Professor of Chicana/o Studies
Chair of César E. Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Nominated By: María Herrera-Sobek
Dr. Macías has been involved in many Tomás Rivera Policy Institute projects geared towards improving the educational attainment of Latino students. He is the author, co-author, and editor of six books and over two dozen research articles and chapters on such topics as bilingual education, teacher supply and demand, Chicanos and schooling, adult literacy, language choice, analysis for national language survey data, population projections, language policies, and media research. His current research activities are in language policy/politics/demography, adult literacy, and teacher studies.