Carmen N. Veloria, Visiting Lecturer

Carmen N. Veloria

Visiting Lecturer & Coordinator of School Partnerships
Education & Human Services Department
Education Studies Program

 

Mailing Address

Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

 

Office

73 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Room 710
Phone: 617-573-8269
Email: cveloria@suffolk.edu
 

Degrees

  • Ed.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst – Language, Literacy, & Culture with a Women’s Studies Concentration (in-progress)
  • M.Ed. Boston College – Education - focus on Urban Education
  • B.A. Central Connecticut State University – Political Science & Public  Administration

Employment History

  • College Retention of Underrepresented Students
  • College Access Programs
  • K-12 Education System
  • Welfare Reform
  • Institutional Development

Licenses/Certifications

  • MEFA (Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority) Bilingual Ambassador
  • Certified to serve on non-for-profit boards

Publications and Research

  • Relates to the exploration of post-secondary aspirations in urban Latina girls, the integration of multiple identities (racial, gender, social class, sexual orientation), and cultural tensions, mixed messages and competing interests.

Courses Taught/Scheduled to Teach

Undergraduate/graduate courses in education

  • College Preparation (summer 2006)
  • Schooling and Social Inequality: Race, Class, & Gender (fall 2006)
  • Service Learning Adolescents (spring 2007)
  • Independent Research Middle School/Secondary (spring 2007)
  • Culturally Responsive Education (fall 2007)
  • Urban Schooling (spring 2008)