Associate Professor
Dr. Lucko’s research explores the social construction of identity among marginalized students within the intersecting processes of schooling, systemic inequality and discrimination. Her dissertation research included 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork between 2004 and 2006 on the process of ethnic identity formation among Ecuadorian immigrant teenagers in Madrid, Spain. During the 2014-2015 academic year, she collaborated on a Participatory Action Research project with Latinx middle school students in Northern California. This research examined the role of segregation and internalized racism on students’ conceptions of ethnic identity and self.
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About Jennifer Lucko
Dr. Lucko’s research explores the social construction of identity among marginalized students within the intersecting processes of schooling, systemic inequality and discrimination. Her dissertation research included 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork between 2004 and 2006 on the process of ethnic identity formation among Ecuadorian immigrant teenagers in Madrid, Spain. During the 2014-2015 academic year, she collaborated on a Participatory Action Research project with Latinx middle school students in Northern California. This research examined the role of segregation and internalized racism on students’ conceptions of ethnic identity and self.
| 2007 - Present | Associate Professor, Dominican University of California ‐ Department of Education | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
How undergraduate and graduate students use their research findings to develop innovative policies and practices within the schools and community partners where they conducted original research, The role of critical consciousness in the ways in which students construct their own understandings of action research, and Examining the specific contexts that support students in the process of moving from research to action
Grants
| 2017 - 2018 | Community Engagement Theme Course Revision |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
| 2014 - 2015 | Borders of Belonging: Participatory Research with Teenagers in Madrid, Spain |
| Fulbright Scholar Program | |
| U.S. Scholar Program | |
| 2010 - 2013 | Social Participation Strategies and Racism Prevention in Schools |
| Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation | |
| Colleague(s): Researchers at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIS) | |
| $66,000 | |
| 2011 - 2012 | Participatory-Action Research and Strategic Planning in the Canal: A University-Neighborhood Partnership for Education, Equity and Empowerment |
| Dominican University of California | |
| Presidential Strategic Grant Initiative | |
| $35,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2018 - Present | Co-organizer, Reading Rewards Program at Madera Elementary School | 2018 | Panel Co-organizer, Annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association | 2008 - 2013 | Peer-reviewer, Teacher Education Quarterly | 2012 | Panel Discussant, Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology | 2012 | Panel Discussant, Annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association | 2008 | Content Review Panel Member, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
Honors and Awards
- Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
- BCLAD Spanish Language Certificate
- CLAD Certificate
- Professional Clear Specialist Instruction Credential in Special Education
Courses
- Research for Social Justice
- Cultural Pluralism
- Applied Educational Research
- Approaches to Educational Research
- Student Teaching in Elementary School
- Teaching English Learners
- Teaching for Equity
- Anthropological Other-ing
- Rituals of Belief and Belonging
- Community Engaged Research
| 2007 | PhD, University of California - Berkeley ‐ Anthropology | |
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| 2004 | MA, University of California - Berkeley ‐ Anthropology | |
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| 1999 | MA, San Francisco State University ‐ Education | |
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| 1994 | B Ed, The University of Toledo | |
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Links
Contact Information
Dominican University of California
Department of Education
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
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