Dr. Sarah Leah Santíllanes 427 Sycamore NE Albuquerque NM 87106 505.720.7207 ssantillanes@gmail.com Objective Obtain a tenure-track faculty position in Teacher Education Research Interests Critically Reality Pedagogy, Critical Praxis in Teacher Education, and the Co-Construction of Classroom Pedagogy Education University of New Mexico Ph.D.; Language Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, Albuquerque Dissertation: (Re)Making Mestizaje: The Role of Race and Gender Norms in Latina College Student s Discourse GPA: 4.0 University of New Mexico M.A.; Elementary Education/TESOL, Albuquerque GPA: 3.9 University of New Mexico B.S.; Political Science, Albuquerque GPA: 3.7 [2009] [] [1998] [2000] [1994] [1998] Experience Secondary English Language Arts Teacher Albuquerque Public Schools [] [Present] Adjunct Professor University of North Carolina-Wilmington Adjunct Professor Central New Mexico Community College [2017] [Present] [2009] [Present] Elementary Teacher Albuquerque Public Schools [1998] [2001]
Courses Taught TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES o EDUC 2284: Effective Teaching Methods and Strategies o EDUC 2250: Foundations of Education o EDUC 2190: Supervised Teacher Field Experience, Grades K-8 o EDN 265: Introduction to ESL Culture, Policy and Advocacy CURRICULUM & RESEARCH METHODS COURSES o Introduction to Qualitative Research in Education [TA at the University of New Mexico] o EDN 418: Second Language Assessment o EDUC 2285: Curriculum and Instruction I o EDUC 2286: Curriculum and Instruction II ONLINE COURSES o EDN 326: Applied Linguistics for ESL o EDN 418: Second Language Assessment o EDN 537: Linguistics for Teachers o EDUC 2206: Family and Community Collaboration o EDUC 2207: Educational Psychology READING, LANGUAGE and LITERACY COURSES o EDUC 2286: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum in Secondary Education o EDUC 2222: Literacy Instruction in ESL o EDUC 2222: Literature and Language Instruction in ESL o EDUC 2224: Sheltered English Instruction o RDG 0750: Reading Improvement for Adult Students o RDG 0950: Critical Thinking Skills for Adult Students o GEDI 500: Reading and Writing Instruction o EDN 326: Applied Linguistics for ESL o EDN 537: Linguistics for Teachers o EDUC 2265: Computers in Schools CHILD DEVELOPMENT COURSES o EDUC 2207: Educational Psychology o EDUC 2204: Child Development o EDUC 2206: Family and Community Collaboration o EDUC 2252: Teaching and Learning Theory Publications 2014 Blindsided by Racism: A Critical Racial Analysis of the Blind Side Chapter Publication; Co-Authored with Pimentel, C. Still Maids, Still Toms? Perspectives on The Help and other White authored Narratives of Black Life in the Post-Racial Era. García, C., Pimentel, C. & Young, V. (Eds.), Palgrave-Macmillan Press. 2014 The White Cinematic Lens Journal Publication, Peer-Reviewed; Co-Authored with Pimentel, C. Journal of Urban Review Page 2
Knowledge in Pain: Interpreting the Lives of Community College Latinas and their Experiences with Illness and Pain Online Paper Publication Escholarship Repository of the California Digital Library http://escholarship.org/uc/csw Re-Envisioning Sisterhood as a Practice of Freedom Online Paper Publication Educating Women, Vol. II http://www.educatingwomen.net Conference Papers E-Racing Difference: Can a Race Critical Pedagogy Survive in an Online Classroom?, Co-Authored with Virginía Necochea AESA Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD The De(Value) of a Body: Border Women and Experiences in Femicide Roundtable Guest Speaker Researching Women in Education-SIG Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM Working toward Racial and Social Justice: Teacher Examinations and Semantic Moves Invited Workshop Presentation, Co-Presenter with Virginía Necochea San Jose University, San Jose, CA Crossing the Whitestream: Teaching and Testimonios of Latina/o Teachers and Students Panel Presentation AESA Annual Conference, Seattle, WA I guess sometimes it s hard being in the middle : An Examination of Latina Racial Ideology, Fictive Kinships, and the Imagined Latina/o Community within one Community AERA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada I guess sometimes it s hard being in the middle : An Examination of Latina Racial Ideology, Fictive Kinships, and the Imagined Latina/o Community within one Community College Online Paper Repository http://www.aera.net/ Knowledge in Pain: Interpreting the Lives of Community College Latinas and their Experiences with Illness and Pain UCLA Thinking Gender Conference, Los Angeles, CA Reading the Word and the World-Critical Praxis Techniques, Adult Students of Color, and the Journey of one Practioner Page 3
Southwest Association of Developmental Education, Albuquerque, NM Cultural Deficit at the Movies: A Colorblind Ideology Critique of the film The Blind Side Panel Presentation; Co-Presented with Pimentel, C. Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, San Juan, Puerto Rico The Race-Class Problem in Anti-Racist Education: A Conceptual Analysis of (Big) Business and the Restraints of Racism AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA The Race-Class Problem in Anti-Racist Education: A Conceptual Analysis of (Big) Business and the Restraints of Racism Online Paper Repository http://www.aera.net Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and Sisterhood as a Practice of Freedom Invited Presentation Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Re-Evaluating Bootstraps: Using a Critical Discourse Analysis to Evaluate Two High Schools Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA A Race Ideology Critique of the film The Blind Side: How Critical Discourse Analysis can inform us about Race in Schools Schools Today AESA Annual Conference, Denver, CO Whose Social Justice? The Experiences of Minority Women in Higher Education 2009 AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Using the Interest Convergence Principle to Evaluate High School Clubs and Organizations Awards Graduate Student Research Grant, University of New Mexico - Doctoral Fellowship and Dissertation Award, Texas State University Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies President s Fellowship, 2009 University of New Mexico 2009 El Centro de la Raza Graduate Fellowship, University of New Mexico 2008 2009 Graduate Student Philanthropy Board Member-AERA SIG-Researching Women in Education -2014 Board Member-at-Large, Technology AERA Meeting-Session Roundtable Chair - Divisions B, K and G Page 4
AERA Graduate Student Council Roundtable New Orleans, LA Community Service Project-Hurricane Katrina and Life in Schools AERA Meetings-Peer Reviewer - Divisions B, G, and K; Paulo Freire SIG, Critical Examinations in Race, Class and Gender AESA Conference-Peer Reviewer 2014 AESA Exceptional Book of the Year Committee - Evaluation and Voting Member Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ricky Lee Allen 2009- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Provided researching support and assistance on writing projects related to race and schools Grant Writing Experience 2008 Curriculum Developer-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Graduate Student Professional Memberships Research of Women in Education AERA-SIG: Active Board Member American Educational Studies Association (AESA) American Educational Research Association Divisions: G, B, J, K SIGs: Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender; Sociology of Education; Critical Education for Social Justice; Urban Learning, Teaching and Research; Research of Women in Education References Provided Upon Request Page 5