Marta P. Baltodano

Marta Baltodano is a Professor in the Department of Specialized Programs in Urban Education at Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on the corporatization of schools of education, teachers’ beliefs on social justice, and interracial conflicts in Los Angeles. Her teaching includes issues of critical educational theory, political economy, globalization, social justice, and qualitative research. Baltodano has served in the Council of Anthropology and Education (CAE) of the American Anthropological Association in different capacities, among them chair of the committee on Anthropological Studies of Schools and Culture, Contributing Editor of CAE for Anthropology News, and Co-Chair of CAE’s Mission Committee. She is one of the founding members of the California Consortium for Critical Educators (CCCE), and the founder of AERA’s SIG Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ). She was the 2008-2009 Program Co-Chair of AERA’s Division G (Social Context of Education). Baltodano co-edited the book “The Critical Pedagogy Reader” (Darder, Baltodano & Torres, 2002, 2008, Routledge) and the compendium “Social Justice, Peace and Environmental Education Standards” (Andrzejewski, Baltodano, & Symcox, 2009, Routledge). She is the author of the book “The Appropriation of Social Justice in Education” (in press, Rowman & Littlefield), and she has published several articles in peer-refereed journals and is currently writing a book about the corporatization of education.
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Los Angeles
M.A., Latin American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
J.D., Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Universidad Centro Americana, Managua, Nicaragua
B.S., Psychology, Universidad Centro Americana, Managua, Nicaragua