María FránquizMaría Fránquiz

Associate Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Cultural Studies in Education

Office: SZB 440C

Phone: (512) 232-5670
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: mfranquiz@mail.utexas.edu

Mailing Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum and Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700

Profile

Maria E. Fránquiz is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Bilingual-Bicultural Education program area. Her previous teaching positions were in Literacy and Bilingual-Multicultural Foundations of Education at the University of Colorado in Boulder (1995-2002) and in Bilingual-Bicultural Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio (2002-2008). Dr. Fránquiz teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the theoretical foundations of bilingual education, biliteracy and culture, Latino children's literature, and writing in bilingual contexts. She is a teaching consultant for the National Writing Project. Her research is based on ethnographic examination of language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms. Most recently her scholarship examines how Latin@ critical race theory elucidates the relationship between heritage culture and the evolving identities of future teachers.

Dr. Fránquiz is an affiliate faculty in the Cultural Studies in Education program area.

Terminal Degree

Ph.D., University of California at Santa Bárbara, 1995

Representative Publications

Valdez, V.E., & Fránquiz, M.E., (in press). Latin@s in Early Childhood Education: Issues, Practices, and Future Directions. In Handbook of Latinos and Education, Villenas, S.A., Galván, R.T., Muñoz, J.S., Martínez, C., Machado-Casas, M. (Eds.) Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Martínez-Roldán, C. & Fránquiz, M.E. (2009). Latina/o Youth Literacies: Hidden Funds of Knowledge. In L. Christenbury, R. Bomer, P. Smagorinsky (Eds). Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research, p. 323-342. NY: Guilford Press

Fránquiz, M.E. & Salazar, M. (2007) Ni de aquí, ni de allá: Latin@ youth crossing linguistic and cultural borders. The Journal of Border Educational Research, 6(1), 101-117.

Fránquiz, M.E. & Brochin-Ceballos, C. (2006). Cultural Citizenship and Visual Literacy: U.S.-Mexican Children Constructing Cultural Identities Along the US/Mexico Border. Multicultural Perspectives, 8(1), 5-12.

Salinas, C., & Fránquiz, M. E. (Eds.) (2004) Scholars in the Field: The Challenges of Migrant Education. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.

Recent Awards

  • American Education Research Association Publications Committee and Editors of Educational Researcher Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2006.
  •  American Education Research Association (AERA) Early Career Distinction Research Contribution Award, 2005.
  •  University of Colorado Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Service Award, 2002
  •  Faculty Equity and Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement, University of Colorado at Boulder, Office of Diversity, April 1999.
  •  National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-2000

Boards, Committees and Associations

  • Co-editor of Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ), 2007-2009
  • American Education Research Association, Division K, Section 2, 2007 Program Committee
  • Graduate Advisor of Record, Ph.D. Program in Culture, Literacy, and Language, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2003-2006.
  •  Coach, National Writing Project (NWP) Summer Writing Retreat for English Language Learner Leadership Network, 2005
  •  Trustee: Research Foundation, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). 2002 – 2008
  •  Director: Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Program (CNV), National Council of Teachers of English, 2002-2008
  •  Editorial Review Boards: Educational Researcher, Language Arts, American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, Linguistics and Education, Research in the Teaching of English

Research Interests and Expertise

Bilingual Education, Biliteracy, ethnographic and sociolinguistic research, Latina/o children’s and adolescent literature, migrant education, Latina/o teacher identity

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