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Single Subject Education, Assistant Professor |
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britoe@calpoly.edu |
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02-135 |
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805-756-2170
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About Dr. Brito
Dr. Efrain Brito is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education and the Bailey College of Science and Mathematics at Cal Poly. His research is grounded in critical pedagogy, critical literacy, and generativity, and examines the intersections of language, race, gender, and ideology in the organization of public schools, what gets taught, and how. Specifically, his work focuses on historically marginalized and forgotten student populations, and the preparation of teachers to work in multilingual, multiethnic, and multiracial settings. In addition to his community-engaged, and generativity focused research, Dr. Brito actively supports pre-service teachers through his ongoing work in the Single Subject Teacher Education Program (SSTEP) at the School of Education at Cal Poly. His scholarship has been published in journals such as The Journal of the Association of Teacher Educators. Dr. Brito earned his Ph.D. in Education with a focus on Race, Inequality and Language from The Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. He also holds a M.E. from the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, a M.A. in Latin American Studies from Stanford University, as well as a B.A. and J.D. from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Education
- Ph.D. Stanford University, Graduate School of Education. Concentration: Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE) 2021
- M.Ed. University of California Los Angeles, Department of Education. Concentration: Urban Education 2013
- JD The George Washington University Law School 2001
- MA Stanford University. Concentration: Latin American Studies 1998
- BA The George Washington University. Concentration: International Affairs & Latin American Studies. Minor: Spanish Language & Literature 1997
Research Interests
- Diversity and Identity
- Educational Policy
- Immigrants and Immigration
- Critical Literacy and Language
- Poverty and Inequality
- Sociology
- Teachers and Teaching
- Race and Ethnicity
- Critical Pedagogy
- Generativity and Generative Change
Recent Publications
- Brito, E. & Ball, A. F. (2020). Realizing the Theory of Generative Change using a Freirean Lens: Situating the Zone of Generativity Within a Liberatory Framework, Action in Teacher Education, 42(1), 19-30. DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2019.1702598.
Courses Taught
- EDUC 403: Developing Teachers of Color
- EDUC 405: Social, Historical, and Cultural Influences on Latino/a Students in Education
- EDUC 410: Social, Historical, and Ethical Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
- EDUC 412: Access to Learning [for a more Equitable] Society
- EDUC 418: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Diverse Classrooms
