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• TED 470: Critical Perspectives in Urban Education
• TED 415: Introduction to Multicultural Education
• TED 444: Assessment Seminar
• TED 434 & 437: Student Teaching
• LBS 370: Multicultural Studies
• LBS 200: Introduction to Liberal Studies
• GED 503: Socio-cultural Issues in Education

• Ph.D. San Diego State University/Claremont Graduate University, San Diego/Claremont, CA 2003
• M.A. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1997
• B.A. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1991

• "Public deliberation and civic engagement on issues of diversity in higher education." $4000. CSUDH WASC Mini-grant.
• Scholarly travel to CABE and AERA conferences.” $1500. CSU Dominguez Hills Mini-grants Competition. Spring 2005.
• “Luchando contra el uso de tabaco.” $5000. Hispanic/Latino Tobacco Education Network, University of Southern California. April - June 1999.
• “Into, through, and beyond: 500 years of Chicano history.” $500. U.S. Forestry Service/San Diego City Schools Student Advocacy. 1997-1998.

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Olivos, E.M. & Sarmiento, L. E. (2006). Is there room for biliteracy? Credentialing California’s future bilingual teachers. Issues in Teacher Education. 15(1), 69-84.
• Olivos, E.M. & Quintana de Valladolid, C. (2005). Entre la espada y la pared: Critical educators, bilingual education, and education reform.  Journal of Latinos and Education. 4(4), 281-291.
• Olivos, E.M. (2004). Tensions, contradictions, and resistance: An activist’s reflection on the struggles of Latino parents in the public school system. The High School Journal. 87(4), 25-35.
• Olivos, E.M. (1999). Power, knowledge, and culture in parent involvement. Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, Inc. (1999-2000), 13-23.

Scholarly Books

• Olivos, E.M., Ochoa, A.M. & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (Eds.). (Forthcoming). Critical voices in bicultural parent engagement: Advocacy and empowerment. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 
• Cadiero-Kaplan, K., Ochoa, A., Kuhlman, N., Olivos, E.M., & Rodríguez, J. (Eds.).  (2006). The living work of teachers: Ideology and practice. Covina, CA: California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
• Olivos, E.M. (2006). The power of parents: A critical perspective of bicultural parent involvement in the public schools. New York: Peter Lang Publishers.
• Olivos, E.M. (2003). Dialectical tensions, contradictions, and resistance: A study of the relationship between Latino parents and the public school system within a socio-economic “structure of dominance.” Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. San Diego State University/Claremont Graduate University.

Chapters in Books

• Olivos, E.M. & Quintana, C.E. (Forthcoming). Activating the voices of Chicano Parents in the Public Schools. In Berta-Avila, M., Tijerina-Revilla, A. & López-Figueroa, J. (Eds.). Marching Students: Chicana/o identity and the politics of education 1968 and the present. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press.
• Olivos, E.M. & Ochoa, A.M. (2006). Operationalizing a transformational paradigm of parent involvement: Parent voice and participation. In Cadiero-Kaplan, K., Ochoa, A., Kuhlman, N., Olivos, E.M., & Rodríguez, J. (Eds.).  The living work of teachers: Ideology and practice. Covina, CA: California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
• Olivos, E.M. & Ochoa, A.M. (2006) Toward a transformational paradigm of parent involvement in urban education. In Kincheloe, J., Anderson, P., Rose, K., Griffith, D. and Hayes, K. (Eds.) Urban education: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Scholarly Reports

• Olivos, E.M. (2005) Lifting our voices: A statewide survey of parents’ views on education. San Diego, CA: Californians for Justice

Opinion Pieces in Newspapers

• Olivos, E.M. (2001, August 10). Big business in education has a negative affect on minority students. La Prensa de San Diego.
• Olivos, E.M. (2001, August 9). Are San Diego city schools failing Latino students? The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Publications in Progress

• Olivos, E.M. & Alfaro, C. (In progress). International Experiential Learning in Teacher Education: Developing Critical Bilingual Educators through an International Experience (working title)
• Olivos, E.M. & Stear, Z. (In progress) The History Magazine: Multiple Intelligences in a Bilingual Social Studies Setting (working title)
• Olivos, E.M. (In progress) Latino families and school communities: Conflicting perspectives and values.

Presentations 

• “Preparing teachers for educational and social transformation:   Developing ideological clarity and social commitment.” (Panel member) (Accepted proposal). At Educating Every Student: Investing in Tomorrow—Today. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA. March 16, 2007.
• “Working with schools in urban and rural Mexico: Developing social consciousness and becoming a cultural broker.” (Panel member) (Accepted proposal). At Educating Every Student: Investing in Tomorrow—Today. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA. March 16, 2007.
• “The living work of teachers: Ideology & practice in and with community.” (Panel member) (Accepted proposal). At Educating Every Student: Investing in Tomorrow—Today. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA. March 16, 2007.
• “Public deliberation and civic engagement on issues of diversity in higher education and in the community.” (Accepted proposal) At 2nd Annual CSU Conference on Community Based Teaching and Research. California State University System, San Jose, CA. February 23-24, 2007.
• “Using Gardner’s multiple intelligences in a social studies bilingual context.” At Courage to Act Begins with One Voice. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. San Jose, CA. March 1-4, 2006.
• “Creating concientization: Freire, cultural immersion and working with schools in urban and rural Mexico” (Panel member). At Courage to Act Begins with One Voice. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. San Jose, CA. March 1-4, 2006.
• “Transformational parent involvement: Developing pedagogical tools through the voices of parents.” At A Legacy of Transforming Hearts and Minds. California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA. February 23-26, 2005.
• “The edge of each others battles: Social justice SIGs and community activists organizing across differences.” At Enhancing the Visibility and Credibility of Educational Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego, CA. April 12-16, 2004.
• “Dissident voices in critical times.” (Panel member) At Bilingual Education: An Individual Right, A National Asset, A Global Imperative. CABE Annual Conference. San Jose, CA. March 4-7, 2004.
• “A critical dialogue with Latino parent advocates: The challenges of organizing, advocating, and empowerment.” At Bilingual Education: An Individual Right, A National Asset, A Global Imperative. CABE Annual Conference. San Jose, CA. March 4-7, 2004
• Tales of empowerment: Parent/teacher struggle for voice in Spanish speaking communities.” (Panel member) At Validity and Value in Education Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA). New Orleans, LA. April 1-5, 2002.
• “Padres y maestros unidos.” (Panel member) At Breaking Barriers: Working Together for Justice in Schools. National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA). University of California, Los Angeles, CA. July 15, 2000.
• “Bilingual education after Proposition 227.” at Teaching for Social Justice: Critical Pedagogy and Praxis. California Consortium of Critical Educators (CCCE) Summer Institute. Los Angeles, CA. June 22, 2000.
• “Power, knowledge, and culture in parent involvement.” (Panel member) At The 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Mexican American Educators. Town and County, San Diego, Ca. November 12, 1999.
• “Empowered school communities.” at The Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council 23rd Annual Spring Conference. Sacramento State University, Sacramento, Ca. February 25, 1999.

Additional Scholarship:

• Discussant at Education Research for the Public Interest. American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Francisco, CA, April 7-11, 2006.
• Peer reviewer for proposals for Education Research in the Public Interest. American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Francisco, CA, April 7-11, 2006.
• Peer reviewer of manuscripts for journal of Equity & Excellence in Education. Fall 2005.
• Peer reviewer of manuscripts for Reclaiming our voices: Literacy ideology, teachers’ beliefs, language policy, and parent voice. K. Cadiero-Kaplan & A.M. Ochoa (Eds.). Los Angeles: CABE, 2005.
• Chair and discussant at Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability American Educational Research Association (AERA). Montreal, Canada, April 11-15, 2005.
• State Certified Assessor, Tasks 1, 2, 3, & 4. California Teaching Performance Assessment Standards (CA TPA).
• Dissertation of the Year Award Awarded by AERA Family, School, Community, Partnership SIG, April 2004. San Diego, CA.
• Title VII Fellowship Recipient 1998-2001. San Diego State University/Claremont Graduate University.

Additional Service

• PLC 911: Multicultural Methods & Curriculum in Language Arts (in Querétaro, Mexico)
• PLC 911: Methods of Teaching History/Social Science in Bilingual Settings (in Querétaro, Mexico)

Contemporary Professional Service in P-12 Settings:

• April 2004-June 2004 Promise Charter School - Interim Principal - School Administrator (San Diego , CA)
• 1999-2004 San Diego State University - Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer and University Supervisor for the Department of Policy Studies in Language and Cross-Cultural Education (San Diego, CA)
• 1996 – 2004 Southwestern College - Adjunct Faculty -Spanish Instructor for the School of Language (Chula Vista, CA)
• 1993 – 2003 San Diego Unified School District - Biliteracy Instruction Teacher - Primary Grade (K-2) Classroom Teacher (San Diego, CA)
• 1991 – 1993 San Diego State University - Spanish Instructor for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (San Diego, CA)
  

• California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies (NACCS)
• San Diego County Latino Coalition on Education
• California Consortium of Critical Educators (CCCE)
• California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
• California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE)

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