Dr. Regina Cortina Regina Cortina is Professor of Education in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been coordinating this Department’s Program in International and Comparative Education since 2009. Her latest book, The Education of Indigenous Citizens in Latin America (Multilingual Matters, 2014), describes unprecedented changes in education across Latin America that resulted from the endorsement of Indigenous people’s rights through the development of intercultural and bilingual education. Prof. Cortina recently edited an issue of the Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa (2014, January-March), entitled Educación Intercultural Bilingüe en Latinoamérica: El Papel de la Ayuda Internacional [Intercultural Bilingual Education in Latin America: The Role of Foreign Aid]. Her other areas of expertise are gender and education, the education and employment of teachers, public policy and education, and the schooling of Latinos in the United States. Among her earlier publications are Women and Teaching: Global Perspectives on the Feminization of a Profession (Palgrave, 2006), Immigrants and Schooling: Mexicans in New York (Center for Migration Studies, 2003), and Distant Alliances: Promoting Education for Girls and Women in Latin America (Routledge, 2000). She holds a Ph.D., a Master’s Degree in International and Comparative Education, and a Master’s Degree in Political Science, all from Stanford University; and a bachelor’s degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Dr. Daniel Friedrich is a professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is interested in epistemological and philosophical questions, as they relate to the politics of schooling and of teacher education. His background allows him to engage in interdisciplinary, comparative and international perspectives, particularly with a focus in Latin America.
Dr. Henry Levin is the William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics & Education in TC's Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis, and the founding Co-Director of the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College. Levin is also Director of TC's National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, and the David Jacks Professor of Higher Education and Economics, Emeritus, at Stanford University. His interests include economics of education and human resources.
Dr. Maria Paula Ghiso is a professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include bilingual approaches to early childhood and elementary education; young children's writing; critical literacies; multilingualism and immigrant identities; children's literature; and university-school partnerships.
Dr. Jacqueline Simmons is a lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her interests include critical perspectives on the theory and practice of curriculum; youth and media; innovation and possibilities in education. Her research engages informal learning organizations and non-profits in multimedia curriculum design to address social problems.
Nicholas Limerick is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Education at Teachers College. His research interests includes linguistic anthropology of education, multilingualism, multicultural citizenship, Indigenous movements and state relations, and language revitalization. His research takes place in Ecuador.
Natalie Flores is a current Ph.D student at Teachers College, Columbia University in the department of curriculum and teaching. She also holds a specialization in Teacher Education. Her interests include critical literacies for early childhood education, teacher development, communities of practice, immigrant populations, and bilingual education. She also blogs for the Huffington Post Education section.
Natalie Flores is a current Ph.D student at Teachers College, Columbia University in the department of curriculum and teaching. She also holds a specialization in Teacher Education. Her interests include critical literacies for early childhood education, teacher development, communities of practice, immigrant populations, and bilingual education. She also blogs for the Huffington Post Education section.