Claudia García-Louis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Contact

claudia.garcia-louis@utsa.edu

Bio

Claudia García-Louis, is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She is a proud first-in-family and first-generation student, Mexican immigrant, and mamíScholar. Her scholarship is interdisciplinary in nature as she engages topics of Latinidad, culture, race, and ethnicity. She seeks to disrupt negative stereotypes about Latinx students, minoritized populations, and underrepresented students through the critical incorporation of culturally appropriate, asset-based methodological approaches. Her research focuses on disrupt the racialization and homogenization of Latinx students by underscoring intragroup racial, cultural, and linguistic differences.

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Mission

COEHD will be an international model for developing inclusive, transformative leaders guided by principles of community, integrity, excellence, scholarship and service. The COEHD will have a critical impact on the realization of human and community potential through its leadership in education, health and wellness, human development and policy studies. All programs of study include a focus on developing competencies for working effectively in multicultural and cross-national contexts.

Claudia García-Louis, Ph.D.