Nominee: Noelle W. Arnold
Angela Valenzuela is the director of the University of Texas Center for Education Policy and the new director of the National Latino Education Research Agenda Project (NLERAP), which aims to create a national teacher education pipeline for Latino youth. Her book, Subtractive Schooling: U. S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring, is one of the definitive books on schooling for children in border towns and Latino students. Dr. Valenzuela’s work has broad application for curriculum and instruction, educational leadership and policy, public policy, psychology, philosophy, sociology, history, and ethnic studies.
