Faculty 2026 – 2027

Name:Adriana LuceroTitle:Lecturer IIIDepartment:Individual, Family, and Community EducationDescribe your research in about 200 words.My scholarly pursuits have concentrated on educators’ motivation for instructing students with disabilities in inclusive settings, student motivation within inclusive environments, and assessment practices in the classroom.What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student?I have gained a deeper understanding of […] Read More

Name:Jessica MonnetTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Public AdministrationDescribe your research in about 200 words.My research generally examines how federal and state policies affect healthcare access and use in the United States, with a particular focus on maternal and reproductive healthcare and on healthcare access among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. I am interested in understanding how federal and […] Read More

Name:Alexander FertigTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:EconomicsDescribe your research in about 200 words.I am a development economist focusing broadly on topics related to migration and conflict. In my most recent work, I study the impacts of the internet and social media in conflict settings, while a second strand of my research investigates the impacts of international migration on migrant […] Read More

Name:Rosalia PachecoTitle:Assistant Professor in K-8 Literacy/ReadingDepartment:Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy (TEELP)Describe your research in about 200 words.My primary research interests are reading/literacy instructional practices and curriculum development, teacher preparation research, increasing Opportunity to Learn (OTL) through educational access and equity for all learners, integrating arts and storytelling as culturally sustaining teaching practices, bi-multilingual education, […] Read More

Name: Diego Bustos Title: Associated Director International Studies Institute Department: International Studies Institute Describe your research in about 200 words. My work examines how literature represents and helps produce middle-class identities, aspirations, anxieties, and forms of cultural authority across Latin America and the US–Mexico borderlands. Drawing on literary studies, history, economics, and archival research, I […] Read More