Dr. Ruben Espinosa
Department Chair and Professor
Dr. Ruben Espinosa teaches courses at the credential, MA and doctoral level dealing with bilingual teaching strategies, action research and educational equity and policy at the K-12 level.

Dr. Alberto M. Ochoa
Professor
Dr. Alberto Ochoa teaches courses at the credential, M.A. and doctoral level focusing on bilingual teaching strategies, action research, and social systems socio-cultural-political foundations in the multicultural-multilingual context.

Dr. Cristina Alfaro
Assistant Professor, Credential Coordinator-Multiple Subject
Dr. Cristina Alfaro teaches courses in the bilingual BCLAD MS credential program, M.A. degree program, and coordinates the Mexico MS BCLAD program.

Dr. Elsa Billings
Assistant Professor
Dr. Elsa Billings teaches courses in the bilingual Multiple Subject credential program. Dr. Billings' research interests include the preparation of teachers to effectively teach in diverse classroom settings; academic equity issues, especially concerning language minority children; and the use of technology such as video cases in teacher education and professional development.

Dr. Evangelina Bustamante Jones
Associate Professor
Dr. Evangelina Bustamante Jones teaches courses in the bilingual BCLAD Multiple and Single Subject credential programs, as well as in the M.A. degree programs. Her expertise is literacy in L1 and L2.

Dr. Karen Cadiero-Kaplan
Associate Professor
Dr. Karen Cadiero-Kaplan teaches in the bilingual MS and SS Credential and in the MA degree programs. She is actively involved in causes addressing critical pedagogy, educational policy and literacy development. She serves as the graduate advisor for the department.

Dr. Tamara Collins-Parks
Lecturer
Dr. Tamara Collins-Park teaches credential and masters level courses for the department, as well as being an active supervisor for BCLAD credential candidates. Her expertise is in public policy, bilingual education, and linguistics (particularly language acquisition). She is actively involved in helping future teachers overcome barriers to their progress by helping them develop writing skills in English and pass the CBEST. She coordinates the Single Subject BCLAD Credential program.

Dr. Alberto Rodriguez
Professor
Dr. Alberto Rodriguez teaches courses in the graduate program, and also teaches science methods courses in the bilingual teacher credential program. His research focuses on the use of sociotransformative constructivism (sTc) to help teachers teach for understanding in diverse school contexts. sTc is a theoretical framework that merges multicultural education (a theory of social justice) with social constructivism (a theory of learning).

Dr. James L. Rodriguez
Associate Professor
Dr. James L. Rodriguez teaches the psychological foundations course for the multiple and single subjects BCLAD credential programs as well as courses for the M.A. and the CGU-SDSU Joint Doctoral Program.

Mr. Ernesto Sanz
Clinical Professor, Multiple and Single Subject Advisor, BCLAD Credential Coordinator
As BCLAD Department Advisor, Mr. Ernesto Sanz works with Credential candidates, organizes and participates in teaching recruitment events,teaches prerequisite course, and coordinates one Multiple Subjects block.

Dr. Natalie Kuhlman
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Natalie Kuhlman is a Professor Emeritus in the Policy Studies in Language and Cross-Cultural Education Department. Now retired, she continues to work with school districts and other educators in the areas of standards and assessment.

Dr. Ricardo Pacheco
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Richard Pacheco is a Professor Emeritus in the Policy Studies in Language and Corss-Cultural Education department. Now retired, he continues to work in the area of bilingual education.