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PATRICIA GANADARA
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Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
University of California
Davis, California
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, l979
M.S., Counseling/School Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles l972
B.A., Sociology/English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, l969
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Research Areas:
Professor Gándara 's research interests are in equity and access in K-12 and higher education, the education of English learners and ethnically diverse populations. Current research projects include a study of peer and family influences on the formation of postsecondary aspirations of ethnically diverse, urban and rural youth; the effectiveness of college access and early intervention programs for underrepresented students; and strengthening the academic pipeline for Latino, African American, and Native American students.
She serves as Associate Director of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI). She also directs the LMRI Education Policy Center at UC Davis which sponsors research and colloquia on policy issues in the education of English learners.
Selected Publications
• Gándara , P. with Bial, D. 2001. Paving the Way to Postsecondary Education: K-12 Intervention Programs for Underrepresented Youth. Washington D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics.
Gándara , P. 2000. In the aftermath of the storm: English learners in the post-227 Era, Bilingual Research Journal, 24, 1-13.
• Rumberger, R. and Gándara , P. 2000. The schooling of English Learners. In Burr, E., Hayward, G., Fuller, B., & Kirst, M. Crucial issues in California Education. University of California and Stanford University: Policy Analysis for California Educatio.
• Gándara , P. Winter 1999. Telling stories of success: Cultural capital and the educational mobility of Chicano students, Latino Studies Journal 10, 38-54.
• Gándara , P. 2000. Interventions for Excellence, What we know about nurturing high achievement in underrepresented students. Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences.
• Gibson, M. A., Gándara, P., Koyama, J. P. (2004). School connections: U. S. Mexican youth, peers and school achievement. New York: Teachers College Press. |
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