Faculty Highlights
Liberal Studies
Dr. Diane Nevárez
Publication:
Nevárez, D. M. (2022). Toward recognizing and leveraging Latinx teacher candidates’ community cultural wealth. Handbook of research on teachers of color and indigenous teachers, 265.
Research Presentations:
Nevárez, D. and Mendoza, I. (2023). Ethnic Studies in the Kindergarten Classroom: Collaborations between a Chicana teacher educator and a Chicana kindergarten teacher.
Presented at California Council for Teacher Education Annual Meeting.
Nevárez, D. (2023). Teaching the ones who “Made It”: A Healing-Based Pedagogy Centering Chicanx/Latinx undergraduates.
Presented at Critical Race Studies in Education Association Annual Meeting.
Dr. Arturo Nevárez
Publications:
Nevárez, A. (2023). Racial literacy development (RLD) via ethnic studies: Latinx youth speaking back to and resisting racism. Race, Ethnicity and Education.
Nevárez, A. (2022). Learning to name and disrupt racism: Supporting Latinx students’ racial literacies in ethnic studies classrooms. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Special Issue Series, Volume 2.
Research Presentations:
Nevárez, A. (2023, April). "We're Fighting to Live More Dignified Lives": The Advanced Racial Literacy Stances of Chicana/o/x Teachers.
Paper presented for the panel “In the Pursuit of Truth: Teachers and Students of Color Speaking Truth to Power” at the American Educational Research Association Conference.
Nevárez, A. (2023, April). Beyond "Race Talk": Minoritized Youth's Racial Literacy(ies) as Critical Race Praxis. (AERA Vice Presidential Session).
Paper presented for the panel, “The Pursuit of Truth ‘Turn’t Up’: Considerations for Advancing Racial Literacy Beyond This Space and Time” at the American Educational Research Association Conference.
Kohli, R., Henning, Nevárez, A. (2023, March). Centering the Well-being of Teacher Candidates of Color: Towards A Healthy Racial Climate in Teacher Education. (Invited ‘deep dive” session for Journal of Teacher Education, Article of the Year Award).
Presented at the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Annual Conference.
Nevárez, A. (2022, November). “What I Wished I Had Learned in Middle School”: Race-Conscious Ethnic Studies Pedagogies.
Paper presented for the panel, “#Why Middle Matters—Illuminating the Middle: Ethnic Studies and the Middle School Context” at the National Council for Teachers of English Conference.
College News
Congratulations to Jessica Riojas! Jessica is enrolled in our Ed.D. Leadership Program. Jessica was featured in the Modesto Bee, where she speaks to why is it important for school districts across the Central Valley region and beyond to ensure students of color are able to see “themselves reflected in their K-12 teachers.”
Updated: April 03, 2024