Core Faculty Research and Teaching Interests
Cheryl Matias-Padua, M.A. Ed.
Visiting Faculty, Teacher Education
(626) 685-2532, email
Office Location 45 Eureka, Office C126
Office Hours: Mondays, 1-4; Tuesdays 10-1
Education:
Ph.D. (current) UCLA, Social Science and Comparative Education, Race and Ethnic Studies
M.A. CSULB, Educational Psychology, Social and Multicultural Foundations
Teaching Credential, SDSU, Professional Clear Multiple Subject CLAD emphasis
B.A. UCSD, Cultural Communications (Minors in Biology and Literature/Writing)
Teaching Interests:
- Race and Ethnic Studies
- Multicultural Education
- Social Justice Teaching & Critical Pedagogy
- Qualitative & Action Research
Research Scholarships:
- [Dissertation Project] Where are you REALLY from? Action Research on the Effects of Critical Lessons on Race and Racism and its Effect on the Symbiotic Development of Racial Identities (UCLA, current, D. Nakanishi)
- [Pilot study] "US History Textbooks and its Influence on Student Racial Identities" (UCLA, 2008, D. Nakanishi)
- "The Socialization of New Moms into Playground Life" (UCLA, 2008, K. Gutierrez)
- "Across the Waves: Understanding the Asian American Community-Curriculum Guide" (UCLA, 2007, D. Nakanishi & the Education Division of Farmers Insurance Group)
- Graduate Student Researcher for the UCLA Department of Anthropology (UCLA, 2007, A. Gupta)
- "Narratives of Racial Microaggressions" (UCLA, 2007, D. Solorzano)
- "Vignettes and Counterstories: Analyzing My Stories with a New Found Voice" (UCLA, 2006, J. Yee)
- The Development of the Colonized Filipino--With a Capital F (CSULB, 2005, Z. Leonardo)
- "Filipino American Students and Academic Achievement (SDSU, 2000, R. Young)
- "Connected" Narrative of the Untold Lives of Filipino American Youth (UCSD, 1999, V. Rafael)
- "Filipino Stereotypes and its Historical Roots" (UCSD, 1999, O. Campomanes)
Staci Ma, M.S. Administration, M.A. Educational Technology
(626) 577-3599, email
Office Location 45 Eureka Office C120
Office Hours: By appointment
Information to come shortly
Aki Ohseki, Ed.D
(626) 583-4632, Email
Office Location 45 Eureka Office C124
Office Hours: By appointment
Aki Ohseki is originally from New York and earned her doctorate in Early Childhood Education from Columbia University. Most of her 11 years of teaching in early childhood classrooms was spent in a progressive public school in the Lower East Side of New York City. Aki joined the core faculty in the Teacher Education Program in the summer of 2004.
Education:
Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University, Education
M.A. New York University, Early Childhood/Elementary Education
B.A. State University of New York at Albany, Psychology
Teaching Interests:
- Early Childhood Methods
- Early Childhood Curriculum
- Social Development of Young Children
- Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings
Scholarship:
Presented A Look at Peer Friendship in the Context of Change as part of a symposium, Promoting Continuity in Early Care and Education for Young Children and Families. Spring 2001, AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Presented Lunchtime Talk: Creating an Unofficial Curriculum, which focused on how young children in an urban progressive public school construct a curriculum through engaging in spontaneous conversation at lunchtime. Spring 2004 AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
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