Meet the Instructor

Dr. Roberto Luis Carrasco

Associate Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education

Background and Qualifications

• Born, raised and educated in East Los Angeles, California
• Cultural background: My paternal grandparents are Yaqui from San Luis, Arizona; my maternal grandparents are Pueblo from Doña Ana, New Mexico. Ethnically, I was raised as a Chicano or Mexican-American.
• 1960 Garfield High School, East Los Angeles (made famous through the film, "Stand and Deliver")
  
• 1966 California State University @ Los Angeles, BA French

• 1970-73 Elementary Bilingual Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District
  
• 1972-73 Adult Education ESL Instructor, Los Angeles Unified School District
  
• 1974 California State University @ Los Angeles, MA Teaching
  
• 1973-74 Math Supervisor Los Angeles Unified School District
  
• 1974-76 Education Development Center, Math Content Specialist, "Infinity Factory."
  
• WGBH-TV Producer
  
• 1981 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, M.Ed., Human Development
  
• 1986 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Ed.D., Human Development and School Ethnography
  
• 1980-87 Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
  
• 1988-89 Visiting Professor, University of Guam
  
• 1990-91Visiting Professor, University of Granada, Spain
  
• 1991-Present Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University
  
• Languages: English, Spanish and French
  
• Interests and Hobbies: "El Mariachi de NAU" (lead singer and guitarrón player); fishing; conga drums; traveling.
  

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