A Longoria

Dr. A Longoria (they/them) is an Associate Professor and Chair of Secondary Education at the Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University. They also serve as Director of the Center for Education, Equity and Diversity (CEED). Longoria's work bridges teacher education theory and practice, focusing on multicultural education, identity-sustaining pedagogies, and intersections of Queer and Latinx issues in education. They co-authored Creating a Home in Schools: Sustaining Identities for Black, Indigenous, and Teachers of Color with Francisco Ríos.

• Education: BA in English (San Francisco State University), Master in Teaching in Secondary Education (Seattle University), PhD in Curriculum and Instruction: Multicultural Education (University of Washington)

Research Interests

• Identity-sustaining pedagogies for marginalized educators
• Queer immigrant youth and UndocuQueer activism
• Corporeal pedagogies and body politics in education
• Intersectional approaches to anti-racist teaching
• Comparative education frameworks

Scientific Contributions

• Published extensively on LGBTQ+ teacher identities and pedagogies (2021-2023)
• Developed identity-sustaining practices for Child and Youth Care (CYC)
• Co-authored foundational work on multicultural education for marginalized educators
• Contributed to anti-racist teacher education frameworks (2020)

Awards

• Faculty Fellow, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (2020)