August 2018 - Present | Assistant/Associate Professor, San Jose State University ‐ Teacher Education | |
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August 2014 - July 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver ‐ Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education, School of Education and Human Development | |
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June 2013 - August 2013 | Lecturer, Notre Dame de Namur University | |
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January 2011 - August 2013 | Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow, Stanford University ‐ Graduate School of Education | |
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June 2007 - July 2009 | Science Teacher (K-2), Harlem Success Academy | |
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August 2004 - June 2006 | 3rd Grade Bilingual Teacher, Green Oaks Elementary School | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 | ThinqStudio Digital Pedagogy Scholarship |
University of Colorado, Denver School of Education and Human Development | |
$1,000 | |
2017 | Todos juntos/All together: Bilingualism, bilingual education, and integration in a gentrifying neighborhood |
National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation | |
Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
$70,000 | |
2015 | Center for Faculty Development Grant |
CU Denver Center for Faculty Development | |
$4,700 | |
2015 | President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative |
University of Colorado | |
$1,550 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2017 - Present | Program chair/Chair-elect, Second Language Research SIG, American Educational Research Association | 2016 - Present | Member, Coalition for Equity in Colorado | 2015 - Present | Manuscript reviewer, American Educational Research Journal | 2015 - Present | Board Member, Treasurer, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education | 2015 - Present | Board Member, Treasurer, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education | 2015 - Present | Manuscript reviewer, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies | 2015 - Present | Manuscript reviewer, Equity & Excellence in Education | 2015 - Present | Manuscript reviewer, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism | 2015 - Present | Manuscript reviewer, Language & Education | 2014 - Present | Member, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) | 2014 - Present | Member, International Society of Language Studies (ISLS) | 2014 - Present | Member, Latin@ Faculty and Staff Committee | 2015 - 2017 | Treasurer/Secretary, Second Language Research SIG, American Educational Research Association | 2015 - 2017 | Member, Undergraduate Experiences Symposium Faculty Advisor Committee |
Honors and Awards
- 2015 President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative, University of Colorado
- 2015 Center for Faculty Development Grant, CU Denver Center for Faculty Development
- 2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award; Bilingual Education Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- 2014 Young Upwardly Mobile Professors (YUMPS), CU Denver Center for Faculty Development
- 2012-2014 Dissertation Fellowship, Vice Provost for Graduate Education: Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence (DARE)
- 2011 Dissertation Research Award, Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Fund
- 2009-2012 Graduate Fellowship, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University
Courses
- CLDE 1000: Language, Power, and Identity: International Perspectives
- CLDE 5140: Multicultural Education
- CLDE 5825: Methods of Language Teaching
- EDU 4107: Foundations of Teaching English Learners
- EDUC 264: Methods and Materials of Bilingual Education
- EDUC 299: Equity and Democracy in Education
- CSRE 15A: #OccupyArt: Immigration, Nation, and the Art of Occupation
- EDUC 191X: Hip Hop, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language
- Science Teacher
- 3rd Grade Bilingual Dual Immersion Teacher
2014 | PhD, Stanford University ‐ Race, Inequality, and Language in Education, Sociology of Education | |
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2007 | MA, Columbia University ‐ Climate and Society | |
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2005 | San Jose State University ‐ Elementary Education | |
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2004 | BA, Yale University ‐ Latin American Studies (with distinction) | |
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