Biomedical Research
Genomic Medicine: Investigating the role of genetics in health and disease to personalize medical treatments.
Clinical Trials
Conducting controlled experiments to the safety and efficacy of new medical drugs, or interventions.
Public Health Research
Addressing population-level health issues, studying epidemiology, preventive measures, and health policy.
Materials
This is a collection of projects stemming from research and development in Critical Pedagogies at the University of California, Riverside, and from collaborations with colleagues at the University of Oregon, Western Illinois University, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Yale University, and the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexico. The units presented here can be adapted for language teaching in general, for teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States, and for students with diverse linguistic backgrounds. Our focus is on content that supports language instructors in creating a curriculum incorporating elements of inclusive critical pedagogies.
Lesson Plans
This collection of projects stems from the research and development of critical pedagogies at the University of California Riverside and collaborations with colleagues at the University of Oregon, Western Illinois University, the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Yale University, and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México. The units presented here can be adapted for teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States and for students with other linguistic backgrounds. Our focus is on content that supports language instructors in creating a curriculum with elements of inclusive critical pedagogies.
CriSoLL Project
Whether it’s watching Bobby Kennedy score a touchdown in 1947 or the 1990s NCAA championship win for the women’s lacrosse team, the launch of the new Harvard Athletics Video Vault makes it possible for sports fans to relive some of the University’s most historic sporting moments.
CriSoLL K-12
This project, led by teachers and Ph.D. students in the College of Education at the University of California, Riverside, Cristina Sánchez, Angélica Sierra, and Sofía Rivas, adapts and creates new thematic units. This material has been designed for elementary, middle, and high school education to promote the development of Critical Sociocultural Linguistic Literacy (CriSoLL). This project is also supported by the Just Futures Mellon Grant (photo by Fabrice Florin).
Empowering Learners of Spanish Project
Sponsored by the Renaissance Grant at the University of Oregon, ELS is a collection of activities based on critical pedagogies that serves to introduce students to a range of concepts in sociolinguistics and critical inquiry into language ideologies. The ESL project is published online by the Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learning (COERLL) at the University of Texas at Austin ( https://espanolabierto.org/). The authors have been recognized with the UT OER Master Creator Badge https://community.coerll.utexas.edu/
Critical Literacy and Deaf Culture
Sponsored by a grant from the UC Mexus-CONACYT/CONAHCYT Alliance, this is a collaborative initiative between the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) in Mexicali. Using applied linguistics through the CriSoLL approach, innovative teaching materials are developed to foster critical awareness of human communication. Often, educators in higher education are unaware of the social dynamics that perpetuate the marginalization of deaf people. Because the first language of most deaf students at UABC is Mexican Sign Language (LSM), a visual language, this study and pedagogical application also developed the theoretical approach of Relational Structure as a method of graphic analysis for the development of visual teaching materials in the area of decolonial graphic design. (Image Design, Dr. Cynthia R. Mendoza Casanova).
Teach in Spanglish Project
Becoming Culturally Responsive
