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Name: Olga Vásquez, Associate Professor of Communication; Faculty Affiliate: Center for Research in Education and Teacher Excelence, Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Human Development Program, Education Studies, Ethnic Studies.

ovasquez@weber.ucsd.edu

Olga Vásquez

 La Clase Mágica

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Education and
Global Citizenship

ISCAR 2008, San Diego
September 8 - 13, 2008

Education: Ph.D. in Education, Stanford University (1989)

Research: Vásquez's research examines the intersection of literacy, language, and culture in intercultural settings. As an ethnographer of education, her work covers bilingual education, culturally responsive curriculum, and access to educational resources by underrepresented groups. Currently, she is involved in the study of sustainable innovative educational activities that provide a range of literacy activities through computer and telecommunication technology.

Books:
Vásquez, O.A., "La Clase Mágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners" New Jersey, Laurence Erlbaum Publishers (2002).

Vásquez, O.A., Pease-Alvarez, P., & Shannon, S.M. Pushing Boundaries: Language in a Mexicano Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1994).

 

Recent Articles: Vásquez, O.A. "Coming of Age in Post-Modern America," in Human Development, 1999.

Vásquez, O. A. and Duran, Richard, "La Clase Mágica and Club Proteo: Mulitiple Literacies in New Community Institutions," in Gallego and Hollingsworth (Eds.), Challenging a Single Standard: Perspective on Multiple Literacies. (Teachers College Press, N.Y.) 1999.

Vásquez, O.A., "Negociando identidad en un medio bilingüe" ("Negotiating identity in bilingual setting"). In Morphé: Ciencias del Lenguaje, Julio 96-Junio97, No. 15/16. 1998.

Vásquez, O.A., "A Model System of Institutional Linkages: Transforming the Educational Pipeline." In A. Hurtado, R. Figueroa, E. Garcia (Eds.), Strategic Interventions in Education: Expanding the Latina/Latino Pipeline. University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA. (pp. 137-166). 1996.

Stanton-Salazar, R., Vásquez, Olga, and Mehan, Hugh, "Engineering Success Through Institutional Support." In A. Hurtado, R. Figueroa, E. Garcia (Eds.), Strategic Interventions in Education: Expanding the Latina/Latino Pipeline. University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA. (pp. 100-137). 1996.

Pushing Boundaries: Language and Culture in a Mexicano Community
by Communication Prof. Olga A. Vasquez, Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, and Sheila Shannon (Cambridge University Press, 1994).

 

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