Paty Abril-Gonzalez

Ph.D. in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations with an emphasis in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity, University of Colorado Boulder, 2018

M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction, Elementary Bilingual, & ESL, University of Colorado Denver, 2009

B.A. in Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, 2003

B.S. in Business Marketing, University of Colorado Boulder, 2003

Research interests include relationship building among bilingual Latinx elementary students, their families, and their teachers.

Committee Member, Cultural Diversity and Global Culture Flags, (2019 - Present)

3MT Winner, University of Colorado Boulder (2018)

Mitchell D Ingram (Committee Member)
Mitch's research interests include the role of humor as a site for the mobilization of community cultural wealth, relajo in bilingual contexts and he is passionate about the different linguistic varieties, dichos, refranes, modismos, and chistes of the Spanish-speaking world. In addition, he is fascinated by how minoritized mono/bilingual Spanish-speakers leverage humor in both affiliative and disaffiliative ways to navigate the US education system and what this could mean for theory, pedagogy, and practice.

Desiree Pallais-Downing (Committee Member)
Desirée Pallais holds a PhD from the Bilingual/Bicultural program at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Pallais investigates cross-language and cross-cultural aspects of teaching and learning, especially with Spanish-speaking and Latino populations. Pallais’ main focus is on Spanish literacy, as part of a strengths-based approach for reading and writing instruction, with prospective bilingual teachers. Her work examines how assumptions derived from established ideologies and policy initiatives guide educators in different teaching and learning contexts,...