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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