Immigrant Voices In Search of Educational Equity

The ethnics are coming-and the fear of many observers is that the quality of traditional disciplines will suffer as a result. Immigrant Voices is a book which shows that such fear is unfounded. Ethnic scholars of international repute come together in this collection of essays to meditate upon the single most important social phenomena in America today: immigration.

Encarnacion Soriano Ayala holds a Ph.D. in educational sciences and is professor of research methodology in education at the University of Almeria, Spain Lilia I. Bartolome is an associate professor of education in the Teacher Education and the Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral Programs at the University of Massachusetts at Boston Angelica Bautista obtained her M.A. from the anthropology department at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is currently finishing her Ph.D. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng is a professor of communicative disorders and assistant dean of Global Program Development of the Office of the President at San Diego State University Kathee M. Christensen is a professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at San Diego State University Concha Delgado-Gaitan is an award-winning ethnographic researcher and scholar on oral and written traditions in immigrant communities Lucila Ek is a doctoral student in the Urban Schooling division in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles Gisela Ernst-Slavit earned her Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 1991 and currently is an associate professor at Washington State University at Vancouver Christian Faltis is professor of bilingual and second language education at Arizona State University in Tempe Bridget Fitzgerald Gersten is the English language officer for North Africa Arcelia Hernandez is a bilingual teacher in the Port Hueneme School District in Oxnard, California Peter Nien-chu Kiang is an associate professor of education and director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston Donaldo Macedo is professor of English and distinguished professor of liberal arts and education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston Elizabeth Sugar Martinez, who received her B.A. and M.Ed. from the University of California at Los Angeles, is currently a University of Houston Ph.D. candidate in curriculum and instruction Peter McLaren is a professor in the Division of Urban Schooling in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles Martha Montero-Sieburth is an associate professor at the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Boston Marjorie Faulstich Orellana is an assistant professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University Carola Suarez-Orozco is the codirector of the Harvard Immigration Project Marcelo Suarez-Orozco is professor of human development and psychology, co-director of the Harvard Immigration Project, and chair of the Interfaculty Committee on Latino Studies at Harvard University Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Pittsburgh University Yali Zou is the founder and director of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of Houston and an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies