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UC LMRI is governed by a Director and a Faculty Steering Committee appointed by the Office of the President.
Members of the Faculty Steering Committee represent each of the UC campuses and serve renewable three-year terms. In addition to the campus representatives, the Steering Committee includes a representative from the UC Office of the President.
See also: Faculty Steering Committee Research
Current UC LMRI Faculty Steering Committee Members:
- Jamal Abedi
- Adalberto Aguirre, Jr.
- Joseph Castro
- Margaret A. Gibson
- Kris Gutierrez
- Jin Sook Lee
- Paula Levin
- Robert Ochsner
- Robin Scarcella
- Laura Sterponi
- Dante Noto, Ex Officio
- Jeannie Oakes, Ex Officio
- Laura Romo, Ex Officio
- Russell W. Rumberger, Ex Officio
- Patricia Gandara, Ex Officio
Providing information on educational issues affecting linguistic minorities as well as racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants. More »
Representing: UCLA 1997-2010
Dr. Kris Gutierrez: Ph.D., English / Curriculum and Instruction, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
Areas of Interest: Current research interests include a study of the sociocultural contexts of literacy development, particularly the study of the acquisition of academic literacy for language minority students. Her research also focuses on understanding the relationship between language, culture, development, and pedagogies of empowerment.
Selected Journal Articles
Gutierrez, K. (in press) So What's New in the English Language Arts:
Challenging Policies and Practices, ży que?
Language Arts Journal.
Gutierez, K. & Stone, L. (in press) Hypermediating
Literacy Activity: How Learning Contexts Get Reorganized.
In O. Saracho & B. Spodek. Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood
Education.
Gutierez, K., Baquedano-Lopez, P., & Asato, J. (2001).
English for the children: The new literacy of the old world order.
Bilingual Review Journal, 24 (1 & 2),87-112.
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Email: krisgu@ucla.edu