Ruth Trinidad Galván will receive a Faculty Acknowledgement Award on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room in Zimmerman Library at UNM. Galván is an assistant professor for the Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education.
Photo: Ruth Trinidad Galvan
As part of the award ceremony, Galván will present, “Insights in the Migration Stream of Ecuadoran Women and the Husbands Who Stay Behind.” Galván teaches courses on feminist epistemologies, Latino identity, anthropology and education, and qualitative research in education. She earned a doctorate in Education, Culture and Society from the University of Utah in 2003.
A former bilingual elementary school teacher in California, she came to education through participation in non-profit organizations and as an adult ESL teacher in East Los Angeles. Her dissertation focused on the knowledge, experience and education of rural Mexican women affected by their husbands’ migration to the United States.
Galván is a Fulbright scholar and associate editor of the” Journal of Latinos and Education.” She is currently co-editing the “Handbook of Latinos and Education.”
The event is free and the public is welcome. This is the 15th year University Libraries has sponsored the Faculty Acknowledgement Award Program to recognize the contributions of faculty to the academic community.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at October 17, 2008 03:39 PM