Directory of Graduates-2008-Report1 - IBHE

Education 13.1201
Gabriel Cortez
509 W. Columbia Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 351-7981 (773) 292-9727
cortez@uiuc.edu
Academic
Institution / Degree / Major / Specialization: Graduation Date: Mentor/Advisor:
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign 12/15/2007 James Anderson
PhD Educational Policy Studies
History
Thesis/Dissertation Topic:
Grass-Roots Community Activism and It's Influence in Local School Policy
Research Activities:
Volunteer at local Latino community afterschool program
Instructed a princpal scholar's program class in videography
Speaker volunteer for Latino cultural center on UIUC campus
Employment (limited to three entries)
Research Team Leader
Summer Research Opportunity Program, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Assistantships (limited to three entries)
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Research Assistant
Part-time
Urbana, IL
6/15/2002-8/15/2007
8/15/2005-12/15/2007
8/15/2000-5/15/2004
Presentations (limited to three entries)
Social Capital and Educational Policy in Chicago's Latino Community
DFI-KCP
9th Annual Joint Fellows Conference, Detroit, MI November 2005
Bottom-Up Accountability (Panelist)
American Educational Research Association
AERA Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2005
Latino Politics and Educaitonal Policy in Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UIUC Latino Graduate Conference, Urbana, IL 2004
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