VERONICA E. VALDEZ portrait
  • Professor, Education, Culture & Society
  • Department Chair, Education, Culture & Society
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Professional Service

  • Special Interest Group (SIG) Executive Committee, American Educational Research Association (AERA). Role: Chair. As part of the governance structure of the organization, this body provides oversight for the approximately 153 SIGs groups that are in the organization. 04/2022 - 04/2024
  • AERA Council, American Educational Research Association (AERA). Role: Member. Serve as a member of the governing body that provides oversight to the American Educational Research Association. 04/2022 - 04/2024
  • Special Interest Group (SIG) Executive Committee, American Educational Research Association (AERA). Role: Chair-Elect. As part of the governance structure of the organization, this body provides oversight for the approximately 200 SIGs groups that are in the organization. 04/2021 - 04/2022
  • Bilingual Education Research SIG, American Educational Research Association. Role: Chair-Elect. Leadership Team. 04/17/2018 - 04/2019
  • Bilingual Research Journal. Role: Co-editor. Work with co-editors and editorial assistants on Special Issue on Richard Ruiz legacy including: creation of call for articles, review and selection of articles for publication, final editing with publisher, and marketing and dissemination. 10/2015 - 05/2017
  • International Multilingual Research Journal. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 09/2015 - present
  • Journal of Latinos and Education. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 08/2015 - present
  • American Education Research Journal. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 07/2015 - present
  • Educational Policy. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 04/2015 - present
  • Urban Education. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 01/2009 - present
  • Bilingual Research Journal. Role: External Reviewer. Review assigned manuscripts in my areas of expertise for possible publication in the journal. 01/2007 - present

Internal Service

  • College of Education Executive Council. Member, 09/2021 - 05/2022. College service.
  • Curriculum Committee, College of Education. Chair, 08/2019 - 05/2020. College service.
  • Graduate Admissions Committee. Member, 02/2018 - 03/2019. Department service.
  • M+ ESL Endorsement/MEd Program, a District-University Partnership. Director, 08/2017 - 09/2021. Department service.
  • University Undergraduate Council. College of Education representative, 08/2015 - 05/2018. University service.
  • College of Education Executive Committee. member, 08/2015 - 05/2018. College service.
  • College of Education ESL Endorsement Committee - Facilitating the establishment and implementation of the English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement program (undergraduate/graduate/elementary/secondary/special education) across the Departments in the College of Education as part of the new approach to teacher education. Member, 03/2009 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Davis School District, Office of Federal and State Programs Joint development, coordination, and implementation of APEX project to increase the number of teachers with ESL endorsements and Masters degrees in the district. 09/01/2022 - present
  • Canyons School District, Office of Federal and State Programs Joint development, coordination, and implementation of APEX project to increase the number of teachers with ESL endorsements and Masters degrees in the district. 09/01/2021 - present
  • Korean American Community School of Utah, research partnership. 10/2010 - 08/2011

Honors & Awards

  • 2022 Faculty Research & Scholarship Award. College of Education, University of Utah, 05/2022
  • Appointed to 2-year term on AERA Governing Council serving as SIG representative due to election as SIG Executive Committee Chair (04/2022-04/2024). American Educational Research Association (AERA), 04/2022
  • Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Organization Recognition. Latina/o/x (Hispanic) Research Issues SIG, American Educational Research Association, 04/2015
  • 2014 Faculty Teaching Award. College of Education, University of Utah, 05/2014
  • 2013 Early Career Reviewer Award. National Association of Bilingual Education, 12/2013
  • Invited Participant, Connecting Research to Policy - A Spring Institute for Emerging Scholars. American Educational Research Association - Foundation for Child Development (AERA-FCD), 04/2010

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