I am interested in parent involvement, migrant education and Critical Race Theory.

Ph.D., Educational Administration, June 1999, The University of Texas at Austin

M.A., Educational Psychology, June 1994, University of California at Los Angeles

B.A., Psychology, June 1993, University of California at Santa Cruz

• A795 DISSERTATION PROPOSAL PREP
• A500 INTRO TO EDUCATIONAL LDRSHP
• A510 SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATIONS

• Lopez, G. R., & Vazquez, V. A. (2006). “They don’t speak English”: Interrogating (racist) ideologies and perceptions of school personnel in a Midwestern state. International Electronic Journal For Leadership in Learning, 10(29). Available at: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/volume10/lopez_vazquez.htm
• Lopez, G. R., & Vazquez, V. A. (2006). Parental Involvement in Latina/o-Impacted Schools in the Midwest: Recognizing the role and function of home-based knowledge and practices. Journal of School Public Relations, 27(4).
• López, G. R. (2006). Diversity as social reconstruction. In F. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Education Leadership and Administration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• López, G. R. (2005). El valor del trabajo arduo: Lección sobre la participación de los padres en un hogar de inmigrantes (G.R. López, trans.). [Reprinted with permission. Originally published in 2001: Harvard Educational Review, 71(3), 416-437.]. San Francisco, CA: Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
• López, G. R., Gonzalez, M. L., & Fierro, E. (2005). Educational leadership along the US/Mexico border: Embracing hybridy/crossing borders/building bridges. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for social justice: Making it happen (pp. 64-84). New York: Allyn & Bacon.
• Young, M. D., & López, G. R. (2004). Shaping the knowledge base: Inquiry in educational leadership. In F. English (Ed.), Handbook of educational leadership (pp. 337-361). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• López, G. R. (2004). Social justice deferred: Unpackaging the “yeses” and “buts” in Marshall and Ward’s study. Journal of School Leadership, 14, 585-597.
• López, G. R. (2004). “Bringing the mountain to Mohammed: Parental involvement in migrant-impacted schools” In C. Salinas & M. Franquiz (Eds.), Fields of hope: Examining current practices in migrant education (pp 135-146). Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.
• Lopez, G. R. (2003). Parent involvement as racialized performance. In G. R. Lopez & L. Parker (Eds.), Interrogating racism in qualitative research methodology, (pp. 71-95). New York: Peter Lang.
• Lopez, G. R. (2003). The (Racially-Neutral) Politics of Education: A Critical Race Theory Perspective. Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(1), 68-94.
• Donaldson, J. F., Lopez, G. R., & Scribner, J. P. (2003). Changes at Honey Grove High. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 6(1) [Available On-line: http://www.ucea.org/cases/V5-Iss1/V6-Iss1/donaldson%20v6%20n1%20final.doc]
• Lopez, G. R., & Parker, L. (Eds.). (2003). Interrogating racism in qualitative research methodology. New York: Peter Lang.
• Tillman, L. C., Lopez, G, Larson, C., Capper, C., Scheurich, J. J., & Marshall, C. (2003). Leadership for social justice: Identifying the terrain, crafting a mission and purpose. In F. C. Lunenburg & C. S. Carr (Eds.),Shaping the future: Policy, partnerships, and emerging practices (pp. 60-75). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.