Isabel Nunez

Isabel Nuñez is an associate professor in the Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice at Concordia University Chicago. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an M.Phil. in Cultural Studies from Birmingham University, England, and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. She taught first grade in the state schools of the United States and the United Kingdom, and also worked as a journalist in Tokyo. She is associate editor for Multicultural Perspectives, and section editor for Sexualities in Education: A Reader, published by Peter Lang in 2012. She is a founding member of CReATE (Chicagoland Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education), a group of volunteer faculty engaged in inquiry and dialogue around education policy. In the fall, she appeared on Chicago Tonight to discuss the expansion of charter schools in the city.

Isabel is affliated with the Concordia's Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice.