Professional and Academic Memberships

• International Reading Association (IRA)
• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
• American Educators Research Association (AERA), Hispanic SIG Chair, 1997–1998
• National Council of Teachers of English (Chair, Elementary Section), 1991–1994
• National Reading Conference (NRC)
• National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE)
• Executive Board, Western Representative, 2006–2008
• Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT)
• California Association of Bilingual Educators (CABE)
• California Reading Association (CRA)

National Committees

• Equity Review Panelist, Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortiums sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, 1996, Washington, D.C.
• Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium, Equity Review Panelist, 1996
• National Latino Educational Research Agenda, Executive Committee Member, New York, NY, 1999–present
• National Council of Teachers of English, Executive Committee Member, 1991–1994
• Journal on Latinos in Education, Executive Council, Founding Member, 2000 to present
• AERJ – Social Foundations Section, Reviewer, 2000–2002