Graduate School of Education
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Amado Padilla
Professor of Education
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrent projects include: (a) the development of models of ethnic identity that incorporate social cognition theory and social identity; (b)acculturation stress and mental health status across three generations of Latinos; (c) home, school and community protective factors that empower Latino students to succeed academically; (d) learning of Mandarin by high school students in summer intensive programs vs. students in regular high school world language classes; and (e) student language and academic content learning in a Mandarin/English dual language immersion program.
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Roy Pea
Director, H-STAR, David Jacks Professor of Education and Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Current Research and Scholarly Interestslearning sciences focus on advancing theories, research, tools and social practices of technology-enhanced learning of complex domains
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Courtney Pena
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2013
Ph.D. Minor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesBioCourtney Peña is a PhD candidate in Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education and is trained in ethnographic and sociolinguistic field methods. Her current research is a qualitative study that looks at school-wide practices of equity at a small, linguistically complex charter high school in a large metropolitan area in Northern California. Through audio and video classroom data, artifact analysis of student productions, and interviews with students, teachers, and administrators, she examines the ways educators address the challenges of educating youngsters in marginalized contexts.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, she served as a Graduate Public Service (GPS) Fellow at Stanford's Haas Center for Public Service and is currently a Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellow through the Vice Provost of Graduate Education (VPGE). She is a Graduate Scholar-in-Residence at El Centro Chicano y Latino where from 2014-2018 she served as program coordinator for the Frosh Scholars Program, a transitional/mentorship based program for first year students. Prior to coming to Stanford she worked as a research specialist at Arizona State where she received her MA and BA. -
Greses Pérez-Jöhnk
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2016
Stanford Student Employee, Biology
SU Student - Summer, Ctr. Sup. Exc. in Teaching
Cultural Context researcher, Mechanical Engineering - DesignBioGreses is a Ph.D. student in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE) and Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD) at Stanford University. Her main research interests are located at the intersection of science and engineering education, technology, and bilingualism. In addition to her ongoing work at Stanford in the Science in the City Research Team, Greses seeks to understand the teaching and learning of engineering in the K-12th science classroom and the opportunities to create a language-rich environment for multilingual learners in this context. Before coming to Stanford, she was a bilingual educator at Plano ISD, where she served in the Gifted and Talented Advisory District Committee and the Elementary Curriculum Design team. As a science mentor at a local Museum in Texas, Greses supported the development of teachers by facilitating workshops and creating science classroom kits. She holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Santo Domingo Technological Institute, a M.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, and a M.Ed. degree in School Leadership from Southern Methodist University. Prior to starting her career in education, Greses was a project manager for engineering programs funded by the EU in the caribbean.
