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About Luis E. Poza

Luis E. Poza (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-8719) is an associate professor of teacher
education in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San José State University, where he
teaches classes about multicultural education, bilingual education, and the roles of language and
education in human rights frameworks. His research, recognized with an Outstanding
Dissertation Award from the Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group of the
American Educational Research Association in 2015 and a Spencer Foundation/National
Academy of Education Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2017, examines how ideologies of language,
race, class, and nation are embedded and enacted in educational policy and practice for bilingual
learners. Luis's work has been published in several journals, including the Harvard Educational
Review, Journal of Education Policy, Language Policy, Bilingual Research Journal, and
Whittier Law Review.

Positions

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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Curriculum Vitae

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
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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
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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

Education

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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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ORCID

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (17)

Recent Works (4)

Refereed Book Chapters (5)