Staff

Jody Slavick
Jody A. Slavick
Research Associate • Literacy Squared
School of Education
Estella Almanza
Estella Almanza
Adams 12 Project Director • Professional Research Assistant
Lorenso Aragon
Lorenso Aragon
Project Director
BUENO Center
Gisela Cardenas
Gisela Cardenas
CAMP Recruiter & Retention Specialist
Jessely Chaparro
Jessely Chaparro
CAMP Program Coordinator
BUENO Center
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Robert Garcia
CAMP Director • Research Associate
BUENO Center
Francisco Giles
Francisco Giles
BUENO Center
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Yesenia Gomez
High school Equivalency Program (HEP)
Deena Gumina
Deena Gumina
TILDE Project Director • Assistant Teaching Professor
School of Education
Debra Haffey
Debra Haffey
Business Services Program Director
School of Education / BUENO Center
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Tania Hogan
Executive Director
BUENO Center
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Natalie Koster
Graduate Program Coordinator • (she/her)
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Martha Loera-Olivas
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Tammy Molinar-LeBlanc
Project Director
BUENO Center
Jason Romero, Jr.
Jason Romero, Jr.
Director, Chicano & Latino History Project
Ernesto Sanchez
Ernesto Sanchez
HEP Project Director
BUENO Center
Kim Strong
Kim Strong
Research Associate
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Ichigo Takikawa
Ichigo Takikawa
Communications Specialist
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Shelly Wyss
High school Equivalency Program (HEP)

Faculty

Alison Boardman
Alison Boardman
Associate Professor • Program Chair
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Dr Kathy Escamilla
Kathy Escamilla
Bob and Judy Charles Endowed Chair of Education and Professor
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Mileidis Gort
Mileidis Gort
Professor
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
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Susan Hopewell
Associate Professor of Equity Bilingualism and Biliteracy • Executive Director of Literacy Squared
Rebecca Linares
Rebecca Linares
Assistant Professor
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Deb Palmer
Deb Palmer
Professor
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Vanessa Santiago Schwarz
Vanessa Santiago Schwarz
Assistant Teaching Professor
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Jamy Stillman
Jamy Stillman
Associate Professor • Program Chair of Elementary Teacher Education

Graduate Students

Caitie Dougherty
Caitie Dougherty
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Molly Hamm-Rodríguez
Molly Hamm-Rodríguez
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Devon Hedrick-Shaw
Devon Hedrick-Shaw
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy • Teacher Learning • Research & Practice
Elizabeth Silva
Elizabeth Silva
Graduate Student • TILDE
School of Education
Mary Beth Snow Balderas
Mary Beth Snow Balderas
Graduate Student • TILDE
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Lydia Sollenberger
Lydia Sollenberger
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy

BUENO Legacy

Sandra Butvilofsky
Sandra Butvilofsky
Principal Investigator, TILDE
BUENO Center
Caitlin Fine
Caitlin Fine
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Rebecca Flores
Rebecca Flores
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Daniel Garzon
Daniel Garzon
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Laura Hamman-Ortiz
Laura Hamman-Ortiz
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity
Dr John Hoover
John Hoover
Research Associate Professor • Project Director
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Alexandra McGrath
Alexandra McGrath
Graduate Student
Equity • Bilingualism & Biliteracy
David Nieto
David Nieto
Project Director
BUENO Center
Dr Jesús Rodríguez
Jesús Rodríguez
Project Associate
BUENO Center
Maria Ruiz-Martinez
Maria Ruiz-Martinez
Graduate Student
Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity
Astrid Sambolin-Morales
Astrid Sambolin-Morales
Graduate Student
School of Education