Dr. Enrique Alemán, Jr., is the Lillian Radford Endowed Professor of Education Studies at Trinity University. His research agenda includes studying the impact of educational policies on Latina/o and Chicana/o students and communities, the utilization of Critical Race Theories (CRTs) in educational research, and the application of community-based research methods as a way of creating pathways to higher education. Dr. Alemán is the co-author of “Transforming Educational Pathways for Chicana/o Students,” a book published by Teachers College Press that describes the ten-year journey he and Dr. Dolores Delgado Bernal took in creating and sustaining Adelante, a university-school-community partnership in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has published articles in Harvard Educational Review, Race Ethnicity and Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, and Equity, Excellence and Education, as well as numerous chapters in edited books.
Between 2012-2014, Dr. Alemán served as an Assistant Vice President for Student Equity and Diversity at University of Utah. In late 2013, he executive produced and co-wrote Stolen Education, a documentary about the forgotten history of a little-known federal desegregation court case from the 1950s, Hernandez et al. v. Driscoll Consolidated School District (1957).
A first-generation college student, Dr. Alemán earned his Ph.D. in Educational Administration, with a concentration in Educational Policy and Planning, a doctoral certification in Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has an undergraduate degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York.