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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Patricia Gándara is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans key areas within the social sciences, particularly focusing on education, linguistics, and sociology.

Their work includes topics such as:

  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Medical Education and Admissions

Their research contributions are published across various venues including:

  • Community College Review
  • Language Policy
  • Leadership and Policy in Schools

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Promoting Access and Equity for Underrepresented Racial Minorities? An Examination of Policies and Practices in Community College Baccalaureate Programs," 2020, Community College Review
  • "The gentrification of two-way dual language programs: a commentary," 2021, Language Policy
  • "Equity Considerations in Addressing English Learner Segregation," 2020, Leadership and Policy in Schools

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Bryant Jensen
  • Cristina Alfaro
  • Marcela G. Cuellar
  • Gary Orfield

Their subfields of study indicate a focus on:

  • Education
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Language and Linguistics

Patricia Gándara was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2011, reflecting recognition within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies

    Patricia C. Gandara;Frances Contreras

  • Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos

    Patricia C. Gandara

  • Listening to Teachers of English Language Learners: A Survey of California Teachers’ Challenges, Experiences, and Professional Development Needs

    Patricia Gandara;Julie Maxwell-Jolly;Anne Driscoll

  • English Learners in California Schools: Unequal resources, unequal outcomes

    Patricia Gándara;Patricia Gándara;Russell Rumberger;Julie Maxwell-Jolly;Rebecca Marie Callahan

  • Passing Through the Eye of the Needle: High-Achieving Chicanas.

    Patricia Gandara

  • Performance of English Language Learners as a Subgroup in Large-Scale Assessment: Interaction of Research and Policy

    Jamal Abedi;Patricia Gándara

  • Immigration, Language, and Education: How Does Language Policy Structure Opportunity?

    Patricia Gándara;Russell W. Rumberger

  • Forbidden Language: English Learners and Restrictive Language Policies

    Patricia C. Gandara;Megan Hopkins

  • Priming the Pump: Strategies for Increasing the Achievement of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates.

    Patricia Gándara;Julie Maxwell-Jolly

  • A Study of High School Puente: What We Have Learned about Preparinglatino Youth for Postsecondary Education:

    Patricia Gándara

  • Bilingual Education Programs: A Cross-National Perspective

    Fred Genesee;Patricia Gándara

  • Seeking Equity in the Education of California's English Learners

    Russell W. Rumberger;Patricia Gndara

  • The bilingual advantage : language, literacy and the US labor market

    Rebecca M. Callahan;Patricia C. Gandara

  • Segregating Arizona's English Learners: A Return to the "Mexican Room"?.

    Patricia Gandara;Gary Orfield

  • Capturing Latino Students in the Academic Pipeline.

    Patricia Gandara;Katherine Larson;Hugh Mehan;Russell Rumberger

  • The Latino Education Crisis.

    Patricia Gandara

  • Strengthening the Academic Pipeline Leading to Careers in Math, Science, and Technology for Latino Students

    Patricia Gándara

  • Planning for the Future in Rural and Urban High Schools.

    Patricia Gándara;Dianna Gutiáez;Susan O'Hara

  • The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on the Nation’s Schools:

    Jongyeon Ee;Patricia Gándara

  • NCLB and California's English Language Learners: The Perfect Storm.

    Patricia Gándara;Gabriel Baca

  • Paving the Way to Postsecondary Education: K-12 Intervention Programs for Underrepresented Youth. Report of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Working Group on Access to Postsecondary Education.

    Patricia Gandara

  • Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos.@@@The Leaning Ivory Tower: Latino Professors in American Universities.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Orfield
Gary Orfield University of California, Los Angeles
Russell W. Rumberger
Russell W. Rumberger University of California, Santa Barbara
Barbara K. Keogh
Barbara K. Keogh University of California, Los Angeles
Fred Genesee
Fred Genesee McGill University
Kris D. Gutiérrez
Kris D. Gutiérrez University of California, Berkeley

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