Graduate School of Education
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Maira Lopez Hurtado
Master of Arts Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2023
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRecently immigrated English Learners who have arrived after 9th grade, graduated from a California high school, and have enrolled in post-secondary institutions. The focus is on immigration and education policies that change newcomers’ experience in these academic spaces, unlike other first-generation English learners.
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Leslie Patricia Luqueño
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2020
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Other Tech - Graduate, SoM - Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Student EducationCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research lies at the intersection of higher education, immigration, and family studies, with an emphasis on how the children of Latinx immigrants make sense of their higher education trajectories and aspirations. I am particularly interested in the role of families within college choice decision-making and employ both qualitative and data science methods to investigate how familial values and knowledge is employed throughout the college application process for Latinx students.
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Tom Nachtigal
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
BioTom Nachtigal is a PhD student in the international and comparative education program. She's interested in researching how international organizations influence national civic education policies via promotion of social and emotional learning. Particularly, she's looking at how values of democracy, rule of law, human rights, and national identity are imbued in conflict-affected areas, in light of international education policies informed by SEL. Trained as an international lawyer, she served as a legal advisor in the Israeli government, practicing international law and human rights, an experience that informed her interests in civic education from the lens of international politics.
