Faculty/Staff Profiles

The ECS department has recruited a strong faculty with varying perspectives and an exceptional group of graduate students. By building a vibrant and energetic department, we are able to enjoy an exciting intellectual climate that brings together the insights of many different research traditions and many different groups. We have a mix of critical scholars with overlapping research interests and strong disciplinary roots. One faculty member studies the education of Indigenous people (Cynthia Benally), two are educational sociologists (Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez, William Smith), one is a curriculum researcher (Karen Johnson), two are educational philosophers (Audrey Thompson, Frank Margonis), and two study language and education (Veronica Valdez, Wenyang Sun). Additionally, we have José Gutiérrez who specializes in cognitive development and math education and Frankie Santos Lannan who focuses on college access and success of minoritized students. Added to our research interests, our faculty bring together life experiences of African Americans, American Indians, Chinese, Latinxs/Indigenous, Pacific Islanders, Jewish Americans, and European Americans. The faculty teach a variety of courses focused on the history, social, cultural, feminist, literary, political, economic, and linguistic contexts of BIPOC in the United States and abroad.

 Many of our faculty have strong academic connections in Ethnic Studies & Gender Studies. Dr. William Smith has a joint appointment in the area of African American Studies.

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