Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background
PhD Education, Stanford University, 1987
MA. History, Stanford University, 1985
BA. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979
California (Single Subject) Teaching Credential

Professional Experience
University of Colorado at Boulder. Professor, 2007-present
University of Colorado at Boulder. Associate Professor, 1998-2007
University of Colorado at Boulder. Assistant Professor, 1993-1998
University of Wisconsin at Madison. Assistant Professor, 1991-1993
Texas A&M University. Assistant Professor, 1988-1991
Southwest Regional Laboratory Educational Equity, 1987-1988
Southwest Center for Educational Equity Specialist, Oakland, CA.

Professional Awards and Academic Honors
Spencer Foundation Small Grant, 1999
Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant, 1997
Spencer Post Doctoral Fellow, 1991-92
Title VII Fellow, 1982-86
National Hispanic Fellowship Award, 1985

Selected Publications
Valencia, Richard. Menchaca, Martha, Donato, Ruben. (In Press) Segregation, desegregation, and integration of Chicano students: Old and New Realities. In R. R. Valencia (Ed.). Chicano School Failure and Success: Research and Policy Agendas for the 1990s: New York: Falmer.

Donato, Ruben and Lazerson, Marvin. (2000). "New Directions in American Educational History: Problems and Prospects." Educational Researcher, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 1-15.

Donato, Ruben. (1999). “Hispano Education and the Implications of Autonomy: Four School Systems in Southern Colorado, 1920—1964.” Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 69: 117-149

Donato, Ruben. (1997) The Other Struggle for Equal Schools: Mexican Americans During the Civil Rights Era. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Donato, Ruben. (1996). “The irony of year-round schools: Mexican migrant resistance in a California community during the civil rights era.” Educational Administration Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 2: 181-208.

Donato, Ruben& Carmen de Onis, C. (1994) “Mexican Americans in Middle Schools: The Illusion of educational reform.” Theory Into Practice Vol. 33 No. 3: 173-182.

Lucas, Tamara, and Rosemary Henze, and Ruben Donato. (1990). “Promoting the Success of Latino Language-minority Students: An Exploratory Study of Six High Schools.” Harvard Educational Review Vol. 60 (3), 315-340.

Selected National, State, and Local Presentations
Donato, Ruben and Cally Waite (2001). "Intersecting Mexican American and African American Educational Histories." Invited Keynote Address. Ohio State University, College of Education. June 1, 2001

Donato, Ruben. “The Legacy of Hispano Education. What Makes Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico Different from the Rest of the Southwest. Invited Keynote Address. New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education. March, 1999.

Donato, Ruben and Patrick McQuillan. “Latino Segregation and the Politics of Neighborhood Schools: A Research Note.” The Latino Civil Rights Crisis Conference. The Harvard Civil Rights Project. Los Angeles. December 3, 1997.

Donato, Ruben. "Learning From the Past: Mexican Americans and the Illusion of Educational Reform." Major Presenter. National Association for Bilingual Education. Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 7, 1997

Donato, Ruben. "The Implications of Plessy on Chicano Education: A Historical Note." Plessy v. Ferguson Conference: Implications in the Americas, 1896-1996. University of Colorado at Boulder. October 26, 1996.

Courses Taught
History of American Education (Graduate).

Society and Elementary Teaching (Graduate).

School and Society (Undergraduate).

Doctoral Seminar in Multicultural Education (Graduate).