Faculty

Department Chair

María Ledesma, Ph.D.

• Professor
• Coordinator, Higher Education Leadership MA program
• maria.ledesma@sjsu.edu
• María's Spotify playlist

• Dr. Ledesma's Bio

  • My work is anchored in examining the sociology of higher education. My research centers on four core strands: (1) historicizing and contextualizing race-conscious affirmative action policies; (2) applying a critical analysis to framing and discourse as related to race-conscious policies, (3) promoting equity oriented critical policy analysis for praxis, and (4) interrogating “first-generation-ness” as a continuum, which includes examining the experiences of first-generation faculty.

    Education

    Ph.D., Social Sciences & Comparative Education (Higher Education Concentration), University of California, Los Angeles

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• Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D.

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    Professor

    Faculty Executive Director, Institute for Emancipatory Education

    rebeca.burciaga@sjsu.edu

    Twitter: @qvo

    Rebeca's Spotify playlist

    Dr. Rebeca Burciaga is the Faculty Executive Director of the Institute for Emancipatory Education and a Professor of Educational Leadership & Chicana and Chicano Studies. Her research is nested in the nepantla (borderlands) of Education and Chicana/o Studies and focuses on the schooling experiences of Chicanx and Latinx students, families, communities, educators, and leaders. Her current project focuses on culturally sustaining approaches to school leadership. Dr. Burciaga’s areas of expertise include qualitative methodologies (testimonio & ethnography), critical theories (critical race theory & Chicana feminist theory), and critical pedagogies. Her research has been supported by highly competitive funding including the Spencer Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.

    Education

    Ph.D., Social Sciences and Comparative Education with an emphasis in Race and Ethnic Studies, UCLA
    Ed.M., Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education
    B.A., Latin American and Latina/o Studies, UC Santa Cruz

• Liliana Castrellón, Ph.D.

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    Assistant Professor

    Coordinator, Higher Education Leadership MA program

    liliana.castrellon@sjsu.edu 

• Arnold Danzig, PhD

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    Professor

    arnold.danzig@sjsu.edu

    Arnold B. Danzig is a Professor of Educational Leadership and Education Policy and founding director of the Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership at San José State University.  He is professor emeritus at Arizona State University and served in multiple leadership positions including division director and associate dean in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and associate director of the School Public Affairs at Arizona State University.  He has authored, edited, and co-edited books, chapters, journal volumes, and journal articles on school leadership and education policy during his career in higher education.

    Education

    Ph.D., Education Policy, Planning, & Administration, University of Maryland College Park
    M.A., Social & Cultural Foundations of Education, University of Maryland College Park
    B.A., Political Science & Secondary Education

• John Jabagchourian, Ph.D.

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    Lecturer

    Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies BA program

    john.jabagchourian@sjsu.edu

    Education

    Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Of Cal-Santa Barbara, 2008
    Master of Arts, Education, Univ Of Cal-Santa Barbara, California, United States, 2004
    Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, CSU-Fresno, California, United States, 2001

Recent Faculty Highlights

Dr. Arnold Danzig co-published School Leader Internship: Developing, Monitoring, and Evaluating Your Leadership Experience. The book is available at routledge.com/9780367652036.