Alberto J. Rodriguez

Alberto J. Rodriguez is Co-Director of the Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research (CEBER) and Associate Professor in the Department of Policy Studies in Language and Cross-Cultural Education at San Diego State University. He teaches courses on bilingual science education in the teacher education program, and a variety of courses in the master and doctoral programs. His research focuses on how sociotransformative constructivism (sTc) can used to assist teachers teach for understanding in diverse school contexts. He can be reached at arodrigu@mail.sdsu.edu.

Cathy Zozakiewicz

Cathy Zozakiewicz is an Assistant Professor within the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. Her research agenda focuses on feminist poststructural and multicultural teacher education, rethinking the mentoring of new teachers through multicultural education frameworks, and creating school-university partnerships that provide teacher professional development experiences that work toward reforming schools into more equitable and humane learning spaces for diverse students. She can be reached at czozakie@mail.sdsu.edu.