Meet Dr. Maria del Carmen Salazar

Maria del Carmen Salazar, PhD

Professor Curriculum & Instruction & Teacher Education 

Dr. María del Carmen Salazar is Professor of Curriculum & Instruction & Teacher Education in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. Dr. Salazar has authored 35 publications and given 155 scholarly national and international presentations on a humanizing pedagogy, equitable teaching and teacher evaluation, and college access and success for Latinx youth. She is the author of Teacher Evaluation as Culture: A Framework for Equitable and Excellent Teaching, published by Routledge Press with series editor Professor Emerita Sonia Nieto. She is the lead author on a briefing to the U.S. Congress related to the state of the Latinx community in the U.S. In 2018, she was the recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teacher Education Award. Dr. Salazar’s service includes local, national, and international contributions. She served on the Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC), a national collaborative to revise model content standards and develop learning progressions for teacher licensure, assessment, and development. She served on the Board of Directors of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). She is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Teacher Education. She is proud of her accomplishments as a first-generation college student and Mexican immigrant. 

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