University of California, Los Angeles
Faculty Member, Education
Faculty Advisor
Teacher Education Program
Thesis Title: Critical Media Literacy is Elementary: A Case Study of Teachers' Ideas and Experiences with Media Education and Young Children
Douglas Kellner
Daniel Solorzano
Teshome Gabriel
Peter McLaren
About
My research and passion relate to teaching students and teachers to think critically about media and use media/new technologies to create their own counter-narratives.
I worked for ten years as a freelance photojournalist documenting situations of poverty and social activism on three continents. In 1987 I won First Prize News Features/Series and the Oskar Barnack Award at World Press Photo.
I spent six years teaching bilingual primary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. During this time I also earned my Master’s Degree from Vermont College, focusing on: Media Literacy for Transformative Education.
After spending several years as the Regional Coordinator for Training at the Center for Media Literacy, I earned my Ph.D. in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
I currently work as a Faculty Advisor for UCLA’s Teacher Education Program and continue my research and practice focusing on the teaching of critical media literacy in K-12 education.
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