Dr. Enrique Alem谩n, Jr., is the Lillian Radford Endowed Professor of Education Studies at Trinity University. His research agenda includes studying the impact of educational policies on Latina/o and Chicana/o students and communities, the utilization of Critical Race Theories (CRTs) in educational research, and the application of community-based research methods as a way of creating pathways to higher education. Dr. Alem谩n is the co-author of 鈥淭ransforming Educational Pathways for Chicana/o Students,鈥 a book published by Teachers College Press that describes the ten-year journey he and Dr. Dolores Delgado Bernal took in creating and sustaining Adelante, a university-school-community partnership in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has published articles in Harvard Educational Review, Race Ethnicity and Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, and Equity, Excellence and Education, as well as numerous chapters in edited books.
Between 2012-2014, Dr. Alem谩n served as an Assistant Vice President for Student Equity and Diversity at University of Utah. In late 2013, he executive produced and co-wrote Stolen Education, a documentary about the forgotten history of a little-known federal desegregation court case from the 1950s, Hernandez et al. v. Driscoll Consolidated School District (1957).
A first-generation college student, Dr. Alem谩n earned his Ph.D. in Educational Administration, with a concentration in Educational Policy and Planning, a doctoral certification in Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has an undergraduate degree from St. Mary鈥檚 University in San Antonio, Texas, and a master鈥檚 degree from Columbia University鈥檚 School of International and Public Affairs in New York.