Dr. Terri Patchen
Terri Patchen joined the faculty in 2002 upon finishing graduate
work at the University of California, Los Angeles. In her graduate
studies she earned a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Urban
Education; an MA in Urban Planning, with an emphasis in Regional
and International Development; and an MA in Latin American Studies.
She was the recipient of a Spencer Research Fellowship, a Fulbright
Fellowship for research in Guatemala, a Constance Coiner Graduate
Fellowship, and a University of California All Campus Collaborative
on Research for Diversity (UC ACCORD) Dissertation Fellowship.
At CSUF, as part of the Multiple Subjects Credential Program, she
teaches courses in Educational Foundations and English Learner Inquiry
and Methods. She also teaches the Cultural Diversity GE course in
the undergraduate program. In addition to these courses, Professor
Patchen has worked with CSUF undergraduate and graduate students
in a Service Learning and Internship program in Shanghai, China
teaching English to Chinese students.
An elementary school teacher for close to ten years, Professor Patchen
is BCLAD certified and regularly supervises BCLAD candidates in
the field. While an elementary school teacher at an inner-city school
in Los Angeles, she was also a Teach for America Mentor Teacher,
and a Migrant Worker Teacher.
Professor Patchen’s research interests include classroom participation,
immigrant access to education, education equity, and gender studies
in education.
e-mail tpatchen@fullerton.edu
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