Assistant Adjunct and TPA Coordinator

Dr. Castaņeda earned both her B.A. in
Speech Communication and her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from CSU, Long Beach and her Ed.D. from UCLA.
She teaches courses in second-language
acquisition, healthy inclusive schools and classroom management. She
also supervises elementary and secondary teacher candidates, facilitates
the student teaching seminar and coordinates the implementation of the
TPAs. Dr. C (as she is known to Oxy students) has a variety of scholarly
interests, including diverse learners and parent education.
She is a member of the California Council
on Teacher Education, the California Association for Bilingual Education
and the International Reading Association. She is also a regular
speaker at the Chicano Youth Leadership Conference, encouraging high
school and college students to craft their life stories and complete
their educations.
Prior to coming to Oxy, Dr. C served as an
elementary school teacher, literacy coach, and bilingual coordinator for
the Los Angeles Unified School District.