Clara Park
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1981
M.A. in Education, University of Southern California, 1979
E-mail: clara.park@csun.edu
Office: ED 3114
Michael D. Eisner College of Education Building Phone: (818) 677-2500
Project Office: ED 3101A
Michael D. Eisner College of Education Building Phone: (818) 677-6853
- Center for Multicultural and Multilingual Education and Research
- Center for Educating Hispanic Students
- M.A. in Multicultural and Multilingual Education
- Bilingual Authorization
Teaching Interests: Literacy, ESL and Bilingual Education; Multicultural education; Current Issues in Secondary Education; Multicultural Students, Families, and Communities; Asian-American (Korean) education.
Research Interests: Learning Styles and Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Diverse Students; Second Language Acquisition and Bilingual Education.
Other Responsibilities: Director of Bilingual Education and CTEL Programs and Center for
Educating Hispanic Students, College of Education, CSUN;
Director of Asian Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium of the CSUs in Southern California.Publications:
I A Comprehensive Book on Asian American Education:n Co-Editor and Co-Author (1999). Asian-American Education: Prospects Challenges(Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, http://www.abc-clio.com).
II Co-Editor and Co-Author of Six Research Anthologies:
- (2009). New Perspective on Asian American Parents, students and teacher recruitment. (Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, www.infoagepub.com).
- (2007). Asian American Education: Acculturation, Literacy Development, and Learning. (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, www.infoagepub.com).
- (2006). Asian and Pacific American Education: Learning, Socialization, and Identity. (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, www.infoagepub.com).
- (2003). Asian American Identities, Families, and Schooling. (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, www.infoagepub.com).
- (2001). Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans. (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, www.infoagepub.com).
- (1998). Current Issues in Asian and Pacific American Education (South El Monte, CA: Pacific Asia Press).