Peer Reviewed Articles

• Kleyn, T., & Seltzer, K. (2019). Top ten lessons learned from Ofelia García: Researching, teaching and living from the heart,  Journal of Multilingual Education Research, Vol. 9 , Article 7. https://fordham.bepress.com/jmer/vol9/iss1/7

• Kleyn, T. & Stern, N. (2018). Labels as limitations. MinneTESOL Journal.

• Kleyn, T., Alulema, D., Khalifa, F., & Morales Romero, A. (2018). Learning from Undocumented Students Testimonios for Strategies to Support and Resist. The New Educator, 14(1).  DOI:10.1080/1547688X.2017.1404174

• Kleyn, T. (2017). Centering Transborder Students: Perspectives on Identity Languaging and Schooling Between the U S and Mexico. Multicultural Perspectives, 19(2), 76-84. DOI: 10.1080/15210960.2017.1302336

• Kleyn, T., López, D., & Makar, C. (2015). What about bilingualism? A critical reflection on the edTPA with teachers of emergent bilinguals. Bilingual Research Journal. 38:1, 88-106, DOI:10.1080/15235882.2015.1017029

• Flores, N., Kleyn, T., & Menken, K. (2015).  Looking holistically in a climate of partiality: Identities of students labeled ‘Long-Term English Language Learners’. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 14(2), 113-132, DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2015.1019787.

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T., & Chae, N. (2012). Spotlight on “long-term English language learners”: Characteristics and prior schooling experiences of an invisible population.  International Multilingual Research Journal, 6(2), 121-142.

• Kleyn, T., & Reyes, S. (2011).  Nobody said it would be easy: Ethnolinguistic group challenges to bilingual and multicultural education in New York City. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 14(2), 207-224.

• Kleyn, T.  (2010). Cultural mismatch in Honduran Garífuna communities: The role of culture, race, and language in schools.  Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education, 4(4), 217-234.

• Menken, K., & Kleyn, T.  (2010). The long-term impact of subtractive schooling in the educational experiences of secondary English learners. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13(4), 399-417.

• Menken, K., & Kleyn T.  (April 2009).  The difficult road for long-term English learners.  Educational Leadership, 66(7).

• Kleyn, T.  (2008). Speaking in colors: A window into uncomfortable conversations about race and ethnicity in U.S. bilingual classrooms.  GiST: The Colombian Journal of Bilingual Education, 2: 13-23.

• Torres-Guzmán, M.E., Morales-Rodriguez, S., Han, A., & Kleyn, T.  (2005). Self-designated dual-language programs:  Is there a gap between labeling and implementation?  Bilingual Research Journal, 29(2), 453-474.
  
  

Journal Guest Editor

• Kleyn, T., & Irizarry, J. (2011) (Eds.).  Special theme issue on immigration and education.  The New Educator, 7(1).

  • Guest editorial introduction: Special issue on immigration and education. pp. 1-3.

  • Immigration and education in the “supposed land of opportunity”: Youth perspectives on living and learning in the U.S.  pp. 5-26.
    
    

Magazine, Newsletter & Blogs

• Amézquita López, S. & Kleyn, T. (August 18, 2025). Immigrant students are learning in fear. State lawmakers can help change that. The74Million.

• Kleyn, T. & Alulema, D. (2023) Working at the Intersection of Immigration & Education: An Interview with Tatyana Kleyn & Daniela Alulema of CUNY-IIE. NYSABE Bilingual Times, pp. 13-17.

• Kleyn, T. (Spring 2020). Addressing the socioemotional well-being of bilingual & immigrant students: Educators rising to the coronavirus call. NYSABE Bilingual Times, 8-13.

• Kleyn T. (June 17, 2016). What it’s like to return to Mexico, from the perspective of three kids who grew up north of the border. Public Radio International (PRI). 

• Kleyn T. (March 28, 2016). Rethinking home: A powerful look at return migration via film. American Immigration Council. 

• Kleyn, T. (Spring/Summer 2015). Negotiating borders: US-born and raised children (back) in Mexico. NYSABE Bilingual Times, 4-6. 

• Kleyn, T. (October 10, 2014). Letter to the editor: The secret we keep from bilingual learners/English language learners. The New York Post, 28.

• Kleyn, T. (Winter, 2013/July 2013). Living undocumented: High school, college and beyond. NYSABE Bilingual Times, 12-15 and TESOL Bilingual Education Interest Section and Teachers of English to Deaf Students Newsletter.

• Kleyn, T. (June 16, 2011). “New York: Setting the path for dreams.” The Poughkeepsie Journal – on-line edition.

• Kleyn, T. (January-March 2011). Bilingualism beyond borders: A challenge for all educators. NYSABE News, 3-5. 

• Kleyn, T. (March 2010). Bilingualism and the deficit-gifted dichotomy: Challenging the U.S. framework. National Capital Language Resource Center, 14(3).