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Department Head:
Norma E. Gonzalez

Language, Reading & Culture
The University of Arizona College of Education
P.O. Box 210069
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Phone: 520-621-1311
Fax: 520-621-1853
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Language, Reading & Culture

Norma Gonzalez - Professor
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Norma Gonzalez Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research: Anthropology and education, applied anthropology, linguistic anthropology, language socialization, household ethnography, language processes in communities, community/school linkages, Mexican-origin populations, borderlands, critical theory, women’s narratives.

Teaching: Language and Culture, Qualitative Methods, Anthropology and Education, Multiucultural Education, Girls' and Womens Education in Global Perspective, Language and Community, Research Methods, Bilingual Education.

Norma González is a Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture, and is affiliated faculty with the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program. She is an anthropologist of education and her Ph.D. is in sociocultural anthropology. She is the incoming President of the Council of Anthropology and Education. Her research focuses on language processes in the U.S./Mexico borderlands, immigration and education, language ideologies, and household ethnographies.