Laura Chávez-Moreno
Biography
Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno is an interdisciplinary scholar and assistant professor at UCLA’s César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies.
Dr. Chávez-Moreno researches, writes, and teaches about Chicanx/Latinx education. Her scholarship examines how schooling teaches about race and makes Latinidad. She connects these theorizations with questions about educational equity, particularly in the areas of teaching, literacy, language, and racialization. Her work critiques systems of oppression in schooling and works toward using education for self-determination.
Dr. Chávez-Moreno’s research has been recognized with multiple awards, including from: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division G Social Contexts in Education; AERA Latinx Research Issues Special Interest Group (SIG); AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG; American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education; and National Association of Bilingual Education.
Dr. Chávez-Moreno is a fellow of the 2020–2022 cohort of NCTE Research Foundation’s Cultivating New Voices among Scholars of Color. Prior to joining the UCLA CCAS faculty, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies. She served as a teacher in the Philadelphia Public School District for five years, wrote district curriculum, and served on boards of community organizations. She has taught in all schooling levels, including elementary, secondary, tertiary, and older-adult education. Her undergraduate and graduate course topics include critical race studies in education, literacy, language, and bilingual education. Among her many service activities, she has mentored undergraduate and graduate students through several organizations, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Dr. Chávez-Moreno grew up in Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora, México.
Education
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; School of Education; Curriculum & Instruction
- Graduate Certificate, Boston College; School of Education; Curriculum & Instruction
- MA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; School of Education; Literacy, Language, & Culture
- BS in Education, Northern Arizona University; College of Education; Spanish, Secondary-level Education, and Latin American Studies
Research
- Chicanx & Latinx education
- Critical race & ethnic studies
- Critical literacy & language studies
- Bilingual education
- Critical pedagogy
- Teacher education & teaching
- Sociopolitical & cultural contexts of teaching & learning
Selected Publications
- Look for her upcoming articles in the journals: Research in the Teaching of English and American Educational Research Journal
- Chávez-Moreno, L. C. (2021). The problem with Latinx as a racial construct vis-à-vis language and bilingualism: Toward recognizing multiple colonialisms in the racialization of Latinidad. In Handbook of Latinos & Education (2nd ed.), edited by E. G. Murillo, Jr. et al. (To read abstract, click here.)
- Chávez-Moreno, L. C. (2020). U.S. Empire and an Immigrant’s Counternarrative: Conceptualizing Imperial Privilege. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487120919928
- Chávez-Moreno, L. C. (2019). Researching Latinxs, racism, and white supremacy in bilingual education: A literature review. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 17(2) 101-120. doi: 10.1080/15427587.2019.1624966
- Chávez-Moreno, L. C. (2018). A review of “Stamped from the Beginning”: On a definitive history of anti-Black racism. Education Review, 25, 1-5. doi: 10.14507/er.v25.2407
