Courses Taught

• TED 436 Student Teaching Seminar
• TED 415 Multicultural Education for Teachers

Degrees

• B.A. Women’s Studies, University of California, Irvine 1995
• B.A. History, University of California, Irvine, 1995
• M.A. Educational Foundations, California State University, Los Angeles, 1999
• CLAD Multiple Subject, National University, 2002
• Ph.D. Urban Schooling, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
• Critical Pedagogy
• Gender and Sexuality
• Multicultural Social Studies Curriculum

Publications \ Presentations

• Aleman, G. (in press). Constructing Gay Performances: The Regulation of Gay Youth at a ‘Gay-Friendly” High School. In Alexander, B. K, Anderson, G., Gallegos, B. (Eds.) Performance in Education: Teaching, Reform, and Identities as Social Performances. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
• Howard, T. and Aleman, G. (in press). The Role of Race in Teacher Education: Using Critical Race Theory to Develop Racial Consciousness and Competence. In Kesson, K., Ross, W. (Eds.). Defending Public Schools: Teaching and Teacher Education. Praeger/Greenwood Publishing.
• Voices from the Margins: LGBT Students Speak-Out. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
  San Diego, California. April 12-16, 2004.
• The Performance of Politics and The Politics of Performance: Performing Reform, Policy, Science, and Identity. Symposium presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
  San Diego, California. April 12-16, 2004.
• Constructing Gay Performances: The Regulation of Gay Youth at a ‘Gay-Friendly’ High-School. Paper presentation at the American Educational Studies Association Conference.
  Mexico City, Mexico Oct. 29-November 2, 2003.
• Disciplining Bodies: The Regulation of Gay Performances. Paper presentation at the American Educational Studies Association Conference.
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Oct. 29 – November 2, 2002.
• Marginality and the Construction of Racialized Identity: Portraitures of Nine Urban High-School Students. Paper presentation at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Meeting
  Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 9-12, 2000.

• Additional Service:
• Peer Reviewer. Journal of Latinos and Education 2003
• Peer Reviewer. American Educational Research Association 2004 Annual Conference 2004
• Elementary and middle school teacher for 6 years.

Professional Associations

• American Educational Research Association
• American Educational Studies Association
• National Association for Multicultural Education

Page updated: February 13th, 2006