Dafney Blanca Dabach

Dafney Blanca Dabach is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington College of Education, specializing in immigration and education research. Her work examines secondary school contexts for immigrant youth, civic education in mixed-citizenship classrooms, and policy reform.

• Education: Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley (2009)
• Key Research Areas: Immigration and schooling, equity studies, policy reform, qualitative methods
• Awards:
  • Morrison-Miller Prize in U.S. History (1996)
  • AERA Bilingual Education SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award (2011)
  • Research-Into-Practice Lecture (2018)

Recent publications focus on immigrant student safety, transnational pedagogy, and civic education challenges. She collaborates on longitudinal studies with Carola and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and advocates for arts integration in education.