Her dissertation is titled: “A critical race ethnography examining dual-language education in the new Latinx diaspora: Reinforcing and resisting bilingual education’s racial roots.”

Chávez-Moreno earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction this past summer.

She will be receiving her award and will be presenting her research at AAHHE’s annual national conference Feb. 28 to March 2 in Costa Mesa, California.

Chávez-Moreno is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.