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University of Wyoming
Francisco Rios

Francisco Rios
Professor & Dept Head
B.A. Carroll College 1978: Speech, Spanish, and Secondary Education M.A. University of Wisconsin 1981: Educational Psychology Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1991: Educational Psychology, Learning, and Teaching
frios@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-4055 • MW 213 - A
Best Mode of Communication: Both e-mail and voicemail

Office Hours: by appointment

Research Interests:
Learning and teaching Preservice teacher education Multicultural education, bilingual education, and second language learning Latinos/Chicanos in education Recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers in teaching

Teaching:
EDST 2000, Becoming a Teacher EDST 2480 Diversity and Politics of School EDST 3000, Teacher as Decision Maker UNST 1000, Introduction to University Studies EDCI 5870, Working with Second Language Learners EDST 1500, Education for Social Justice

Directed In-Service

In Press

E. Janak,  “The Tyranny of the Majority” (co-presenter with Francisco Rios). Natrona School District CHCC Staff Development Program. October 7, 2004.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Rios, F., Trent, A., & Castaneda, L. (2003). Social perspective taking: advancing empathy and advocating justice. Equity and Excellence in Education.

Selected Pubilications

In Press

Nilles, V., Alvarez, L, & Rios, F. (in press). Preparing teachers to work with second language learners. In R. Jimenez & V. Pang (Ed.), Race, Ethnicty and Education Series (Vol. 2): Language, Literacy and Schooling. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Rios, F., Montecinos, C., & VanOlphen, M. (in press). Lessons learned from self-study in international teacher education: Visiones, preguntas, y disafios. Teacher Education Quarterly.

Trent, A., Rios, F., Antell, J., Berube, W., Bialostok, S., Cardona, D., Paradis, E., & Rush, T. (2003). Problems and possibilities in the pursuit of diversity: An institutional analysis. Equity & Excellence in Education, 36(3), 1-12.

Rios, F., Trent, A., & Castaneda, L. (accepted). Social perspective taking: Advancing empathy and advocating justice. Equity and Excellence in Education.

McDaniel, J., Rios, F., Necochea, J., Stowell, L. P., Frambaugh Kritzer (2001). Envisioning the arc of social justice in middle schools. Middle School Journal, 33(1), pp. 28-34.

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