Jason Irizarry

Dean and Professor

Areas of Expertise:

Irizarry’s research interests include urban teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention with an emphasis on increasing the number of teachers of color, culturally responsive pedagogy, youth participatory action research, and Latino/a students in U.S. schools.

Biography:

Jason G. Irizarry is the dean of the Neag School, a professor, and a faculty associate in El Instituto: Institute for Latina/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies. He most recently served as interim dean of the Neag School and, prior to that, associate dean for academic affairs of the Neag School. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in multicultural education, culturally responsive curriculum development, participatory action research, and urban education. A central focus of his work involves promoting the academic achievement of youth in urban schools by addressing issues associated with educator preparation. His first book, The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts, was awarded the Phillip C. Chin Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education. He is also the co-editor of Diaspora Studies in Education: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Experiences of Transnational Communities. Irizarry has an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Authored Books:

Irizarry, J.G. (2011). The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishing.

Edited Books:

Rolón-Dow, R. & Irizarry, J.G. (Eds.). (2014). Diaspora Studies in Education: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Experiences of Transnational Communities. New York: Peter Lang.

Guest Editorships:

Nieto, S., Rivera, M. Quinones, S. & Irizarry, J.G. (2012). Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal, 6(3).

Kleyn, T. & Irizarry, J.G. (2011). Special Issue on Immigration and Education. The New Educator, 7(1).

Academic Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed):

Irizarry, J.G. & Garcia, N. (In Press). Listening to our Antepasados: Perspectives Learned from 5 Decades of Chicanx/a/o and Puerto Rican Studies. In Murillo, E. (Ed.). Handbook of Latinos and Education: Research, Theory & Practice (2nd Edition).

Garcia, N., Irizarry, J.G., Ruiz, Y. (2020). Al esconder (hide and seek): RicanStructing college choice for Puerto Rican students. Race, Ethnicity, & Education, 23(1), 1-20.

López, J. & Irizarry, J.G. (2019). Somos pero no somos iguales (We are but we are not the same): Unpacking Latinx indigeneity and the implications for urban schools. Urban Education, 1-26.

Irizarry, J.G., Rolón-Dow, R., & Godreau, I. (2018). Después del huracán: Using a Diaspora framework to contextualize and problematize educational responses post-María. Centro Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, 30(3), 254-278.

CV

Dean Jason Irizarry sits in front of his office bookcase.

Email	jason.irizarry@uconn.edu
Phone	860 486 1241
Mailing Address	U-3064
Office Location	Gentry 342E