Patricia Gandara

professor, education, University of California

Patricia Gndara is a professor of education at the University of California-Davis. In addition to being associate director for the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, she is also a co-director for Policy Analysis in California Education, a University of California/Stanford University policy research consortium. Gndara's research interests include equity and access in education and the education of linguistic and ethnic minority groups. Her most recent publication is *Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-income Chicanos*. Gndara is currently conducting a study of classroom teachers and their perceptions of the challenges they face in teaching English learners. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from UCLA. Gndara has directed education research for the California State Assembly, and served as Commissioner for Postsecondary Education for California.