Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos
- Director
Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education - The Goizueta Foundation Chair of Latino Teacher Education
Department of Language and Literacy Education
Biography
Dr. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos has spent approximately 25 years in education including over 15 years in academia. Previously, he has served as the Murchison Endowed Professor and Chair at Trinity University, Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Latinx Education Research Center (LERC) at Santa Clara University, and Associate Professor and Assistant Professor at Arizona State University. He also served as a Senior Research Fellow at Claremont Graduate University, and Visiting Scholar at both USC Rossier School of Education and UC Berkeley with a courtesy affiliation at PACE at Stanford University. He specializes in education policy and finance equity for traditionally marginalized populations. He has over 60 publications and received several prestigious awards, honors, and grants, including the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship, AERA Early Career Award, and AESA Book Critics Choice Award, among others. He began his professional career as an urban bilingual school teacher and is a son of Mexican migrant farmworkers.
Areas of Expertise
- Education Policy
- Education Finance
- Latino Education
- Bilingual Education
Education
- Ph.D. in Education, 2008
Claremont Graduate University Jointly with San Diego State University
Contact
Aderhold Hall, 125