Elizabeth Montaño

Elizabeth Montaño, EdD serves as Professor of Teaching in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. She has worked in higher education in both teacher education and educational leadership programs for the past 13 years. For 5 years, she served as the Faculty Chair for the CANDEL (Capital Area North Doctorate in Educational Leadership) program at UC Davis. Her previous research has explored teaching and learning in culturally and linguistically diverse settings, and the experiences of charter schoolteachers who work in unionized settings. Currently, she is conducting research on pedagogical practices in EdD programs and on the experiences of doctoral students in EdD programs. Her research has been published in Linguistics in Education, Theory into Practice, Equity and Excellence in Education, Impacting Education, and Multicultural Perspectives along with contributions to various edited volumes. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and Chicana/o Studies from UCLA, and a M.A./Credential in Education, Language, Literacy and Culture from UC Berkeley. She earned a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from Loyola Marymount University.