Philadelphia School Closing Photo Collective Exhibit (2014-01-25 - 2014-03-30). University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Student Center . Philadelphia, PA. Amy Bach.
• Art - Exhibition, Invitational - Philadelphia School Closing Photo Collective Exhibit (2013-10-16 - 2014-01-17). Scribe Video. Philadelphia, PA. Amy Bach.

• Boost border security by $8B to cut drug crime in the U.S. and Latin America Dallas Morning News (2019), Josiah M. Heyman, Mark W. Lusk, Amy J. Bach.
• Using animated folktales to teach cultural values: A case study with Korean bilingual children Journal of Research in Childhood Education 32 3 (2018), So Jung Kim, Lea Lee, Song An, Amy J. Bach.
• Poverty, literacy, and social transformation: An interdisciplinary exploration of the digital divide Journal of Media Literacy Education 10 1 (2018), Amy J. Bach, Todd Wolfson, Jessica Crowell.
• Emancipatory broadband adoption: Towards a critical theory of digital inequality in the urban United States Communication, Culture, and Critique 10 3 (2017), Todd Wolfson, Jessica Crowell, Camille Reyes, Amy J. Bach.
• The Philadelphia School Closing Photo Collective: Photography as documentation, public participation, and community resistance Streetnotes 25 (2016), Amy J. Bach.

• Photographing the Philadelphia Public School Closures (2019), Volume Toronto, Canada, Amy J. Bach, Julia A. McWilliams, Elaine Simon.
• In School on the Texas-Mexico Border: The Importance of Ethnographic Research for Understanding State Education Accountability Policies and the Schooling of Emergent Bilingual Students (2018), Volume Philadelphia, Amy J. Bach.
• The Philadelphia School Closing Photo Collective: Reflections on a community photography project turned photo essay (2017), Volume Washington, DC, Amy J. Bach.
• State education policies and the construction of citizenship: English learners in school on the U.S./Mexico border (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Amy J. Bach.
• In School on the Texas/Mexico Border: Preliminary Findings From an Ethnographic Study Examining How High-Stakes, Standardized Testing Shapes Schooling for English Learners (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Amy J. Bach.

• Examining the Aftermath of Mass Public School Closures through Visual and Ethnographic Methods
• English Language Learners on the Texas-Mexico Border: An Ethnographic Study Examining State Education Accountability Policies
• UTEP Library Enhancement Grant
• Behind and Beyond the Debate: A Public Speaker Series on Education in Newark
• Behind and Beyond the Debate: A Public Speaker Series on Education in Newark
• Youth Channel All-City