Alma Flor Ada, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Sociopolitical issues in education; education for personal liberation and social change, children's literature and critical thinking.

e-mail: almaflorada@yahoo.com | web site http://www.almaflorada.com

Stephen Cary, Ed.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Second language learning and aquisition specialist; teacher coaching, program planning and evaluation; parent education and involvement; Spanish language programs for teachers; family/community oral history projects; teacher training institutes on peer coaching; CLAD (Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development) and CALLA (Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach).

e-mail: stephencary@earthlink.net

Denis E. Collins, S.J., Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Social and philosophical foundations of Education; the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire; educational issues of the third world or oppressed populations; international education.

e-mail: collinsd@usfca.edu

Emma Fuentes, Ph.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Bilingual education; immigrants and schooling; Latino school experience; community organizing for school change; school and community partnerships; school reform; parental involvement; social and cultural theory; participatory action research.

e-mail: ehfuentes@usfca.edu

Rosita Galang, Ph.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Theories, research and issues in language development and language use; sociolinguistic issues in bilingualism and bilingual education; first and second language acquisition and teaching; language maintenance and language shift; Lingustic; Filipino American education.

e-mail: galangr@usfca.edu

Susan Roberta Katz, Ph.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Global issues in multicultural education, especially as related to language and literacy; education of Romani students in Central/Eastern Europe; immigration to the U.S. and its impact upon education, particularly for youth from Latin America; examination of youth violence and its link to schooling.

e-mail: katz@usfca.edu

Shabnam Koirala-Azad, Ph.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Globalization and transnationalism; immigration and education; global citizenship; social and cultural theory; international comparative education; gender, education and social change; qualitative approaches to research.

e-mail: skoirala@usfca.edu

Betty Taylor, R.N., Ed.D.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Emotional intelligence, cultural competency, resiliency, and social learning research approaches to learning; global and multicultural education, higher education administration, management and leadership; women and mentoring, diverse populations and schooling; strategic planning and data-driven decision-making; on-line learning and instruction.

e-mail: taylorb@usfca.edu