Miramontes Baca Education Building, Room 300G
University of Colorado Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
I am a Professor in the program in Equity, Bilingualism and Biliteracyin the School of Education, a faculty associate with the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) Program.Formerly a dual language bilingual teacher in Redwood City, California and bilingual teacher educator at the University of Texas at Austin,I conduct qualitative research using ethnographic and discourse analytic methods in culturally and linguistically diverse schools and classrooms. My interests include bilingual education policy and politics; dual language bilingual education; teacher preparation for linguistically and culturally diverse teaching contexts; and issues of language, power and identity in schools. I led study abroad programs for education students at the University of Texas at Austin to Cuernavaca, Mexico in 2007, and to Antigua, Guatemala in 2013 and 2015.I have two recent books (2023), both co-edited with colleagues: “Critical Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education: Case Studies on Policy and Practice” (Routledge) and “Gentrification and Bilingual Education: A Texas TWBE School Across Seven Years” (Lexington). My 2018 book (Multilingual Matters) related to bilingual teacher education was titledTeacher Leadership for Social Change in Bilingual/Bicultural Education.
Soy Profesora del programa deEquidad, Bilingüismo y Bi-literacidad en la Facultad de Educación; facultad asociada con el Centro BUENO de Education Multicultural, y afiliada con el departamento de Estudios Etnias y el programa de cultura, lenguaje y práctica social (CLASP por sus cifras en inglés). Anteriormente maestra de educación bilingüe de lenguaje dual en California y profesora de docencia bilingüe en Texas, llevo a cabo investigaciones cualitativas usando métodos de etnografía y análisis de discurso en contextos de diversidad lingüística. Mis intereses incluyen la educación bilingüe, el lenguaje dual, y la política y pedagogía de la enseñanza de estudiantes emergentes bilingües en escuelas públicas; la preparación de docentes para escuelas diversas; y asuntos del lenguaje, el poder y la identidad.