The problem addressed by this study was that many Latina principals are faced with racial and ethnic discrimination, are condemned by their cultural community for not balancing cultural and professional expectations, are disproportionately placed in urban campuses with predominantly minority students, and lack mentors. The purpose of this…

This mixed-methods case study examines data for over 1,500 student awards at two dual language elementary schools collected over the course of two years. Using descriptive statistics, this paper examines student representation by demographics in quarterly scholastic awards. Through document analysis of award descriptions, we analyze how students…

Among the many social determinants linked to adolescent alcohol use and depression, racial and ethnic discrimination is a prevalent determinant among Latinx adolescents and adults that is largely overlooked in preventive interventions. This study explored the influence of perceived racial and ethnic discrimination on depressive symptoms and…

Garnering faculty support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is increasingly important. Methods for fostering faculty support of DEI have largely centered on formal workshops and interventions. We extend this work by drawing on the trickle-down model and its underlying theories (social learning theory, social information processing theory)…

Language assessments are often framed as benign mechanisms needed to objectively classify people's linguistic proficiencies. In this article, I argue for the need to critically re-examine how purportedly objective institutional language assessments and our participation in them deceptively reify historical and contemporary inequities. I offer the…

Although Black and Latinx students disproportionately face exclusionary school discipline, prior research finds that the likelihood of suspension for Black students decreases when they are taught by greater proportions of Black teachers. Little prior work, however, has examined whether these effects generalize to large, diverse, urban school…