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Assistant Professor, (August 2018 to present)
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College of Education: Department of Special Education

• Instructor for freshman (LBS), preliminary-induction credential, and graduate courses:

LBS 205: Child and Adolescent Development
SPE 461: Typical and Atypical Development in Children
SPE 462: Language and Communication Disorders
SPE 522: Teaching Bilingual Learners in Inclusive Dual Settings
SPE 582: Trends and Issues in Special Education
SPE 584: Research and Inquiry I
SPE 585: Research and Inquiry II

• Courses address child-adolescent developmental milestones and applied theory
• Focus on language, literacy, and cognition for students in special education
• Expand graduate students’ research knowledge-base and thesis project development
• Teach inclusionary practices for Spanish-English dual-language classrooms
• Clarify similarities and differences between typical and atypical child development
• Active and dedicated participation in scholarship, research, and university service

Task Force Faculty Consultant, (June 2020 to present)
UC/CSU California Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning

• Align curricular development on topics of dyslexia and neurological diversity
• Develop scholarship and research events on neurodiversity and literacy development
• Act a liaison between UCLA and other CSU campuses to coordinate scholarly events

Editorial Board Member, (March 2014 to present)
American Speech Language Hearing Association Special Interest Group (SIG) 14: Perspectives on Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

• Read, edit, and offer suggestions to submitted manuscripts as peer reviewer
• Participate in yearly meetings for planning, review, and organizational matters
• Attend national conferences and events to advocate for issues linked to diversity issues

Peer Reviewer, (October 2019 to present)

• International Journal of Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement
• Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Reviewed manuscripts for the above listed scholarly journals that focus on a range of issues such as special education, bilingualism, differentiated instruction, diversity, and language development