Name: Olga Vasquez
Associate Professor, Communication and TEP; Associate Director, CREATE
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989
M.A., San Jose State University, 1981

Field of Expertise: Vásquez's research examines the intersection of literacy, language, and culture in intercultural settings. As an ethnographer of education, her work covers bilingual education, culturally responsive curriculum, and access to educational resources by underrepresented groups.

Region of Interest: Mexico, U.S.

Media Interview Topics: Prof. Vásquez is an expert on bilingualism and biculturalism, education, literacy, after-school learning and education for the global context.

Selected Publications:

• La Clase Magica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners, New Jersey, Laurence Erlbaum Publishers, 2002.
• With Richard Duran, "La Clase Mágica and Club Proteo: Mulitiple Literacies in New Community Institutions." In Challenging a Single Standard: Perspective on Multiple Literacies, edited by Gallego and Hollingsworth. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999.