Academic Degrees
Ph.D.
- Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Arizona State University
- Tempe, Arizona
- 1994
M.A.
- English, Multicultural Literature
- California State University
- Los Angeles, California
- 1986
B.A.
- English
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, California
- 1981
Areas of Interest
- Bilingual Education/ESL
- Diversity Education
- Educational Foundations
- Educational Policy
- Language Arts, Latino/a Literature
- Oral History Research
- Qualitative Research
- Whiteness Theory
Courses Taught & Supervision
- ScEd/ElEd 7500 : Theoretical Perspectives on Whiteness in a Diverse Society
- Educ 6710 : Diversity in Education
- ScEd/ElEd 6550 : Research for Classroom Teachers
- ScEd/ElEd 6770/4770 : ESOL Instructional Strategies in the Content Areas
- ScEd 5600 : ESL Advisement & Student Teacher Supervision
- ScEd 3210: Educational and Multicultural Foundations
Publications & Multimedia
Book--First Author
- Huerta, G. (2007, in press). Educational foundations--diverse histories, diverse perspectives. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
National Refereed Journal Publication--First Author
- Huerta, G.C. & Flemmer, L.A. (2005, March). Identity, beliefs and community--
LDS preservice secondary teacher views about diversity. Intercultural
Education Journal, 16 (1), 1-14.
- Huerta, G.C. & Flemmer, L.A. (2001, September). Latina women speak--using oral
histories in the social studies curriculum. Social Education, 65, (5), 270-277.
- Huerta, G.C. & Flemmer, L.A. (2000, Spring). Using student generated oral history
research in the secondary classroom. The Social Studies, 25 (15), 23-30.
- Huerta, G.C. (1999, March). Barriers to the implementation of multicultural education in
a secondary teacher preparation program. The High School Journal, 2, 150-164. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
- Huerta, G.C. (1996, August). Implementing AIDS education--policies and practices [1341 paragraphs]. Educational Policy and Analysis Electronic Journal, 4, (13).
Available WWW: http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/epaa (ISSN 1068-2341).
- Huerta, G.C. (1995, September). Skipping the politics--AIDS education in the classroom [848 paragraphs]. Research and Reflection: An Electronic Journal of Educational Praxis. Available WWW: http://www.rosauer.gonzaga.edu/~rr (ISSN 1078-6406).
Regional Refereed Journal Publication--First Author
- Huerta, G.C. (1995, August). Diversity in education: It's up to you. Utah English Journal, 23, 44-47
Regional Refereed Journal Publication--Co-Author
- Huerta, G.C. & Strong, W. (1996, November). Diversity matters: A multicultural dialogue. The Utah Journal of Reading and Literacy, 1, 30-36.
Book Chapter--Second Author
- Byrnes, D. & Huerta, G. C. (1999). Multicultural education and the Internet.
In J. Braun & F. Risinger (Eds.), National Council for the Social Studies Teacher Education Series. NCSS: Washington DC.
Regional–First Author
- Huerta, G.C. & Coles-Ritchie, M. (2000). K-12 ESL Minor and Endorsement Program.
Logan: Utah State University.
Refereed Humanities
- Huerta, G.C. (1996, August). One day away. Utah English Journal, 24, 31.
- Huerta, G.C. (1996, July). I don't want to speak that language and other stupidities. RazaTeca Magazine, 4, 36.
- Huerta, G.C. (1995, Summer). In Mormon confines. Pen and Ink Magazine, 8, 15. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
Video Production
- Huerta, G.C. & Snow, R. (2002). We are many--Service and education in northern Utah's
Latina/o community. Logan: Utah State University.
- Huerta, G.C. (2002). Giving shelter, giving strength--High school faculty discuss
sheltered program design and Spanish for heritage speakers. Logan: Utah State University.
Funded Research
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August 2000-October 2003
U.S. Dept of Education, Office of English Language
Acquisition, (formerly OBEMLA) Washington D.C.
Secondary ESL "Training for all Teachers Grant": $175,000.
Principal investigator.
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July 2000-July 2001
CURI/Mineral Lease Grant, UT
"Secondary ESL Preservice Teacher Training Grant," $27,000.
Principal investigator.
- August 1999-2000
USU ESL Preservice and Inservice Teacher Training ($3,000);
USU Office of Institutional Research.
Principal investigator.
- July 1996-June 1997
USU New Faculty Research Grant Extension ($15,000): Interdisciplinary Implementation of Secondary Multicultural Education in the Utah Public Schools.
- May 1995-June 1996
USU New Faculty Research Grant ($15,000): Implementation of Multicultural Education Concepts for Secondary Teacher Education Programs.
National Refereed Presentations
- Huerta, G., Gallagher-Geurtsen, T., & Flemmer, L. (2006). Border crossings and
retreats—preservice teacher representations of diversity concepts through video
production. Paper presentation at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
- Huerta, G.C. (2005). Buying in, buying out; Preservice teacher perspectives about gay
youth issues when presented within multicultural teacher education coursework. Paper/panel discussion at the 2005 American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, Montreal, Quebec.
- Huerta, G.C. & Coles-Ritchie, M. (2004) "Teacher Case Studies of Language Ideologies,
Practice & Change: ESL Programming at Cherry High School." Poster presented at the 2004 American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
- Huerta, G.C. & Flemmer, L.A. (2003). Be in the World But Not of The World—
Preservice Secondary Teacher Views About Race, Class and Gender. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Invited National Presentations
- Huerta, G. (2007). "Diversity in the classroom: funds of knowledge at work." Invited
lecture sponsored by Houghton Mifflin at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.
- Huerta, G.C. (1999, April). "Retaining Latino/a Students in Graduate School." Panel
discussion. Cesar Chavez Student Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Service 2007-2008
- USU College of Education Research Council
- USU College of Education Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee
- USU Women and Gender Committee
- USU Department of Secondary Education, Faculty Search Committees—chair
- USU Merrill Library Archives and Folklore Latina/o Oral History Project
- Box Elder, Cache, Granite, Logan School Districts, ESL consultant, UT
- AERA Teacher education proposal reviewer
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