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ECS MASTER’S STUDENTS
(Alphabetically ordered by last name)
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Enid Atilano (Profile unavailable)
Libby Bailey…………………………………………………………………………….3
Andrea Butterfield………………………………………………………………………4
Veramarie Castillo (Profile unavailable)
Cinthia Cervantes-Casteneda (Profile unavailable)
Myles Davis (Profile unavailable)
Beth Garstka (Profile unavailable)
Monica Gonzalez……………...………………………………………………………...5
Michelle Harrison (Profile unavailable)
Anita Juarez…………………………………………………………………...………...6
Hai N. Le………………………………………………………………………………..7
Yamila Martinez……………………………………………………………………….8-9
Rochelle McConkie Parker…………………………………………………………….10
Stephanie Monroe…..………………………………………………………………….11
Matthew Montoya (Profile unavailable)
Natali Morris (Profile unavailable)
Natalie Noel (Profile unavailable)
Leslie Ann Patching (Profile unavailable)
Heather Paulsen………………………………………………………………………...12
Hannah Pogue (Profile unavailable)
Ashley Robertson (Profile unavailable)
Juan Jose Rodriguez……………………………………………………………………13
Sunet Rubalcava………………………………………………………………………..14
Jessica Staker…………………………………………………………………………...15
Lise Thornton…………………………………………………………………………..16
Ulysses Tongaonvai…………………………………………………………………….17
Christine Vega……………………………………………………………………….18-19
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Richard White…………………………………………………………………………..20
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Libby Bailey Master’s student
Hometown:
Moab, Ut
Previous Education:
B.A. Gender Studies, University of Utah
University of Helsinki, Finland. Christina Institute of Women’s Studies
Current Jobs:
Soaring Wings Montessori School, Head Teacher
Research Interests:
Adolescent gender and sexual identity formation with in school systems
Rites of passage in relation to school and policy
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Andrea Butterfield Master’s student
Hometown:
Riverton, Utah
Previous Education:
BFA in Modern Dance, Health Education License----University of Utah
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Teacher for 12 years. Currently at Bryant Middle School (Health, Dance, Student Government,
AVID)
Research Interests:
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Critical Race Theory
Other:
Dance/ Arts
Yoga
Food & Drink
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Monica Gonzalez Master’s student
Hometown:
Bolingbrook, Illinois
Previous Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- B.A in Latina/o Studies and Spanish
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Student Staff- La Casa Cultural Latina at UIUC
Baile Folcórico Instructor- Adelate: A College Awareness Partnership
Athletic Mentor- University of Utah, Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes
Research Interests:
Policy and curriculum and its affects on identity formation of students of color, specifically
Latino/a students.
Presentations:
“Don't Teach Them They're Oppressed: ‘Color-Blind’ Legal Thought and Its Exclusionary
Practices in Education,” Senior Thesis presented at the Latino/a Studies Senior Symposium,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2011
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Anita Juarez Master’s student
Hometown:
East Los Angeles, CA
Previous Education:
B.A Chicana/o Studies & Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Fall 2010 & Spring 2011 Teacher’s Assistant for 5709/6709 [Bridging Family-School
Partnerships for Youth Success]
Fall 2011 Teacher’s Assistant for 6625/7625 [Urban Education]
Research Interests:
Youth activism, culture, decolonial studies, xicana feminisms
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Hai N. Le Master’s student
Expected graduation date: 2014
Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Previous Education:
University of Utah, 2009
o B.S. Psychology
University of Utah, 2009
o B.S. Anthropology
Work Experience or Current Job:
Project Manager: University of Utah Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Critical race theory, interdisciplinary approach to critically evaluate social injustice, social
policies (past & present) and its contributing factors in the perpetuation of current ethnic/racial
disparities.
Publications:
Butner, J., Berg, C.A., Osborn, P., Butler, J.M., Godri, C., Fortenberry, K.T., Barach, I., Le, H.,
& Wiebe, D.J. (2009). Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Adolescents’ Competence and the
Balance of Adolescent Autonomy and Adolescent and Parent Well-Being in the Context of
Type 1 Diabetes. Developmental Psychology, 45(3) 835-849.
Other (affilitations, languages, hobbies, etc.):
S.O.C.R.A. (Society of Clinical Research Associates) – Certified Clinical Research Professional
(CCRP)
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Yamila B. Martinez Graduate Student
(801) 654-7038
Hometown:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Previous Education:
2011 Bachelor of Undergraduate Studies in Social Justice Education.
University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Relevant Professional Experience:
2009-Pres Mentor/Teacher Face Movement
Mentor and prepare curriculum for Kearns High School students that is empowering and relevant
to their experiences.
2009-Pres Mentor/Teacher and Project Coordinator Mestizo Arts & Activism
Mentor and prepare curriculum for students from Kearns high, West high, East high, Highland
and Ames. Critical relevant based pedagogy. Coordinate projects that the collective wants to see
out in the community.
2008 Teacher Assistant Adelante Dual Immersion Enrichment Summer Camp
Assist teachers in preparing curriculum and running sessions Jackson Elementary’s Dual
Immersion Bilingual cohort.
2007-09 Mentor Adelante Dual Immersion Enrichment Program
Tutor and mentor for Jackson Elementary’s Dual Immersion Bilingual cohort.
Research Interests:
Youth Culture, Identity and Empowerment, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Social Justice Issues
in Education, Youth Lead Pedagogy.
Presentations:
2009 Youth Lead Pedagogy; Face Movement, Brigham Young University; Anthropology 390,
November, 2010.
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2010 Pasifika Roots Revolution, PISA (Pacific Islander Student Association) High School
Conference, October, University of Utah.
2010 Immigration 101 and Activism in Utah, workshop presentation, Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicana/o de Aztlan 16th
Annual High School Conference, 2010, University of Utah.
2009 Resistance Through Art. Workshop, Free Minds Free People Conference, June, Houston,
TX.
2009 Youth Activism; Face Movement, Presentation, Free Minds Free People Conference, June
Houston, TX.
2009 Face Movement: United by the Struggles we Face, Presentation (With Matelau, A.) PISA
(Pacific Islander Student Association) High School Conference, University of Utah.
2009 Activism: “Frozen Rights” and Multiracial Groups: “The Cross Cultural Coalition”,
workshop presentation, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan 15th
Annual High
School Conference, University of Utah.
Languages:
Bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Rochelle McConkie Parker Master’s Student
Graduating May 2012
(410) 980-5688
Hometown:
Annapolis, Maryland
Previous Education:
Honors English Bachelor of Arts, University of Utah (May 2010)
Research Interests:
Urban Education Policy, Whiteness Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Curriculum
Work Experience: HINCKLEY INSTITUTE OF POLITICS – August 2009-Present
Communication and Outreach Coordinator; Teaching Assistant for the Political Forum Series
course; Lead writer and editor for the Hinckley Institute, including Managing Editor of the
Hinckley Journal of Politics, Official G8 and G20 Summit Magazines, and the Official APEC
Summit Magazine.
HONORS COLLEGE LEGISLATIVE INTERN – Spring 2010
Worked with students from West High School/Mestizo Arts and Activism and the Academy for
Math, Engineering, and Science (AMES) to engage in the legislative process by tracking bills of
their choosing, attending committee meeting and listening to floor debate, lobbying legislators,
engaging in a student rally, and blogging.
THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE – August 2006-May 2009
Worked as news editor, assistant news editor, lead writer, and news reporter. Provided extensive
coverage of University of Utah administration, Utah State Legislature, and higher education.
OFFICE OF SENATOR HARRY REID - May 2008-August 2008
Completed a summer internship with the Hinckley Institute of Politics for Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid in his Washington, D.C. office, working in the Senate Democratic Policy
Committee.
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Stephanie Monroe Master’s student
Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Previous Education:
BS in Mass Communication Teaching with an English Teaching minor from the University of
Utah
Current Job:
English Language Arts, Dance, and Latinos in Action teacher at Midvale Middle School
Research Interests:
Culturally Relevant Education
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Heather Paulsen Master’s student
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 801.971.9691
Hometown:
Salt Lake City? Lived in Negaunee, Mi; Pittsburgh, Pa; Vincennes, In; Boise, Id; Wilson, NC
Previous Education:
B.A. in Education, University of Utah
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Currently employed in School Programs, Natural History Museum of Utah
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Juan Jose Rodriguez Master's student
Previous Education:
Univ of Utah: B.S. Social Justice & Policy, minor Spanish
Presentation:
MECHA HS Conference: LGBTQ & The Chican@ Experience
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Sunet Rubalcava Master’s student
(714) 932-7667
Hometown:
Mexico D.F
Previous Education:
University of California Riverside, B.A Anthropology
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Special Ed. assistant at Woodrow Wilson Elementary ,
Teacher assistant for Mountainland Head Start (preschool)
Research Interests:
Religious ideology and education policy in Utah and Latin America / Bilingual education as a
privilege for the wealthy class / Special Education and deficit thinking
Other:
I love to speak Spanish as a way of resistance / play the violin ...when I have time :(
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Jessica A. Staker Master’s Student
Previous Education
B.S., Mathematics Teaching, University of Utah, May 2009
Work Experience
Teacher, Horizonte Instruction and Training Center, Salt Lake City, June 2009-present
Research Interests
I am interested in language and culture, specifically the identity formation of minoritized youth
as it relates to immigration, status and language. I intend to engage in critical reflections of my
work and educational issues relevant to diversity, social justice and equity. The urban youth I
work with experience racial profiling, homelessness, gentrification, military recruiting, city
pollution, and limited access to resources. They are affected by immigration and the
undocumented status of their families. It is important for me to discuss social issues that affect
their lives, education, and development. To not acknowledge the social issues, means that those
issues do not exist or are inevitable aspects of life that are not subject to reform. I would like to
advance my understanding of educational policy and develop my personal practice to facilitate
change in the school and community.
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all directly. For some strange reason I can never be what I ought
to be until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I
ought to be- this is the interrelated structure of reality.”
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Lise Thornton Master’s student
801-232-8669
Sandy, Utah
Current Projects
Board of Directors: Sting and Honey Theatre Company
Participatory Photography: current project “reframed” work by blind and visually impaired
photographers
muZeto: collect and distribute stories through artistic avenues (programs include itagg!, an
organization dedicated to promoting different forms of literacy in order to amplify the voices of
diverse populations and spectorcollectors which uses art based experiences with the intent of
gaining cultural, social, and personal context to better understand the experience of others with a
genuine interest and investment.)
Past Workshops and Presentations
Artist in Residence: Neighborhood House, Utah State Board of Education (Summer Arts retreat,
Rural Schools Conference), Salt Lake Central Community Center, Odyssey House
Theatre for Social Action Curriculum: University of Utah Youth Institute, Granite School
District: Granger Middle School
Art Institute of Chicago: led a workshop for educators on use of visual art as a springboard to
narrative creation
Illinois District 204, Kendall Elementary: Art Awareness Co-ordinator, grades K-5
Research Interests:
Art and Performance Pedagogy
Identity and Agency Theories
Feminist Theories and Epistemologies
Cultural Theory: the impact and negotiation of cultural symbols, symbols in socio-historical
context
Critical Discourse analysis and active use aimed at fluid and fluxuating power sharing
relationships
Critical embodiment of knowledge
Social justice that advocates equal access and voice to formal educational pursuits;
Social justice that demands that there are multiple ways to learn, live, and measure knowledge
Exploration of liminal learning spaces, the influence of the silent and invisible, of gaps and
pauses, forgotten and found objects, folk art and trespass art
Other Interests
Family- including 4 fantastically unique kids…Film (international, documentary, independent)…
Reading poetry, short stories and plays… Children’s literature… Haunting antique/vintage/old
hardware shops/salvage areas, etc. in hopes of reclaiming a forgotten treasure… I also have a
full leather apron that I plan to put to use someday when I learn to weld.
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Ulysses Tongaonvai Masters Student
Hometown:
Ontario, CA/West Valley City, UT
Previous Education:
San Bernardino Valley College, AS-Liberal Arts
University of Utah, BS-Sociology
Minor in Community and Consumer Studies
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Christine Vega-Villareal
Graduate student
Hometown:
Pacoima, California
Previous Education:
University of Utah (U of U) – M. Ed in Education, Culture, and Society
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – B.A. Xican@ Studies and Wombyn Studies: Focus
Transnational Women Organizers Across the Globe
Los Angles Mission Community College (LAMC) - A.A. in Wombyn Studies and Liberal Arts
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Urban Institute for Teacher Education Adjunct Instructor: Salt Lake City Community College
Work with a selected cohort of high school district student at the community college level TR
Scholars (Teacher Recruitment)
Provide instruction in Special Topics in Education: Social Justice, Educational Equity, race,
class, and gender.
“Just for U” Transfer Bridge Program for TR Scholars at the University of Utah. Conference
centered at preparing TR Scholars students transition to the University of Utah
Mestizo Arts and Activism (MAA) & Ruby Chacón: TRAX Mural Project
Worked with MAA youth in collecting community data to prepare murals for TRAX
Assist with the artwork in collaboration with other local artist and Ruby Chacón to develop
murals based on research outcomes from community surveys/research
Assist in the mural painting in the local community of Salt Lake City
Student Advisory Collective: Department of Education Culture & Society
Assist in planning and collaboration between Ph. D’s and Master students activities,
academic events and/or conferences to better assist current ECS students
Master liaison representative of Peer Mentor support collective
Latinas Telling Testimonio
Latina support group for wombyn of color in graduate school
Prepare presentation, conference topics, and participate in discussion related to academia,
home, the spiritual, and survival through a shared experience as wombyn.
S.N.A.P. Collective
Healing circle though Art, Poetry, Spoken Wor(l)d, and the lived experience
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Research Interests:
Navigational negotiations of Xicanas experiencing racism, sexism, and academic violence at
the graduate level
Indigenismo (Indigenous Epistemologies) as a tool of resistance and survival in academic
settings
De-schooling education through an Indigenous framework
Identity formations of first generation “Xolas”, Female brown bodies in academic spaces
Hip-Hop(e) tools for curriculum: Reading, writing, and youth activism
Presentations:
“Testimonios of an Untamed Xola in Graduate School” MALCS, Summer 2011
Other (affiliations, languages, hobbies, etc.):
Danza Mexica
Running Group: Semillas de Conciencia
Shodhini: Female researcher of the female anatomy through a feminist perspective
Proud Tía of three little semillitas!
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Richard White Master’s student
(w): 801-870-1668
Hometown:
Window Rock, AZ
Previous Education:
B.S. Sociology and Social and Behavioral Health Science
Work Experience or Current Job/s:
Program Coordinator
Native American Research Internship
University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Indigenous Education
