Selected Papers and Presentations

2004

Teaching in the Age of Globalization and Difference (featured speaker) University of Illinois Chicago’s Latino Community Speaker’s Series. Chicago, Illinois.

The Struggle for Social Justice: Can We Take the Risk? (Graduation address) at Pacific Oaks College, Northwest. Seattle, Washington.

Schooling and the Empire of Capital: Unleashing the Contradictions (keynote) 4th Annual Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) Conference, Villanova Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Leading Us Where?: Educational Leadership and the Question of Social Justice (featured speaker) Border Education and Leadership Speaker Series, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

Language, Power and Pedagogy: The Precarious Future of Bilingual Education (evening colloquia and faculty development) Ohio State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Latinos and Desegregation: An Untold Story (panelist) for 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, Illinois.

A Critical Pedagogy for These Times (evening colloquia) Portland State University. Portland, Oregon.

The Passion of Paulo Freire (keynote) the 8th Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Omaha, Nebraska.

2003

Multicultural Pedagogy: From Resistance to Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education (discussant) for panel at the American Anthropological Association 102nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.

Bilingual Education and Urban Schooling: Toward a Transcitizenship Vision of Linguistic Rights (featured speaker) for City University of New York’s (CUNY) Evening Lecture Series on Language and Urban Schooling, New York, New York.

Paulo Freire and the Evolution of Critical Pedagogy (colloquia) for The New School for Social Research, New York, New York.

Culture, Language and Schooling in These Times (keynote) for Tucson School District, Raza Teacher Institute, Tucson, Arizona.

Critical Pedagogy, Social Justice and the Politics of Love (keynote) for Cascadia Community College and Washington State University Education Conference, Seattle, Washington.

Latinos and Higher Education: Haciendo Camino (featured speaker) for the L.U.N.A. project of AIDS Los Angeles Latina project, Community Evening Lecture Series, Los Angeles, California.

Bilingual Education: Forging a New Century of Struggle (featured speaker) for California Association of Bilingual Education annual conference, Los Angeles, California.

2002

Education in the Age of Globalization and Difference (keynote) for Washington State University faculty and student of color conference, One Vision: Diversity in our Words, Pullman, Washington.

Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of Love (featured speaker) for The Paulo Freire Institute’s International Forum, Education: The Possible Dream, University of California, Los Angeles.

Academia and its Limitations for Emancipation (panelist) for the Raza Press Conference on The Media and Popular Expression, Oxnard, California.

Urban Youth and the Politics of Schooling (discussant) for American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

What’s So Critical about Critical Race Theory? The Limits of “Race” (panelist) for American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Culture, Pedagogy and Power (featured speaker) for University of California, San Diego Chicano/a Studies Activities in commemoration of Cesar Chavez, San Diego, California.

Teaching in the Era of Globalization and Difference (colloquia) for Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.

2001

Schooling and the Culture of Dominion: The Little Dirty Secret behind Standardized Testing (opening keynote) for the national convention of NAME: National Association for Multicultural Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Teacher Education and The Struggle for Democratic Schooling (keynote) for annual conference of the California Council for Teacher Education (CCTE), San Diego, CA.

The Struggle for Access and Equity: Students of Color and Higher Education (panel presentation) for the Rainbow Conference of the Cultural Student Affairs Center at the University of California, Irvine.

Una Perspectiva Critica sobre la Realidad de los Pueblos Inmigrantes in Los Estados Unidos (featured panelist) for conference El Movimiento y Flujo de Inmigrantes sponsored by El Centro Europeo de la Universidad de San Pablo, Madrid, Spain.

La Educación Bicultural: Una Teoria Critica (featured speaker) for conference on La Educación Bicultural sponsored by the Catalan Institute of Latin American Cooperation, Barcelona, Spain.

Cultura, Idioma, y la Educación: Una Teoria del Biculturalismo (colloquium) Departamento de Filologia, Colegio de Letras y Artes, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

La Escolarizacion de Estudiantes Emigrantes en los Estados Unidos (featured panelist) for conference on Educar para Integrar: Inmigrantes en España y Los Estados Unidos de America sponsored by Casa de America, Madrid Spain.

Latinos and Higher Education: The Struggle for a Pedagogy of Liberation (keynote) for Latinos in Higher Education Conference at the University of California, Riverside.

Early Childhood Education in the Context of Changing Urban Life (seminar featured scholar) for Teaching Umojo Education Project Conference of Pacific Oaks College North in Kingston, Jamaica.

Scholars of Color Extended Course (panelist) for American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

Negotiating Power and Authority in the Context of Urban Schooling (colloquium) Graduate School of Education McGuinn Scholar’s Forum, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Impact of Globalization on the Education of Latino/a Students in Urban Schools (colloquium) for The Mauricio Gaston Institute for Community and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston, Massachusetts.

Urban Education in the Age of Globalization and Difference (series speaker) for The Graduate Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

Mujeres Latinas: Education and the Struggle for Freedom (keynote) for the Third Annual Mujeres Latinas Conference, University of Madison, Wisconsin.

Women on the Edge: The Illusive Search for Equality (keynote) for Women’s History Week, La Verne University, La Verne, CA.

2000

Cultura y Poder: Una Pedagogia de Liberacion (keynote) for the Conferencia de Pedagogia y Curricula, Universidad de Mexico, Hermosillo.

The Politics of Language and the Empowerment of Spanish-speaking Communities (keynote) for the Second Annual Spanish Language Arts Institute, San Diego County of Education, San Diego, CA.

Youth and the Movement for Social Justice and Economic Democracy (keynote) for The Annual M.E.Ch.A. Youth Raza Conference, University of California, Los Angeles.

The Struggle for Bilingual Education: Critical Issues in Urban Schools (lead presenter) for Bilingual Education: Creating Voices for the Future, the 2000 California Association of Bilingual Education Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Revitalizing the Bilingual Education Movement (Keynote) for Annual Bilingual Conference of United Teachers of Los Angeles.

Critical Pedagogy and the Formation of Teachers of Color (presentation) for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Teacher Fellows Program Retreat. New Orleans, Louisiana.

La Luta Continua: The Struggle for Social Justice within Higher Education (panelist) for Minority Scholars Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.

1999

Beyond Racialized Identites: A Critical Approach to Racism in the Age of Difference (presentation) for the National Black Child Development Institute conference, From Imhotep into the 21st Century: Unlocking the Genius in African American Children, Seattle, Washington.

Con Carino y Solidaridad: Living a Critical Pedagogy (panel presentation) for the 1999 National Association of Chicana and Chicano Scholars conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Transforming Education in Conservative Times: The Contradictions Faced by a Teacher Education Program for Social Justice (discussant) at the 1999 American Educational Research Association Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Reflections on the Future of Latino/a Studies for the Next Millennium (colloquium) at the Latinos Studies Towards the XXI Century conference sponsored by Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Mothers and Daughters: Working Together for the Future (keynote) at the Latina Women’s Conference, co-sponsored by Idaho State University and Image of Idaho, Pocatello, Idaho.

Beyond the Borders of Latina Identity: Social Justice for Today (keynote) for the 1999 Mexican American Studies Conference: Women’s Issues sponsored by Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

Latina Goals for the 21st Century (keynote panel with Dolores Huerta, Ana Castillo, and Cecilia Alvarez) at the 1999 Mexican American Studies Conference: Women’s Issues sponsored by Boise State University.

Teachers in Action: Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom (lead presenter) for Bilingual Education: Creating Voices for the Future, the 1999 California Association of Bilingual Education Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Shattering the Race Lens: Toward a Critical Theory of Racism (colloquium) for the Cultural Studies/ History Departments Colloquium Series sponsored by Claremont Graduate University.

Assessing Curriculum & Teaching in the Post-Proposition 227 Setting (presenter) for the Alameda County Office of Education, Minority Teacher Leadership Program, Hayward, California.

1998

A National Roundtable on Racism in Urban Public Education (participant) sponsored by the Applied Research Center and the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Struggle for Culture and Language: A Vision of Social Justice in the Era of English for the Children (colloquium) for California State University, San Bernardino’s Intellectual Life Speaker Series, San Bernardino, California.

The Politics of Racism and Economic Inequality in the Borderlands (keynote) for New Mexico State University’s Borderlands Center for Educational Studies 1998 Border Walking Conference, Las Cruces, California.

The Struggle for Bilingual Education: A Vision for Social Justice and Economic Democracy (keynote) for New Mexico State University’s Borderlands Center for Educational Studies 1998 Border Walking Conference, Las Cruces, California.

Reflections on the Future of Chicano/a Studies (keynote) for California State University, Northridge Chicano Studies Faculty Retreat. Northridge, California.

Bilingual Education: Culture, Class, and the Politics of Language (colloquium) for the University of California, Irvine MEChA Mes de la Raza Activities, Irvine, California.

Cultural Democracy in Practice: Social and Economic Justice and Family Support in Urban Settings (keynote) at The Many Faces of Family Support: Creating a Culture of Community Responsibility Conference of the Family Resource Coalition of America, Chicago, Illinois.

Intergenerational Platica (Moderator) at the 150 Years of Chicano/Chicana Education: 1848-1998, sponsored by the Harvard Educational Review and the University of California, Irvine, California.

Teaching as an Act of Love: In Memory of Paulo Freire (invited panel speaker) at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.

The Struggle for Bilingual Education: A Vision for Social Justice and Economic Democracy (keynote) at the New Mexico Association of Bilingual Education Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Racialized Borderlands: The Politics of Racism and Economic Inequality (keynote) at From Borders to Fronteras/From Fronteras to Borders at the University of Texas, San Antonio 1998 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Symposium.

A Vision of Democratic Schooling: Urban Educational Leadership in a Time of Change (presentation) for the Northside School District, San Antonio, Texas.

Historical and Current Status of Chicano/Latinos and Education (panelist) for the Mexican American Education Commission of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Racialized Capitalism: The Little Dirty Secret Behind Globalization (public lecture) for Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California.

Historical and Current Status of Chicano/Latinos and Education (panelist) for Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California.

Teaching as an Act of Love for The Critical Pedagogy Institute (day-long program) sponsored by the California Association of Bilingual Education’s Annual Conference, San Jose, California.

1997

Dreaming with Loose Tongues: Challenging Traditions of Silence and Shame (keynote) for the 12th Annual IASA Title VII Management Institute, a Multilingual California: The Challenge and the Promise sponsored by the California Department of Education, San Diego, California.

Latinos and the Political Landscape of Higher Education (keynote) for the Conference on Latino Access and Retention in Higher Education sponsored by California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California.

Latinos in Pasadena: Reflections on Community and Quality of Life (keynote) for Latino Heritage Month sponsored by the Pasadena Library, Pasadena, California.

Latinos in Higher Education: Surviving College Socialization for The Puente Program at University of California, San Diego, California.

Critical Pedagogy: The Urban Classroom as Life Experience for The California Literature Project sponsored by California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

A Critical Approach to Mentoring New Teachers in Urban Schools (keynote) for Teacher Education, Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, California.

Eyes on Tomorrow: Preparing Young Latinas for the Future (keynote) at the Latina Career Conference, co-sponsored by Idaho State University and Image of Idaho.

1996

Cultura, Idioma y La Identidad for Instituto Superior de Musica Leandro Alviña Miranda, Cuzco, Peru.

La Problematica de la Educacion Bilingüe en Los Estados Unidos for Centro Andino de Educación y Promocion, Cuzco, Peru.

La Pedagogia Critica y la Educación de Niños Marginados en Zonas Urbanas for H’uchuy Runa, Cuzco, Peru.

Cultura, Educación, y Poder en la Educacion de Niños Urbanos for Colegio Puyllasunchis, Cuzco, Peru.

The Role of Class and Culture in the Community College Experience for The Los Angeles Community College District, Los Angeles, California.

1995

En Busqueda de Metodologias Humanizantes en el Estudio de la Educación Urbana (colloquium) at the Universidad Autonoma de San Marcos, Cuzco, Peru.

The Politics of Biculturalism and the Struggle for Community (colloquium) at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Fellows Program in Boston, MA.

The Power to Transform the World: Teachers in Urban Schools (keynote) at the California State Department of Education, Office of Special Education’s annual conference in Sacramento, California.

Biculturalism and the Politics of Identity (keynote) at the annual conference of the Pacific Counseling Clinics in Palo Alto, CA.

La Cultura, Identidad, y Educación (presentation) at Centro Andino de Educación y Promoción in Cuzco, Peru.

Maestros como Investigadores y Autores de su Practica (presentation) at El Instituto Los H’uchuy Runa in Cuzco, Peru.

Literacy Dimensions within the Critical Educational Experience (keynote) at the California Literature Project’s Spanish Literature Institute in San Diego, California.

The Politics of Biculturalism and New Formations of Identity (colloquium) for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Program in Pomona College, Claremont, California.

The Politics of Language and Educational Justice (keynote) at the Culture, Power, and Equity Conference sponsored by the Hayward School District, Hayward, California.

Dialogues on Culture, Language, and Democracy at the Critical Pedagogy Institute sponsored by the California Association of Bilingual Educators, Anaheim, California.

1994

Revitalizing the Struggle for Access and Equity on the College Campus (keynote) at The Access and Equity 2000 Conference sponsored by Texas Southern University, Austin, Texas.

Living the Meaning of Diversity within Urban Contexts (keynote) at the Institute for Teaching Tolerance sponsored by the Phi Delta Kappa/Orange County Department of Education, Buena Park, California.

Women and the Struggle for Human Rights (keynote) at The Annual Conference on Human Rights sponsored by Occidental College, Los Angeles, California.

Understanding and Using the Principles of Critical Pedagogy (day-long institute) for Success Speaks Many Languages in the 19th annual conference of the California Association of Bilingual Education, San Jose, California.

The Struggle for Cultural Democracy on the University Campus (plenary address) for Educational Realities in the Mid-90’s: Diverse Cultures with a Unified Purpose at the 16th annual conference of the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, Phoenix, Arizona.

The Impact of Culture and Race on Urban Teaching Practice (keynote) for a human relations retreat for teachers sponsored by the National Council for Christians and Jews, Malibu, California.

A Commitment to Cultural Diversity as A Path to Social Justice (opening speaker) at Women of the 90’s: Embracing Diversity, a conference sponsored by the City of Pasadena’s Commission on Women.

Personal Survival and Our Commitment to Political Struggle (community presentation, art exhibit, and poetry reading) at Arroyo Books, Highland Park, California.

La Influencia de la Cultura y El Poder Social en la Literatura (presentation) at Instituto de Literatura en Español sponsored by the California Literature Project, San Diego, California.

Cultural Democracy in the Classroom: Making the Words a Reality (day-long session) at the 1994 Statewide Mentor Teacher Conference: Creating a Global Community sponsored by the California State Department of Education, Irvine, California.

Gender Myths and Realities: What do We Say to the Next Generation (featured speaker) for the 7th annual conference of Women Connecting Women sponsored by Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California.

1993

Status of Latinos in Education: An Overview of Findings, Policy, and Recommendations (panel presentation) at the National Forum on Latino Education sponsored by Tomas Rivera Center and the Exxon Education Foundation: Washington, DC.

Race, Gender, and Bicultural Identity (presentation) at Hermanas: A Roundtable On Questions of Gender and Race sponsored by La Federación de Mujeres Cubanas and The New Afrikan Women’s Task Force in Havana, Cuba.

Democratic Schooling and the Struggle for Equality (keynote) for Ethnic and Gender Equity and Achievement for the New Student Majority, California Department of Education, San Francisco, California.

A Dialogue for All Children (a dialogue with Loris Malaguzzi, founder of Reggio Emilia School in Italy), A Message of Hope for Children and Adults form The Theory and Practice of Reggio Emilia, a symposium sponsored by The National Learning Center and the District of Columbia Public Schools Early Childhood Program, Washington, DC.

A Critical Foundation for Democratic Schooling in a Culturally Diverse Society (keynote) for Education Democracy and Economy: Contradictions, Change and Mutual Influences, University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education.

Biculturalism and Latino Immigrants (keynote) at the 3rd Annual Latino Immigrant Conference, San Diego State University and the Bilingual Education Office, State Department of Education.

In Search of Equality: A Look at the Historical Events, Attitudes, and Values which Shape Student Financial Aid Practices (keynote) for Equity, Excellence and Service: A Balancing Act at the Annual Conference of the Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Creating Multicultural Communities on College Campuses (keynote) for The Cutting Edge of Multiculturalism at the Annual Conference of the California Association of College and University Housing Officers.

Voice and Visibility: Improving Gender and Ethnic Relations in the Urban Classroom (panelist) live at the National Teleconference co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women and Rio Hondo Community College.

1992

Cultura, Identidad y la Pedagogia Critica (paper) at El Segundo Colloquio Internacional: Curricula y el Siglo XXI, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.

Latina Women: Art and Voice (colloquium) for the Understanding Diversity Speakers Series, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of San Francisco.

Community Development and the Politics of Difference (colloquium) for the Department of Urban Studies and Planning: Community Fellows Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Struggle for Cultural Democracy in Higher Education (presented paper)for Making Diversity Work: Institutional and Individual Responsibility sponsored by CSULA, Occidental College, and USC, University of Southern California.

The Challenges of Latino and Latina Leadership (keynote) at the Latino College Leadership Institute, National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Paulo Freire’s Contributions to Critical Pedagogy: An Institute for Community Educators (co-taught with Paulo Freire), a 5 day seminar organized by the American Red Cross for the Kellogg National Fellows Program.

Confronting Our Own Ethnocentrism (keynote) for Walking in Two Worlds: Ethnic and Racial Perspectives on Parenting, Wheelock College Graduate School.

A Liberatory View of Culture, Language, and Literacy (keynote) for Language: A Foundation for Academic Excellence, Los Angeles Unified School District: Language Development Program for African American Students.

A Critical Foundation for Classroom Practice and Research (panelist) for Dialogues to Explore the Community College Researcher’s Role in Developing Research on Multicultural Issues in Higher Education and Diversity in the Classroom, Southern California Community College Institutional Research Association.

Culture and Power in the Classroom (colloquium) for A Celebration of Human Rights, College of Southern Idaho.

1991

Understanding the Dynamics between Power and Violence in Urban Schools (presentation) at the Center for Disease Control: Latino Think Tank on Violence Prevention, Charles Drew School of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California.

Working Together for the Future of Our Children (keynote) at the Annual Conference of the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children, Michigan State University.

Creativity, Empowerment, and Expression (facilitator/presenter) at the Latina Women’s Writing Conference, co-sponsored by Idaho State University and Image of Idaho.

The University Experience of Latino Students (panelist) for Classroom Culture in Higher Education: Entry or Barrier? Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Boston, MA.

1990

Awakening of the Bicultural Voice (keynote) at the Statewide Hispanic Issues Conference co-sponsored by Image de Idaho, Idaho Migrant Council, and Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs.

Cultural Democracy in the Classroom (keynote) at the Teacher Conference on Science and Whole Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory.

Cultural Democracy on the College Campus (keynote) at the National Minority Affairs Conference, University of San Francisco, California.

Media Images and Their Impact on Children of Color (paper) for Changing Education through Media, National Alliance of Media Art Centers, National Conference.

Latina Women in Community and Leadership (keynote) at the First Annual Hispanic Women’s Conference, Boise Migrant Education Council. Idaho.

The Phenomenon of Biculturalism in the United States (colloquium) for educators and sociologist working with Gypsy children, University of Pecs, Hungary.

1989

Building Community from an Intercultural Perspective (keynote) at the Annual Statewide Student Leadership Conference, California Community College Student Activities Association.

Preparing Educators to Integrate Anti-bias and Bicultural Approaches into Their Programs (presentation) at the National Conference, National Association for the Education of Young Children.

The Cognitive Development of Young Bicultural Children (presentation) for The Challenge of Diversity, Southern California Association for the Education of Young Children.

The Status of Latina Women in State Government (paper) for Latina Women in the 90’s, California Association of Federal Employees.

Literacy: A Tool for Empowerment or Domination? (presentation) at the Humanities Summer Institute, Los Angeles Educational Partnership.

Overcoming Cross-cultural Barriers in American Society (keynote) for Social Organization of Latinos, El Camino College.

Mujeres en Lucha (presentation) for Celebrating Our Past to Gain Our Future, M.E.Ch.A. 20th Anniversary Conference.

1988

Bicultural Development and Early Childhood Education (presentation) at the First National Institute for Head Start Education Coordinators, Washington, DC.

Literacy: An Issue of Language and Culture (keynote) for Literacy in the Southwest, California State University at Dominguez Hills.

1987

The History of Latina Women in the Women’s Movement (paper) at the National Conference on Women of Color, National Association of Women, Washington, DC.

Artistas Latinas Contemporaneas de California (paper) for Foro Internacional Los Chicanos: Origen, Presencia, Destino, Universidad Autonoma de Colima, Mexico.

Una Perspectiva Sobre el Desarrollo Bicultural (paper), for Foro Internacional Chicanos: Origen, Presencia, Destino, Universidad Autonoma de Colima, Mexico.