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Frances Contreras M205 Miller, Box 353600 College of Education University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3600 francesc@u.washington.edu

Education Publications Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Contreras presently researches issues of equity and access for underrepresented students in the education pipeline. She addresses transitions between K-12 and higher education, community college transfer, faculty diversity, affirmative action in higher education, and the role of the public policy arena in higher education access for underserved students of color. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Contreras serves on the Boards of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, LEAP, and the Chicana/Latina Foundation.

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003

M. Ed., Harvard University, 1995

B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1994

Publications

Gandara, P. & Contreras, F. (Forthcoming manuscript). Working title:  Understanding the Latino Education Gap—Why Latinos Don’t Go to College.   Harvard University Press.

Contreras, F., Bensimon, E., Malcom, L. (2006, Forthcoming Book Chapter). An Equity-Based Accountability Framework for Hispanic Serving Institutions. In Gasman, M. Baez, B., Turner, C., Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Minority Serving Institutions.

Contreras, F. & Gandara, P.  (2006).  Latinas/os in the Ph.D. Pipeline: A Case of Historical and Contemporary Exclusion. In Journey to a Ph.D.:The Latina/o Experience in Higher Education edited by Jeanett Castellanos and Alberta Gloria. Virginia: Stylus Publishing.

Contreras, F. (2005).  Access, Achievement & Social Capital:  Standardized Exams & The Latino College Bound Population.  Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education. Thousand Oakes, CA:  Sage Publications.

Contreras, F. (2005).  “The Reconstruction of Merit Post Proposition 209.”  Educational Policy.  Thousand Oakes, CA:  SAGE Publications. Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 371-395.