Truths and Consequences: Guadalupe Valdés's Contributions to Pursuing Equity for Multilingual Students, Families, and Communities

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Throughout her career, Guadalupe Valdés has explored how notions about the language and literacy practices of marginalized multilingual populations, and resulting educational opportunities, operate within complex and interacting ecological systems that promote or impede equity for Latina/o/x and other multilingual learners. On the occasion of her retirement, this special symposium convenes scholars for an important moment of reflection upon the ways that Dr. Valdés’ pursuit of these truths continues to inform our understanding of and work with multilingual children, families, and communities. Authors draw on multiple aspects of her enduring scholarship, presenting empirical and conceptual papers that highlight Professor Valdés’ contributions and demonstrate how scholars continue to draw upon and extend her ideas.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 3: Languages, Literacies, and Representations

Chairs

• George C. Bunch, University of California - Santa Cruz

• Amanda Kibler, Oregon State University

Papers

• Determined to Build Equitable and Quality Education for English Learners: Guadalupe Valdés's Lifelong Ecological Approach - Aida Walqui, WestEd

• Transborder Parent Engagement Con Respeto - Sarah Gallo, Rutgers University

• Critical Questions: Reconceptualizing Peer Relations in Two-Way Bilingual Programs - Melinda E. Martin-Beltran, University of Maryland

• Misma Dirección, Distinto Sentido: Countering Curricularizing Forces in Preservice Teacher Education - Eduardo Rafael Munoz-Munoz, San José State University; Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University; Ramon Antonio Martinez, Stanford University

• Revisiting Whether Separate Is Always Unequal: Reconsidering Equity and Access for Multilingual Students - Karen D. Thompson, Oregon State University

Discussant

• Richard P. Duran, University of California - Santa Barbara