Gabriel A. Cortez Ph.D.
Literacy, Leadership, Development and Special Education
Professor, Director of ENLACE Leadership Institute
Office:
Room LWH 4016
Phone:
(773) 442-5537
Email:
g-cortez@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment
Country:
United States
Expertise
Community Relations
LEAD 421: Educational Leadership and Organizational Studies
LEAD 429: Research Design and Analysis of Educational Data
LEAD 431: School and Community Relations
LEAD 495: Practicum in Higher Education
Research Interests
Grassroots activism in education; intercultural relations; cultural identity; globalization; and Chicago history.
Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Educational Policy Studies, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Educational Policy Studies, M.Ed.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
History & U.S./Latin-American Studies, B.A.
Selected Publications
Cortez, G.A. (2013). Occupy Public Education: A Community's Struggle for Educational Resources in the Era of Privatization. Equity & Excellence in Education, 46(1), PP 7-19.
Cortez, G.A. (Spring 2013). Re-framing, Re-imagning, and Re-tooling Curricula from the Grassroots: The Chicago Grassroots Curriculum Taskforce. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 15(2), PP 84-95.