Regular Faculty
La Mont Terry, Chair
Associate Professor, Education
A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA
A former classroom teacher and mathematics coach, La Mont Terry's research focuses on the creation of critical race "counterspace" as an alternative environment for the mathematics education of high school-aged Black males.
Ronald Solórzano
Professor, Education
B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UCLA
Ron Solórzano teaches education policy, school reform and legal court cases, second language acquisition theories and practices, high stakes student and teacher assessments, program evaluation and race/class effects in education courses.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
April Forrest
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A., Pitzer College; M.Ph., Claremont Graduate School; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School (in progress)
Eun Joo Julie Paik
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A. Occidental College; M.A. Occidental College
Eun Joo Julie Paik (A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College) has spent her career engaging students in public school elementary and secondary classrooms throughout Southern California.
Anthony Tróchez
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Tróchez, Ph.D. focuses on the intersections of race, gender, class and nature. He is inspired by educators and scholar/activists who envision a world where education heals the traumas of…
Benjamin Wang
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Benjamin Wang teaches language education politics and pedagogy, first/second language acquisition theories and practices, and community-based literacy and Spanish/Mandarin literacy courses.