Mónica González Ybarra, associate professor Curriculum & Instruction, has been elected as Research Foundation Trustee for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
González Ybarra will serve a three-year term beginning later this year. She will support the Foundation’s Cultivating New Voices of Scholars of Color program, review and rate research grant proposals, and make decisions on awarding funding and administering the Foundation’s resources to promote more equitable educational environments for students and teachers.
For more than 100 years, NCTE has worked with its members to offer journals, publications, and resources; to further the voice and expertise of educators as advocates for their students at the local and federal levels; and to share lesson ideas, research, and teaching strategies through its Annual Convention and other professional learning events.
