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Alberto Esquinca

Assistant Professor, Linguistics & Literacy. Ph.D. University of Southern California . Research areas: Language proficiency.

Ana Huerta-Macias

Professor; Bilingual Education Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin . Research areas: Adult and Family Education

Arturo Olivarez


 

Aurolyn Luykx

Associate Professor, Anthropology Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin . Research areas: indigenous education, critical ethnography of schooling, linguistic anthropology, bilingual-intercultural education, school reform in Latin America .

Blanca Araujo

Assistant Professor, Bilingual Education, Ph.D. New Mexico State University .

Research Areas: Migrant Education

Brian Giza

Assistant Professor, Science and Technology Education Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin . Research areas: Science Education; On-Line and Web-Based Instruction

Carolyn Awalt

Assistant Professor, Educational Technology. Ph.D. University of Texas Austin Research areas: Hybrid and Online Pedagogy and Learning Environments; Alternative Certification Programs and teacher retention.

Cesar A. Rossatto

Associate Professor, Multicultural Education Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles . Research areas: Social Relations Of Power; Critical Pedagogy

Char Ullman

Assistant Professor, Language, Reading and Culture Ph.D. University of Arizona Research areas: Educational Anthropology; Literacy Studies; Social Theory; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Darlene Brown

Director, Alternative Certification Program (ATCP). Ph.D. New Mexico State University .

David Carrejo

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin . Research areas: Pre-service Mathematics Teacher Preparation and Mathematical Modeling.

Elaine Hampton

Department Chair, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Science Education, Ph.D. New Mexico State University . Research areas: Assessment, Equity In Science Education, Curriculum Impacts of Globalization

Elena Izquierdo

Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics and Bilingual Education Ph.D. Georgetown University , Washington D.C. Research areas: First & Second Language Acquisition; Literacy/Biliteracy; Two Way Dual Language Education; ESL/Sheltered Education; School Reform

Elsa Noboa


 

Elsa Villa

Lecturer, M.S. Computer Science, M.A. Education, Science Education and Curriculum. Research areas: Teacher induction, teacher identity.

Erika Mein


Assistant Professor, Reading Education.  Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania.  Research areas: Adolescent and adult literacies, popular education, practitioner inquiry, globalization and literacy 

Francisco Soto Mas

Associate Professor, Health Literacy. M.D. University of Granada , Spain . Ph.D. Health Education, University of New Mexico . Research areas: Latino health.

Heriberto Godina

Associate Professor, Ph.D. - Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

James Valdez

Director, Career and Technology Education, CATE. MBA International Business, Sul Ross University .

Joel Dworin

Associate Professor, Ph.D. - Language Reading and Culture, University of Arizona

Josefina Tinajero

Professor, Bilingual Education, Dean of College of Education Ed.D. Texas A & M University . Research areas: Second Language Acquisition; L1L2 Literacy; Two-Way Dual Language Programs; Teacher Preparation, Recruitment and Retention

Judith Munter

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Policy Studies; Associate Dean Ph.D. Florida State University . Research areas: Community Based Learning, Service Learning, Multicultural Education

Julio Noboa


 

Kerrie Kephart

Assistant Professor, ESL/Bilingual Education Ph.D. University of Wisconsin , Madison . Research areas: Second Language Learning, Language Socialization, ESL/Sheltered Education, Adult Literacy/Bi-literacy, Qualitative Research Methods

L. Antonio Gonzalez

Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Ph.D. University of Illinois -U.C. Research areas: Emergent Literacy/Biliteracy; Play Development

Maria T. De La Piedra

Assistant Professor, Bilingual & Multicultural Education Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin . Research areas: Language and Literacy Practices In Bilingual and Indigenous Communities, Socio-Cultural Context of Learning, Discrimination in Schools

Martha Casas

Associate Professor, Teacher Education Ed.D. Harvard University . Research areas: History of Education, Chicano Education

Mike Longoria

Visiting Professor. Early Childhood Education. Ph.D. New Mexico State University . Research areas: Impact of the Arts in early learning.

Milagros Seda

Associate Professor, Bilingual and Reading Education Ph.D. University of Houston . Research areas: Pedagogy in Language Acquisition, Reading & Writing for Speakers of Other Languages

Mourat Tchoshanov

Professor, Mathematics Education ScD Kazan State Pedagogical University, Kazan , Russia . Research areas: Early Development of Advanced Mathematics Concepts, Cognition and Mathematical Visualization

Olga Kosheleva

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Ph.D. University of Texas at El Paso Research areas: Math Education in Teacher Preparation; Embedding Technology in Learning; Cognitive Growth in Elementary and Advanced Mathematical Thinking; Multicultural Education.

Patricia (Trisha) Ainsa

Professor, Early Childhood Education Ph.D. University of Colorado . Research areas: Computer Literacy; Wellness in Early Childhood Curriculum; Exceptional Children

Patricia Becker

Lecturer, Reading/Literacy Education, MA University of Texas at El Paso

Reynaldo Reyes

Assistant Professor, Bilingual Education Ph.D. University of Colorado , Boulder . Research areas: Socio-Cultural Influence on Learning; Student Voice & Experience in School Reform; English as a Second Language

Ron Wagler


Assistant Professor, Science Education, PhD Oklahoma State University. Research Areas: Science Teaching Efficacy, Environmental Education, Origins

Sandra Hurley

Professor, Reading Education; Associate Vice President Ph.D. New Mexico State University . Research areas: Literacy Teacher Preparation & Professional Development; Case Studies & Narrative Inquiries of Struggling Readers

Sylvia Peregrino

Assistant Professor, Foundations of Education Ph.D. Arizona State University . Research: Mexican-American Students, First Generation College Students, K-16 Partnerships, Evaluation, And Critical Race Theory

Timothy G. Cashman

Assistant Professor, Social Studies & Multicultural Education Ph.D. Washington State University . Research areas: Multicultural Education, Educational Reform

William H. Robertson

Assistant Professor, Science and Technology Education Ph.D. University of New Mexico . Research areas: Science Education Methods; Curriculum Development; Technology Integration In The Classroom