Alicia Pallerols Rodriguez

Latina/Latino Studies Program
510 East Chalmers, MC-495
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL 61820
work: (217)244-9732
fax: (217)244-4526
email: aprodrig@uiuc.edu

 

Educational History
1996 Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Foundations of Education, Educational Policy Studies Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Champaign, IL
1991 A.M. in Educational Policy Studies, UIUC, Champaign, IL
1984

B.A. in Geology and minor in Anthropology, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Research/Teaching Experience
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship For Academic Diversity,
School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow
 1997-99
Department Of Educational Policy Studies, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Visiting Assistant Professor
 1997
Department Of Secondary Education And Foundations, Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, IL
Instructor
 1997
College Of Education, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships		 1986-94
Curriculum Design Experience
NCS Learn, Champaign, IL
Instructional Designer		 2001
Graduate Programs Office, College of Education, UIUC, Champaign, IL
and Urban League Of Champaign County, Champaign, IL
Basic Educational Skills and Tutoring (BEST) Program Curriculum Assistant

 1991
Principal's Scholars Program, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Graduate Assistant
 1986-88
Administrative/Marketing Experience
Program On Intergroup Relations, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Assistant Coordinator

 1994-97
Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Graduate Assistant

 1992-93
Independent Educational Services, Princeton, NJ
Assistant Registrar
 1986
AFS International/Intercultural Programs, New York, NY
Program Information Assistant
1984-85
Publications
  • Rodriguez, A. P. ( 2003). ““There’s not really discussion happening”: Students’ experiences of identity-based curricular reform.” In Beth C. Rubin & Elena Silva, ed., Critical Voices in School Reform: Students Living Through Change (56-72), New York & London: Routledge/Falmer.
  • Rodriguez, A. P., & Vasquez, S. L. (2002). “Engaging contradictions, creating home…three letters.” In Gloria E. Anzaldúa & AnaLouise Keating, ed., This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation (53-59), New York & London: Routledge.
  • Rodriguez, A. P. (2000). “Ethnicity, curriculum, and adolescent identities.” For a project report on “Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Class in School Reform,” William T. Trent, principal investigator.
  • Rodriguez, A. P. (2000). “Adjusting the multicultural lens.” Race, Gender & Class 7, no. 3, 150-177.
  • Rodriguez, A. P. (1999). Latino education, Latino movement. Educational Theory 49, no. 2, 381-400.
  • McCarthy, C., Rodriguez, A. P., David, S., Meecham, S., Godina, H., Supriya, K. E., & Wilson-Brown, C. Danger in the safety zone: Notes on race, resentment, and the discourse of crime, violence, and suburban security. In Dennis Carlson & Michael W. Apple, ed. (1998). Power/Knowledge/Pedagogy: The Meaning of Democratic Education in Unsettling Times (203-225), Boulder: Westview.
  • McCarthy, C., Rodriguez, A. P., Buendia, E., Meacham, S., David, S., Godina, H., Supriya, K. E., & Wilson-Brown, C. (1997). Danger in the safety zone: Notes on race, resentment, and the discourse of crime, violence and suburban security. Cultural Studies: A Research Volume 11, no. 2, 83-104.
  • McCarthy, C., Rodriguez, A., Meacham, S., David, S., Wilson-Brown, C., Godina, H., Supriya, K. E., & Buendia, E. (1997). Race, suburban resentment, and the representation of the inner city in contemporary film and television. In Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Linda C. Powell, and L. Mun Wong, ed. Off White: Readings on Race, Power, and Society (229-241), New York: Routledge.
  • McCarthy, C., Rodriguez, A., Meacham, S., David, S., Wilson-Brown, C., Godina, H., Supriya, K., & Buendia, E. (1996). Race, suburban resentment and the representation of the inner city in contemporary film and television. Cultural Studies: A Research Volume 1, 121-140.
  • Stephens, D., Pearson, P. D., Gilrane, C., Roe, M., Stallman, A. C., Shelton, J., Weinzerl, J., Rodriguez, A., & Commeyras, M. (1995, July/August/September). Assessment and decision making in schools: A cross-site analysis. Reading Research Quarterly 30, no. 3, 478-499.
  • McCarthy, C., David, S., Supriya, K. E., Wilson-Brown, C., Rodriguez, A., & Godina, H. (1995). The hypocrisy of completeness: Toni Morrison and the conception of the other. Cultural Studies [Special Issue] 9, no. 2, 247-255.
  • Rodriguez, A. P. (1993). Lapsing into Race and Ethnicity: The Multicultural Education Debate (abstract). Explorations in Ethnic Studies 16, no. 2, 199.
  • Stephens, D., Pearson, P. D., Stallman, A., Shelton, J., Commeyras, M., Roe, M., Rodriguez, A., Moll, J., & Gilrane, C. P. (1993). Assessment and Decision Making in Alpha (Tech. Rep. No. 589). Champaign: UIUC, Center for the Study of Reading.
  • Weinzierl, J., Stephens, D., Stallman, A., Pearson, P. D., Shelton, J., Rodriguez, A., Roe, M., Commeyras, M., Clark, C., Moll, J., & Gilrane, C. P. (1993). Assessment and Decision Making in Beta (Tech. Rep. No. 590). Champaign: UIUC, Center for the Study of Reading.
  • Rodriguez, A., Stephens, D., Commeyras, M., Stallman, A., Shelton, J., Pearson, P. D., Roe, M., Weinzierl, J., & Gilrane, C. P. (1993). Assessment and Decision Making in Delta (Tech. Rep. No. 591). Champaign: UIUC, Center for the Study of Reading.
  • Shelton, J., Stephens, D., Stallman, A., Commeyras, M., Pearson, P. D., Roe, M., Rodriguez, A., Kondrot, J., Weinzierl, J., & Gilrane, C. P. (1993). Assessment and Decision Making in Gamma (Tech. Rep. No. 592). Champaign: UIUC, Center for the Study of Reading.
  • Rodriguez, A., Bennett, J., Bettridge, J., Carson, R., Dinkelman, T., Fons, C., Solís-Jordán, J., Masden, K., Powers, B., Schmitz, J., Sikwibele [sic], A., Theobald, P., Thompson, A., Tozer, S., & Wentworth, M. (Eds.). (1990). Foundations of Educational Policy in the United States (4th ed., rev.). Needham Heights, MA: Ginn Press.
  • Bennett, J., Bettridge, J., Carson, R., Dinkelman, T., Fons, C., Solís-Jordán, J., Marsden [sic], K., Powers, B., Rodriguez, A., Schmitz, J., Sikwebele, A., Theobald, P., Thompson, A., Tozer, S., & Wentworth, M. (Eds.). (1989). Foundations of Educational Policy in the United States (4th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Ginn Press.
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    Presentations
  • American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2003. Paper to be presented in a symposium, ““There’s not really discussion happening”: Students’ experiences of identity-based curricular reform, ” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • Ethnography in Education Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2001. Paper presented in a symposium, “Curriculum, Intentions, and Social Identity,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • American Educational Research Association, Montreal, 1999. Paper presented in a symposium, “Adolescent Identities: Playing Race and Ethnicity,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, 1998. Paper presented, “Contesting Identity: Perspectives from a High School,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • American Educational Research Association, San Diego, 1998. Paper presented in a symposium, “Being Publicly Visible Yet Socially Invisible,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • Midwestern Conference on Diversity Issues and the Role of Counseling Centers, Champaign, 1996. Panel participant, “Issues Encountered in Developing an Intergroup Relations Program,” by A. P. Rodriguez, G. Lambeth, C. Acevedo, M. Hallett, T. Williams, V. Hoffman, & L. Davis.
  • American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 1995. Paper presented, “Wars of Identity in New York City: The Elusive Rainbow,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • American Educational Studies Association, Chapel Hill, 1994. Symposium participant, “Talking Teaching,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, 1994. Invited paper presented, “Danger in the Safety Zone: Notes on Race, Resentment and Identity,” by C. McCarthy & A. P. Rodriguez.
  • National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference, University of Utah, 1993. Paper presented, “Lapsing into Race and Ethnicity: The Multicultural Education Debate,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • “Racism, Multiculturalism and Diversity in Higher Education” Conference, DePaul University, 1992. Invited paper presented, “Struggling with Difference and Mestizaje,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
  • National Reading Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 1989. Paper presented in symposium, “Assessment and Decision-making in the Schools: A Variety of Perspectives,” by A. P. Rodriguez.
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    Other Professional Activities
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, Montreal, 2005. Proposal Reviewer, Social Context in Education Division, Curriculum Studies Division, Classroom Observation Special Interest Section, and Educational Change Special Interest Section.
  • Latina/o Family Visit Day Committee, UIUC, 2003-present
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee, UIUC, 2003-present.
  • Educational Policy Studies 490E3: Critical Race Theory (Prof. Laurence Parker), UIUC, 2001. Guest lecturer.
  • Race, Gender & Class Journal, 2000. Reviewer.
  • “Diversity Project” (university-high school collaborative educational reform project), Berkeley, 1997-1999. Researcher and volunteer.
  • Ethnic Studies 250: Racism and Anti-Racism (Prof. Michael Omi),University of California, Berkeley, 1998. Guest lecturer.
  • Education 283F: Urban Education (Prof. Pedro Noguera), University of California, Berkeley, 1998. Guest lecturer.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, 1998. Proposal Reviewer, Social Context in Education Division.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, 1997. Proposal Reviewer, Social Context in Education Division.
  • Educational Researcher Journal, 1995-1996. Reviewer.
  • Urban Education Journal, 1995. Reviewer.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, 1995. Chair, “Schools, Communities, and Interventions: Understanding the Former to Shape the Latter.”
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, 1995. Spanish-English translator, “The Image of the Cuban Youth and the Formation of Moral Values,” by N. Chacón Arteaga.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, 1995. Proposal Reviewer, Social Context in Education Division.
  • American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, 1994. Proposal Reviewer, Language and Social Processes Special Interest Group.
  • Annotated 11 childrens' books (in English and Spanish) on themes regarding Latino/as and Latin America(ns), published in Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, Rudine Sims Bishop (Ed.), Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.

    • Service
  • Volunteer, Leal Elementary School, Urbana, IL, 2000-present.
  • Volunteer and Guest Presenter, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA, 1997-1999.
  • Speaker/Panelist, Upward Bound Program, Napa Valley College, Napa, CA, 1997.
  • Member, Women's Studies General Council, UIUC, 1992-1996.
  • Speaker, “Latinas in Academia,” Latino/a Peer Retention Program, UIUC, 1994.
  • Member, Task Force on Inclusivity, Committee on Undergraduate Education, UIUC, 1994.
  • Member, Latino Studies Advisory Committee, UIUC, 1992-1994.
  • Speaker, “Latina/o Issues/Concerns,” Know Your University Series, University YMCA, Champaign, IL, 1993.
  • Speaker, “Latino/as, Education and Multicultural Education,” Latino/a Peer Retention Program Retreat, UIUC, 1993.
  • Advisory Committee Member, “Illinois, Beginning with Women . . . Histories and Cultures” 1993 conference, Afro-American Studies and Research Program and Women's Studies Program, UIUC, 1992-1993.
  • Chair, Latina Recognition Award Committee, La Fuerza's 2nd Annual Latina Celebration Weekend, University YWCA, Champaign, IL, 1992.
  • Workshop developer and participant, In-service teacher training on multicultural education, Sidney/Philo Elementary School, Philo, IL, 1991.
  • Panelist, “Latinos y Latinas: A Diverse Community,” University of Illinois Student Affairs Professional Staff Development Program, UIUC, 1991.
    • Professional Associations

    American Educational Research Association
    National Association for Ethnic Studies

    Awards And Honors
    Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
    Dissertation Research Grant, UIUC, 1993
    Feminist Scholarship, Women's Studies Program, UIUC, 1993
    Latino Recognition Award, Illini Union Board, UIUC, 1991
    Incomplete list of teachers ranked as excellent, UIUC, 1990
    University YMCA Service Award, Champaign, IL, 1988
    Kappa Delta Pi (Alpha Chapter) Honor Society, UIUC, 1987