Professional Profile Curriculum Vitae Jose A. Gonzalez Roskruge Bilingual Middle School 501 E. 6 th Street Tucson, Arizona 85705 Office: (520) 225-2900 Cell (520) 400-1856 Email: jose.gonzalez@tusd1.org Accomplished secondary teacher in American History, American Government, World History, and Chicana/o Studies. Innovative teacher who is passionate about providing students an educational experience that liberates their humanity and nurtures their cultural and academic identity. Education Master of Arts in Multicultural, Bilingual Education (Distinction), Northern Arizona University, Tucson AZ., May 2001 Bachelor in Education, emphasis in Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS., May 1991 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS., May 1991 Associate of Arts in Social Science, Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, Kansas, 1985 Academic/Teaching Experience Roskruge Bilingual Middle School, Tucson Unified School District (TUSD), 2012- Present Teach bilingual World History/Geography to sixth grade students. Curriculum Specialist, TUSD, Mexican American Raza Studies Department, Tucson, AZ. 2002 to 2012. Co-taught with University of Arizona s Dr. Julio Cammarota American Government/ Social Justice Educational Program to seniors at Tucson High Magnet School, and Rincon High School. Accountable to create curriculum that is culturally relevant and centers on the contributions of Mexican/Latino to the United States of America. Conducted professional development workshops for TUSD certified employees that center on culturally revenant curriculum, critical pedagogy, and critical race theory. Facilitated conference presentations which focused on developing academic identities for Latina/o students.
Modeled instruction and coach teachers on their use of culturally relevant curriculum, critical pedagogy, and critical race theory. Responsible to coordinate and support community events within the Tucson s Chicano community. Cholla High Magnet School, TUSD, 1997-2002 Taught American History and Chicano Studies to high school juniors. Taught World History to high school freshman. Hohokam Middle School, TUSD, 1994-1997 Taught American History to eight grade students. Taught Bilingual World History/Geography to sixth grade students. Pleasant Valley Middle School, Unified School District 259, Wichita, KS. 1991-1994 Taught Spanish and World History to seventh grade students. Responsible to act as a community liaison for the Mexican American community. Community Award Community Social Justice Award, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Tucson Arizona, 2011 Advisory / Consultant Experience 2004 The College Board, Advanced Placement Program: Building Success, English and Social Studies Consultant. Research Interests I am committed to conducting research that would deepen and advance the Freirean concept of rehumanization by recommending an indigenous epistemology to address this vacuum in critical pedagogy. This research would center on an epistemological advancement that would serve to inform Chicana/o students and indeed all students, a path towards rehumanization that would transform their academic identity and more importantly impact the development of their full humanity as colonization has denied Chicana/o students this in the educational system. University and College Lectures and Presentations Keynote Speaker, El Paso Teachers Association: Social Justice in Public Education Conference, presentation entitled: Youth Empowerment and Academic Achievement, El Paso, TX, 2014
Keynote Speaker, Mount Holyoke College ECCSF Conference, presentation entitled: Amor Eterno: Engaging our World as Intellectual Warriors, South Hadley, MA, 2013 Keynote Speaker, Smith College, presentation entitled: Ethnic Studies Banned in Arizona: An Effective Pedagogy and Curriculum For Chicana/o Students, Northampton, MA, 2013 Keynote Speaker, A.C.E.S. Black and Latino Student Symposium: University of Louisville, presentation entitled: From the Same Root: Black and Brown Unity, Louisville, KY, 2013 Keynote Speaker, School of Promise Youth Conference, Montana State University, presentation entitled: People of The Maize:; Native American and Mexican American Identity, Billings, MT 2013 Keynote Speaker, University of Illinois, Chicago, presentation entitled: Precious Knowledge and the Banning of Ethnic Studies, Chicago, Il, 2012 Keynote Speaker, Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice, presentation entitled: Teaching for Social Justice, Teaching for Change, San Jose, CA., 2011 Presenter, National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies Conference, presentation entitled: Save Ethnic Studies, Pasadena, CA. 2011. Keynote Speaker, Michigan State University, presentation entitled: Save Ethnic Studies, Lansing, MI., 2011 Presenter, TUSD s Transformative Teachers Summer Institute, presentation entitled: Social Reproduction Theory: Contemporary Manifestation in Education and in Arizona State Laws/Bills, Tucson, AZ., 2010 Presenter, National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies Conference, presentation entitled: Teatro Mexicayotl: K-12 Curriculum Centered on A Path Towards Humanization and Conscientization, Seattle, WA. 2010. Presenter, American Education Research Association Conference, presentation entitled: Redemptive Remembering and Educational Transformation; and Beyond Resistance, Youth and Empowerment, Chicago, IL., 2007 Presenter, TUSD s Transformative Teachers Summer Institute, presentation entitled: QUETZALCÓATL: MI CUATE, MI OTRO YO A journey Towards Self Love and Towards Love for others, Tucson, AZ., 2007 Presenter, National Association for Multicultural Education, presentation entitled: Ti-Dimensionalization: Chicana/o Academic Transformation, Phoenix, AZ., 2006. presentation entitled: Rehumanization, Critical Pedagogy, and Student Voice, Tucson, Arizona, 2006 Presenter, Southern Arizona Literacy Conference, presentation entitled: Critically Compassionate Intellectualism and Latinos Academic Success, Tucson, Arizona, 2005 presentation entitled: Cortez to Bush: 500 Years of Internalized Oppression
and Rehumanization and Literacy and Reading the World, Tucson, Arizona, 2005 Presenter, Latino Jewish Coalition (JCC) Tucson, Latina/o s and Education, Tucson, Arizona, 2004 presentation entitled: A Counter Perspective: The War on Mexico and Poetry, Prisons, and Personal Truths, Tucson, Arizona, 2004 Presenter, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán Regional, presentation entitled: Xikana/o and Critical Race Theory, Tucson, Arizona, 2004 Presenter, National Center for Cultural Competence Policy Symposium, presentation entitled: The Role of Cultural Competence and Policy Development: A Critical Race Theory Perspective, Tucson, Arizona, 2003 presentation entitled: Political Orientation and Ideological Transformation, Tucson, Arizona, 2003 Conferences and Special Events 2010 2011 12 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 10 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 2009 2010 11 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 9 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 2008 2009 10 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 6 th Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference 8 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 2007 2008 9 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 5 th Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference 7 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 2006 2007 8 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 4 th Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference
10 th Annual Xinachtli Youth Leadership Conference 6 th Annual Latino Student Recognition Program 6 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 1 st Annual Raza Studies Middle School Student Encuentro 2005 2006 7 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 3 RD Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference 9 th Annual Xinachtli Youth Leadership Conference 5 th Annual Latino Student Recognition Program 5 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and 2004 2005 4 th Annual Latino Student Recognition Program 6 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 2 nd Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference 4 th Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference 8 th Annual Xinachtli Youth Leadership Conference 2 nd Annual Brown and Brown Unity and Empowerment Conference 2003 2004 5th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 3 rd Annual Latino Student Recognition Program 3 Rd Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference 7 th Annual Xinachtli Youth Leadership Conference 1 st Annual Adelante Youth Leadership Conference 1 st Annual Brown and Brown Unity and Empowerment
Conference 2002 2003 2 nd Annual Latino Student Recognition Program 2 nd Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference 1 st Annual Brown and Black Unity and Empowerment Conference 2001 2002 4 th Annual Raza Studies Teacher Summer Institute 1 st Annual Latino Student Recognition Program