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Critical (En)Counters: A Girouxean Exploration of Contingent Faculties' Narratives on Laboring for Latinx Students in the Corporate University Using Critical Dialogue
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Krystal Amaril Medrano – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation examines the experiences of contingent faculty within the College of Education at a Hispanic Serving Institute on the Texas-Mexico border. This study makes use of a critical Girouxean lens of neoliberalism to explore both the classroom and work experiences of contingent faculty as they navigate the hopelessness of the corporate…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Minority Serving Institutions
A Case Study of Student and Faculty Experiences in a High-Achieving Early College High School along the Texas-Mexico Border
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Kelly L. Stuart – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explores the high academic achievement of Excelencia Early College High School (EECHS), located along the Texas-Mexico border. An open-enrollment public school, EECHS serves students who are characteristic of the lower Rio Grande Valley. These include students of low socioeconomic backgrounds, minorities, first-generation, and those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Enrollment, Public Schools, Dual Enrollment
Constructing a Professional Teacher Identity: Case Studies of Pre-Service Bilingual Teachers
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Munoz Cantu, Luisa Margarita – ProQuest LLC, 2019
From a sociocultural perspective, identity is understood as constructed through active negotiations with others (Gee, 2006; Lantolf, 2009). Language constitutes a mediation tool used to create meanings in new social and cultural contexts as individuals become members of new communities of practice (CoP). In doing so, an ongoing process of sharing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Professional Identity, Sociocultural Patterns, Teaching Methods