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The University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education - Unit 2033
Storrs, CT 06269
Tel : 860-486-0291
E-mail:
xae.alicia.reyes@uconn.edu
Area of Speciality:
Critical Pedagogy, Civic Education, Multi-cultural Education Issues, Bilingual Education, Policies and Practices, Foreign Language Education, Classroom Discourse, School Reform
Biographical Note:
Dr. Reyes' recent work includes research and presentations in the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico and South America, as well as discussion of educational issues outside the University, as the host of Education Matters on Connecticut's CTV14 and through her involvement in activities for the Dioceses of Norwich. Reyes taught Spanish at Le Moyne College, Syracuse University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder where she was also a Research Assistant in the Migrant Program and taught Foundations of Education to pre-service teachers. She has taught at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, where she designed an Honors course: Ethnography of the Workplace. She then joined Rhode Island College to teach Cultural Foundations of Education, School Diversity, and Classroom Research for Teachers and to coordinate field placements in schools as well as the Teacher Academy, a college high school partnership to attract minorities into teaching careers. Upon completion of her fifth year at Rhode Island College, Reyes received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor and became Visiting Faculty of the Ethnic Studies Program at Brown University. In Rhode Island, Reyes was on the revision team for the Mission and Goals of the Providence School Department and was a member of the Statewide Assessment of Learning and Teaching team. In Puerto Rico she worked with TRIO Programs, both as director and grant writer for Student Support Services at the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey.
Selected Publications:
Reyes, X.A. (2006) How the language and culture of scholars affects their choice of subjects and methods: Investigating the researchers' habits of mind. Lewiston , NY : The Edwin Mellen Press.
Reyes, X.A.and Rios, D., (2003) Special Issue: Latinos, education and the media . Journal of Latinos and Education Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2(1).
Rios, D. & X.A. Reyes (2006) Maid in Manhattan in Galician, M.L. Critical thinking about sex, love, and romance int the mass media: media literacy applications . Mahwah, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Reyes, X.A. (2006) Cien porciento puertorriqueña ( one hundred percent Puerto Rican) Latina high school students forge identity, Latina girls: voices of adolescent strength in the U.S., New York,NY: NYU Press., Denner, J. & B.L. Guzman, editors, 157-167, PublishedISBN=0814719775
Reyes, X. A. (2005) Transnational nomad in academia: a Puerto Rican Perspective in Alfred, M. V. and Swaminathan, R. (eds.) Immigrant women in the academy: negotiating borders, crossing boundaries in higher education . Nova Science Publisher
Reyes, X.A. (2003). Why can't we conversate? Alienation of Latino and African American students in schools in Rios, D. and Mohamed, A. (Eds.). Communication among Latinos and African Americans , Westport , CT : Praeger , (pp.191-201).
Reyes, Xae Alicia &Carjuzaa, Jioanna (2006) , Strategies for Preparing Culturally Competent Teachers, Learning Conference 2005, Australia, International Journal of Learning 12(2) 51-58.
Reyes, X.A. & D.I.Rios, ( 2005) “Dialoguing the Latina Experience in Higher Education” in Journal of Hispanic Higher Education . 4 (4), 377-391.
Reyes, X. A. ( 2005 ) “ Dissonance and dialogue in the academy: reflections of a Latina professor” in Reflexiones Pedagogicas”. Latino Studies Journal . 3(2) 274-279.
Reyes, X.A. (2003) “Teachers' (re)constructions of knowledge: the other side of fieldwork” in Journal of Latinos and Education 2(1), 31-37.
Reyes, X.A. and Rios, D.(2003) Imaging teachers in fact and in the mass media in Journal of Latinos and Education 2(1), 3-11.
Carjuzaa, J., Reyes, X.A (2001) Le mythe de l'égalité dans l'école publique américaine: anlyse du discours sur Reyes, X.A. (1998) Book Review for Journal of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences. Summer 1998. Pessar, P. (1995) A Visa for a Dream. Allyn and Bacon ISBN 0-205-16675-X .
Selected presentations
Reyes, X. A. Presenter. “The unspoken: researching fear of the other in teacher education experiences”. Purto Rican Studies Association meeting. October 2006 Cornell University . Ithaca , NY .
Reyes, X.A. Keynote Speaker PRLACC Student Welcome dinner. “Getting the most and giving the most during your college experience.” Sept. 19, 2006.
Reyes, X. A. Presenter, International Communications Association (ICA) "Women, cultural contexts, and spirituality --inner struggles for voice and dialogue." Dresden , Germany . June 22, 2006 .
Reyes, X.A. Presentation "Latino Studies in the classroom: labels, prescriptions and magic." Latino Studies Symposium and Workshop-April 20, 2006. Central Connecticut State University .
Reyes, X.A. Presenter, American Association of Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) Social Awareness in Exchange Programs: Organizer Perspectives (Mexico and Puerto Rico). Cuetzalan, Mexico, February 2006.
Reyes, X.A.(2005) Diversity as a moral imperative for our Church. Workshop for New England Catechism Leaders. Springfield, MA. August 18, 2005.
Reyes, X.A.(2005) “La educación de calidad: visión, misión y posibilidad” en Congreso Internacional Vamos por la Calidad en la Educación. Barranquilla, Colombia. 2 de agosto del 2005.
Reyes, X.A.(2005) “El coraz o n del multiculturalismo/ The heart of multiculturalism.” Presented at St. Mary of the Visitation, Clinton , CT April 23, 2005 .
Reyes, X.A. (2005) “Civic engagement: challenges of language and social class in immigrant communities . ” Paper presented at International Society of Language Studies Conference, Montreal , Canada . April 19, 2005 .
Reyes, X.A. (2005) “Latino immigrants as emerging leaders; churches, schools and non-profits as civic engagement development sites.” Invited paper presented at First Annual Conference on Immigration. Three Rivers Community College , Norwich , CT. April 15, 2005 .
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