Richard A Orozco

Interests

Teaching

Multicultural education,Social justice in education

Research

Critical whiteness studies,Schooling of Mexican American students,Schooling of students of color,

Courses

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.
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  Orozco, R., & López, F. SB 1070: Mexican American student stress and achievement. Education Policy Analysis Archives.

Presentations

• Orozco, R. A. (2024, May). Microaggressions: Forms and characteristics. Consultation to Technology Access Foundation at Saghalie Middle School, Federal Way, WA, Counseling Department.
• Orozco, R. A. (2024, November). The calculated silence of race and whiteness: Perspective math teachers’ equity discourses. National Association for Multicultural Education, 33rd Annual International Conference. Anaheim, CA: National Association for Multicultural Education.
• 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.