John Beltramo is an Assistant Professor of Catholic Education in our Teacher Education Department. He previously served as Director of the Excellence in Catholic Education and Leadership (ExCEL) and Catholic Master of Arts in Teaching (CatMAT) programs. As a graduate student, John earned two master’s degrees from Loyola Marymount University, and also served as an Assistant Professor of Education at Regis University in Denver. He holds a PhD in Urban Education Policy from the University of Southern California.
John’s connections to Catholic schooling run deep: he is a product of Catholic K-12 schools in Fresno, California; he received his pedagogical training through Response-Ability, a Catholic teacher preparation program; and he worked as a middle school teacher and assistant principal at Nativity Catholic School in South Los Angeles from 2003 to 2011. Additionally, John has published studies in Catholic school leadership and Catholic teacher development.
In addition to Catholic education, John’s areas of inquiry examine how teachers learn about their students and become more equity- and asset-oriented classroom instructors. He is inspired by the Ignatian vision of justice and hopes in turn to inspire future and current teachers to work for equity in their classrooms each day.