Current Teaching:
ED11 Education Quality and the Future of American Society: Problems, Prospects and Policies.
(I also teach a graduate-level version of this course ED229)
ED 406A - Social Foundations and Cultural Diversity in American Education (Fall) - Teacher Education Program. Syllabus
ED 413C - Culture of Emphasis, Latine (Spring) - Teacher Education Program - Syllabus
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Students
Recent PhD Students
Clemence Darriet. Dissertation: "Like a magnet, but for whom? Estimating the effect of neighborhood and school factors on dual language immersion program emergence in Los Angeles County." Currently at CDE/Harvard Strategic Data Fellows Project
Melissa Navarro. Associate Professor, Dual Language and English Learner Education. San Diego State University. PhD Claremont Graduate University - San Diego State Joint Program (Co-chair with Prof. Cristina Alfaro) LINK
Christine Snyder. Research Analyst at WestEd. PhD Claremont Graduate University. (Co-Chair with Prof. Kyo Yamashiro)
Sophia Angeles. Assistant Professor. Pennsylvania State University. PhD UCLA Urban Schooling Division (Committee Member. Chair Marjorie Orellana)
Mariana Barragan Torres. Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) at the University of Illinois. PhD UCLA Social Research Methods. Urban Schooling Division (Committee Member. Chair Felipe Martinez)