Assistant Professor in Social and Cultural Studies of Education at Iowa State University
About
Gabriel Rodriguez is an assistant professor at Iowa State University in the School of Education. His research explores the relationship between educational inequality and race, specifically the interplay between the academic achievement, equality of opportunity, and the identities of Latinx youth and other youth of color in the context of demographically changing schools and communities. He holds a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Current Work:
Dr. Rodriguez is currently working on a book manuscript centered on Latinx high school youth's experiences attending a predominantly white and well-resourced suburban high school to examine how inequality opportunities in "good" suburban schools. He is also beginning data collection on a critical ethnographic project in suburban Des Moines. This project looks at the role a suburban high school plays in helping youth of color develop their political identities as well as how they support their activism in and out of school.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Latinx education; urban-suburban education; youth activism; identity; social justice education
