Richard A Orozco
- Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-1311
- EDUCATION, Rm. 512
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0069
- raorozco@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Language, Reading and Culture
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - Ongoing)
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (2009 - 2013)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2006 - 2008)
- Sunnyside Unified School District (1992 - 2009)
Awards
- Superior Faculty Award
- UA South/UA South Foundation, Spring 2017
Interests
Research
Critical whiteness studies,Schooling of Mexican American students,Schooling of students of color,
Teaching
Multicultural education,Social justice in education
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Dissertation
EDL 920 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
EDL 920 (Fall 2024) -
Equity Literacy in Schooling
TLS 584 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Research in Educ
TLS 570 (Fall 2024) -
Microaggression Theory
TLS 685 (Fall 2024) -
Research
TLS 900 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Action Inquiry Workshop
TLS 597R (Spring 2024) -
Honors Thesis
HNRS 498H (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
EDL 699 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
TLS 699 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EDL 920 (Fall 2023) -
Equity Literacy in Schooling
TLS 584 (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
HNRS 498H (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
TLS 799 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Research in Educ
TLS 570 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Equity Literacy in Schooling
TLS 584 (Summer I 2023) -
Action Inquiry Workshop
TLS 597R (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EDL 920 (Spring 2023) -
Found of Educ for Soc Jus
TLS 409 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EDL 920 (Fall 2022) -
Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Fall 2022) -
Prtcpt Rsrch Mthds Prac Tchrs
TEDV 536 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2022) -
Independent Study
EDL 699 (Summer I 2022) -
Microaggression Theory
TLS 685 (Spring 2022) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2022) -
Prtcpt Rsrch Mthds Prac Tchrs
TEDV 536 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2021) -
Adv lntrnshp Prac Tchr III
TEDV 693D (Spring 2021) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2021) -
Classrm Mgmt and Instr in Prac
TEDV 520B (Fall 2020) -
Topics Teacher Education
TLS 596 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Classrm Mgmt and Instr in Prac
TEDV 520A (Summer I 2020) -
Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2020) -
Independent Study
TLS 699 (Summer I 2020) -
Mthds & Mdls of Tchng Prac Tch
TEDV 531 (Spring 2020) -
Research on Teacher Educ
TLS 696F (Spring 2020) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2020) -
Classrm Mgmt and Instr in Prac
TEDV 520B (Fall 2019) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 404 (Fall 2019) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 504 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Classrm Mgmt and Instr in Prac
TEDV 520A (Summer I 2019) -
Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2019) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2019) -
Meth+Models/Sec Sch Tchn
TEDV 530 (Fall 2018) -
Sec School Internship I
TEDV 593A (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2018) -
Independent Study
TEDV 599 (Summer I 2018) -
Mthds & Mdls of Tchng Prac Tch
TEDV 531 (Spring 2018) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2018) -
Adv Sec Schl Intrshp Prac Tchr
TEDV 693B (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
TEDV 599 (Fall 2017) -
Meth+Models/Sec Sch Tchn
TEDV 530 (Fall 2017) -
Sec School Internship I
TEDV 593A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Equity Literacy in Schooling
TEDV 505 (Summer I 2017) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 404 (Spring 2017) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 504 (Spring 2017) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2017) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 504 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 404 (Summer I 2016) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 504 (Summer I 2016) -
Meth+Models/Sec Sch Tchn
TEDV 530 (Summer I 2016) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 404 (Spring 2016) -
Cultural Diversity/Educ
LCEV 504 (Spring 2016) -
Rsrch/Teaching+Schooling
TEDV 502 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Orozco, R. A. (2017). Poblano High School: Signifying the Possibilities of Silent Partners. In Silent Partners in Multicultural Education.
- Orozco, R. A., Kralovec, H. G., Riitaoja, A., Layne, H., Liu, H., & Paavola, H. (2017). Constructing norms and silences on power issues related to diversities displayed in school spaces: Analysis of schools in Finland and the United States.. In Silent Partners in Multicultural Education.
- Orozco, R. A. (2015). They shouldn't get any credit for it: Mexican American Studies, Mexican heritage people, racial microaggressions, and racial battle fatigue. In Racial Battle Fatigue: Insights from the Front Lines of Social Justice Advocacy.
Journals/Publications
- Orozco, R. A. (2017). White innocence as an investigative frame in a schooling context. Critical Studies in Education.
- Orozco, R. A., & Jaime-Diaz, J. (2016). "Suited to their needs": White innocence as a vestige of segregation. Multicultural Perspectives.
- Orozco, R. A. (2015). Constructing norms and silences on diversities through the spaces in three schools in the Helsinki region in Finland. World Studies in Education.
- Orozco, R. A., & Lopez, F. A. (2015). Impacts of Arizona’s SB 1070 on Mexican American students’ stress, school attachment and grades. Education Policy Analysis Archives.More infoOrozco, R., & López, F. SB 1070: Mexican American student stress and achievement. Education Policy Analysis Archives.
Presentations
- Orozco, R. A. (2019, February). Beyond diversity/multiculturalism: Becoming equity literate. Western Regional Noyce Conference. Tucson, AZ: National Science Foundation.
- Orozco, R. A. (2019, May). Immigration, race/ethnicity, teacher (dis)engagement, and Chicanx students' racial battle fatigue. Critical Race Studies in Education Association 2019 Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA: Critical Race Studies in Education Association.
- Orozco, R. A. (2018, April). Might as well save somebody’s feelings’: Chicanx schooling experiences with whiteness (as niceness). American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. New York, NY: American Educational Research Association.
- Orozco, R. A. (2018, June). Abiding freedoms, tranquilizing thalidomides and infants of frustration: Interrogating civility and respect in ‘safe-space’ discourses. Constitutional Issues in Higher Education Symposium. Tucson, AZ.
- Orozco, R. A. (2017, November). Equity literacy in teacher preparation. Arizona Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.
- Orozco, R. A. (2016, April). Content Areas and the Lives of Teachers. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
- Orozco, R. A. (2016, April). Critical Issues in Teachers of Dual Language and Bilingual Learners. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
- Orozco, R. A. (2016, April). Niceness as whiteness in the avoidance of studying Arizona's SB 1070. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
- Orozco, R. A. (2016, March). Schooling via white innocence. National Association of Ethnic Studies Annual Conference.
- Orozco, R. A. (2015, April). White innocence as a vestige of segregation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
- Orozco, R. A. (2015, Fall). Connecting to disconnections. PPEP TEC School District Teacher and Administrator Inservice.
- Orozco, R. A. (2015, Spring). The discourse of (dis)inviting schooling, cultural competence, and cultural proficiency. Living and Learning on the Border Symposium.
- Orozco, R. A. (2014, April). White innocence and microaggressions in the curriculum. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: American Educational Research Association.
- Orozco, R. A. (2014, November). Identifying white innocence as an obstacle to schooling equity. National Association for Multicultural Education, Annual Conference. Tucson, Arizona: National Association for Multicultural Education.