This post was updated Oct. 11 at 12:42 a.m. For years, Laura Chávez-Moreno has explored how bilingual education programs shape students’ identities. Chávez-Moreno, an assistant professor of education and Chicana/o and Central American studies, said she wished she had access to a bilingual program during her own education. Read more...
Photo: Haines Hall, home to the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, is pictured. Laura Chávez-Moreno, an assistant professor in the department, explores how bilingual education programs can affect students’ perceptions of race in her new book, “How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America.” (Daily Bruin file photo)