PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & OTHER SERVICE
Attendee, Facilitator, Coachella Valley Health Initiative, December 2011.
Relationships, Research & Recognition to Address the Dropout Crisis, Bloomington Middle School, Colton Joint Unified School District, November 3, 2010.
Voices, Relationships & Learning in the Context of Poverty, Shandin Hills Middle School, San Bernardino City Unified School District, October 27, 2010.
Understanding Student Motivation: Context, Research and Action, Shandin Hills Middle School, San Bernardino City Unified School Distirct, September 2010.
Consultant, Dropout Institute, Families in Schools, Sacramento, CA April 2010-June 2010
Served as expert consultant on dropout crisis. Designed and delivered two-day institute to statewide group of grantees addressing dropout crisis across the state of California.
“The Struggle to Recognize Our Youth in San Bernardino in a Time of Crisis,” San Bernardino City Unified School District, First Counselor’s Forum, December 9, 2009.
“Political and Ideological Clarity with SIATech Teachers,” SIATech Academy/Job Corps, San Bernardino, CA, Novemeber/December 2009
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Advisory Boards and Leadership:
Advisory Board Member, California Council on Economic Education, 2010-Present
Board Member, Hispanic Alumni Board, CSU, San Bernardino, Spring 2010-Present
Advisory Member, San Bernardino County Public Schools, Stakeholders to Address the
Dropout Crisis. Spring 2010-Present
Executive Council, Latino Education and Development Projects, California State University, San
Bernardino, 2010-Present
Regional Board (California), National Latino Education Research and Policy Project, PAR and
Policy Committee, 2010-Present
CSUSB University Service:
Association of Latino Faculty, Staff, Students, Faculty Representative, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Core Doctoral Faculty Committee, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Ed.D. Director Search Committee, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Dean’s Educational Leadership Council, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Ed.D. Admissions Committee, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Ed.D., Recruitment Committee, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Latino Education and Advocacy Day, Coordinating Committee, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Research Committee, College of Education, CSUSB, 2010-Present
Dissertation Service:
Co-Chair, Henry Yzaguirre, Ed.D. Student, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Committee Member, Sussana Ortega, Ed.D. Student, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Committee Member, Miguel Lopez, Ed.D. Student, CSUSB, 2009-Present
Committee Member, Gustavo Chamorro, Ed.D. Student, CSUSB, 2010-Present
Community Service:
Getting to College and Beyond, Invited Panelist, Central Language Academy, January 2011
Mentor, Puente Program, San Bernardino Valley College, January 2011-Present
Mentor, Inland Empire Scholarship Fund, Fall 2010-Present
McKinley Elementary, Career Day, Featured Presenter, February 17, 2011
Florida International University Service:
University Curriculum Committee, University-Wide, Member, FIU, 2008-2009
Undergraduate Policies Committee, College of Education at FIU, 2008-2009 (Chair)
Search Committee, Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Spring 2008
Urban SEALS (Special Education Academic Leaders) Leadership Board, Fall 2007-Present
Florida International University, College of Education, 2006-2007
Undergraduate Policies Committee
Cultural Reform Committee
Florida International University Dissertation Committees:
Martin Wasserberg, Ph.D. Candidate, Florida International University: Title: Stereotype threat, domain identification, and the high-stakes testing of African-American third-graders in an urban elementary school: A mixed methods analysis
Avis Proctor, Ed.D. Candidate, Florida International University, The Relationship Between Persistence and Mathematics at an Urban Community College.
Giselle George, Ph.D. Candidate, Florida International University,
Faculty Advisor, Students for Educational Equity (Student Organization)
Other:
Commencement Speaker: SIATech Academy/Inland Empire Job Corps, San Bernardino, CA, August 2009
Panel Moderator, "Student Voices: The Real Impact of Educational Policy," Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2003
Steering Committee. Second Annual Alumni of Color Conference, "Reconnecting the I and We: Building Community for Change," Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2004
Inaugural Conference Co-Chair/Co-Founder, First Annual Alumni of Color Conference, "Exploring Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Identity in Education," Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2003
Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor in Communities and Schools, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2002
Committee Member, Dean’s Standing Committee on Diversity, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2000-2001
Committee Member, Doctoral Student Advisory Committee for Area Chair, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2000-2001
Panelist, Information Session, Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
Panel Organizer & Presenter, Information Session: Recruiting Students to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, California State University, San Bernardino, 2000
Admissions Committee, Master’s Degree Candidate Applications, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2000-2001
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS/EXPERTISE
Urban Education, Policy & Reform
Latina/o Education
Social & Cultural Issues in Education
Social Context of Education
Educational Equity
Education and Civil Rights
School Dropout
School Culture
Qualitative Research
Student Engagement
Student-Teacher Relationships