Office hours: Winter Quarter: Wednesdays 2:30-4:30pm; other times by appt. only

Current projects include Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions–an analysis of youth well-being in the Sacramento/Capital Region; Social Justice Leadership in Education/Testimonios of Social Justice Leadership; Healthy Start Sustainability Stories Project.

Research Interests

School finance/resource allocation and educational leadership from a critical, social justice perspective. Interested in understanding notions of educational investment that reflect efforts to build upon community strengths in order to address community needs within and beyond educational settings. Also engage in research that focuses on the educational conditions and trajectories of Chicana/o-Latina/o communities, other communities of color, and low-income populations in the U.S.

Education

Ph.D., Education Administration and Policy – Stanford University – 1997

M.P.A. – Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs (emphasis in educational policy) – New York, NY - 1989

B.A., Economics – U.C. Santa Cruz – 1986

Community College Graduate & Transfer – College of the Sequoias – Visalia, CA – 1984

Select Publications

To What Ends and by What Means? The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory and Policy (Routledge, 2007) (co-edited with R. Anthony Rolle)

–Contributed chapter: Rodrigeuz, G.M., Cycling on in Cultural Deficit Thinking: California School Finance and the Possibilities of Critical Policy Analysis

Rodriguez, G.M. & Cruz, L. (2009). The Transition to College of English Learner and Undocumented Immigrant Students: Resource and Policy Implications, Teachers College Record, 111(10), pp. 2385-2418.

Rodriguez, G.M. & Fabionar, J.O. (2010). The Impact of Poverty on Students and Schools: Exploring the Social Justice Leadership Implications in Marshall & Oliva (Eds). Leadership for Social Justice: Making Revolutions in Education (2nd Ed., Boston: Allyn & Bacon).

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track — California State University, Hayward (now East Bay) — 2001-2004; University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) — 1998-2001.

Director, School-linked Services/Healthy Start Coordinator — New Columbus (now Rosa Parks) Elementary School, Berkeley, CA – 1997-1998.

Fiscal & Policy Analyst, California Legislative Analyst’s Office — 1989-1991 (intern, summer 1988)

Awards and Honors

• Teaching Award from the UCD Education Graduate Students Association, 2008.
• Award for Excellence in Teaching. The University of Texas at El Paso College of Education. 2000.
• Jean Flanigan Award for Outstanding Dissertation of 1997-98. American Education Finance Association. 1998.
• National Hispanic Scholarship Fund. 1996.
• Chicana/o Fellows Program – Dissertation and Teaching Fellowship. Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, 1994-1995.

Current Activities and Service

• Member, Board of Directors, American Education Finance Association, 2009 to present (also served on the AEFA Board 2000-2003)
• Member, AERA SIGs — Leadership for Social Justice, Hispanic Education, Critical Educators for Social Justice

Courses Taught at UC Davis

CANDEL — Educational Finance/Resource Allocation, Diversity & Leadership

Ph.D. Program — Social Justice Frameworks in Education

Chicana/o Studies — Political Economy of Chicana/o Communities

Funded Research

Co-PI — Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions Project (Lead PI: Jonathan London)

Lead PI — Healthy Start Sustainability Stories