Assistant Professor Blanca Caldas Chumbes receives two early career awards

Blanca Caldas Chumbes, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction has received two early career awards: The 2021 Early Career Award from The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group (SIG), and the 2020 Douglas Foley Early Career Award from the Council of Anthropology & Education (CAE) of the American Anthropology Association (AAA). 

Caldas Chumbes was one of two awardees to receive the 2021 Early Career Award from the AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG for her outstanding research focused on the role of bilingualism in education within ten years of receiving her doctorate. The SIG is a strong community of professionals who support and advance research surrounding bilingual education and bilingualism worldwide. 

Caldas Chumbes received the 2020 Douglas Foley Early Career Award in November from CAE, honoring her research that reflects their tradition of critical engagement with culture and inequality, social change, and social justice.

Caldas Chumbes’ research agenda focuses on the preparation of Latinx/Mexican American bilingual teachers to respond to the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse bilingual children enrolled in dual language bilingual education programs that predominantly serve them in terms of curricula, pedagogy, and policy.

Learn more about second language education research in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.