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Ernesto Colín

Associate Professor

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

Department of Teaching and Learning

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Biography

Ernesto Colín is an Assistant Professor in the Specialized Program in Urban Education at Loyola Marymount University. He recieved his Ph.D. from Stanford University in the Anthropology of Education. He has also studied at Loyola Marymount University.

Education

Stanford University, School of Education

Ph.D., Anthropology of Education

2011

Loyola Marymount University, School of Education

M.Ed., Secondary Education

2001

Loyola Marymount University

B.A., Spanish and Chicana / Chicano Studies

1995

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Areas of Expertise

Chicana/O StudiesMesoamerican StudiesEthnographyAztec DanceSpanish TranslationSustainable AgricultureQualitative ResearchInstructional TechnologyIndigenous EducationAnthropology of EducationCultural AnthropologyChicana/O Studies

Industry Expertise

  • Research
  • Training and Development
  • Education/Learning

Accomplishments

Graduate Student Academic Recognition | professional

Awarded by El Centro Chicano at Stanford University in 2005 and 2006.

2005-01-01

Kennth J. Moffett Outstanding Bilingual Education Student Award | professional

Awarded by Loyola Marymount University.

2001-01-01

Valedictorian | professional

Awarded by Loyola Marymount University.

1999-01-01

Ignatian Award | professional

The highest university honour for a male student, awarded by Loyola Marymount University.

1999-01-01

Presidential Citation for Academic Excellence | professional

Awarded by Loyola Marymount University.

1999-01-01

Scholar of the Year | professional

Awarded by the Department of Chicana / Chicano Studies at Loyola Marymount University.

1999-01-01

Affiliations

  • National Association for Chicana / Chicano Studies : Chair, Indigenous Peoples and Knowledges Caucus
  • Association of Mexican American Educators Journal : Article Reviewer
  • American Anthropological Association, Council on Anthropology and Education : Co-Chair, Committee 1: Committee on Schools, Culture and Anthropology

Media Appearances

Diversity in preschools: Does teacher race or quality matter more?

89.3KPCC  online

2014-09-29

Training for educators is a good place to start in building cultural sensitivity, said Ernesto Colin, professor in urban education at Loyola Marymount University. But he said preschool directors need to look more deeply at the kind of education they are providing. "There have been a lot of things that haven't worked where the education was more monolithic or Eurocentric or mainstream," Colin said...

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