Idalia Nuñez

Idalia Nuñez serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction within the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Her expertise centers on Bilingual/ESL Education, with specialized focus on Spanish-English translanguaging, bilingualism, and biliteracy development among Latinx students.

Dr. Nuñez’s research agenda emphasizes linguistic equity through sociocultural frameworks that recognize the cultural and linguistic resources of students of color. Her current projects investigate Latinx transnational children’s translanguaging practices, family literacy on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and bilingual identity formation among preservice teachers. She actively challenges subtractive schooling models by developing asset-based curricular approaches that leverage community knowledge.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals dominant themes in critical literacy, border studies, and bilingual education, consistently highlighting social justice imperatives for marginalized communities through empirical studies of Latinx experiences.

Honors include:

• 2023 AERA Division K Early Career Award
• 2023 AERA Language and Social Processes SIG Emerging Scholar Award

Details regarding student advising and grant funding were not specified in available materials, though her collaborative publications indicate active research partnerships.