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Dr. Ellen Riojas ClarkUniversity of Texas at San AntonioAssociate ProfessorDivision of Bicultural Bilingual Studies6900 N. Loop 1604San Antonio, TX 78285-0653Telephone: (210) 458-5575E-mail: ">mailto:Dr.%20Ellen%20Riojas%20Clark%20Facsimile: (210) 458- 5962Policy Area: Teacher Preparation for Latino Students Dr. Yolanda GarciaUniversity of California-Santa BarbaraExecutive Director
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2000 HACU-ETS Policy Fellows: Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark
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Dr. Ellen Riojas ClarkUniversity of Texas at San AntonioAssociate ProfessorDivision of Bicultural Bilingual Studies6900 N. Loop 1604San Antonio, TX 78285-0653Telephone: (210) 458-5575E-mail: eclark@utsa.edu
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Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark
Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark is an Associate Professor in the Division of Bicultural Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio.She has coordinated several Title VII undergraduate teacher-training projects, a graduate bilingual counselor's project, a graduate Educational Leadership project, and an Early Childhood teacher-training project.She has developed and presented six different graduate summer institutes that focused on collaborative approaches, curriculum development, cooperative learning and restructuring schools for language minority students at UTSA.Additionally, Dr. Clark developed curriculum for an AT &T project entitled Developing Multicultural Understanding through Education that is training teachers with technology through the Institute of Texan Cultures.She has recently been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to develop a national summer institute on Mexican American and Latino Literature and culture.Her area of research is in the area of the identification of gifted language minority students
She is an advocate for students.Under her leadership, the Bilingual Student Organization (BESO) at UTSA was organized and BESO has gone on to win many awards for leadership and for involvement.Dr. Clark established an endowment fund for the organization and presents a family scholarship yearly.She is now the faculty sponsor for MEChA, another student organization that has gained state and local recognition for its community work.In 1991, Dr. Clark received the UTSA Outstanding Faculty Award and this year, 1997, was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award presented by Texas A&M University.The Texas Association of Bilingual Education at their 1997 annual conference honored her for her contributions to the field of bilingual education.
Dr. Clark completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in Texas.She received her B. A. from Trinity University, San Antonio, her M. A. in Bicultural Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.She is a native of San Antonio.
Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark takes great pride in her ethnic and cultural background this is evidenced by her academic pursuits, involvement in community service organizations and her dedication to her family.She has served on the Board of Directors for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the YWCA, Girl Scouts of America, and was a Trustee for the San Antonio Public Library System.She presently serves on the San Antonio Library Foundation Executive Committee and Board, Advisory Board for the Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Hertzberg Museum Advisory Group, Amigos de Plaza Mexico, Texas Public Radio Board, and the Board of Trustees for the Methodist Healthcare Ministries.She is the mother of two engineer daughters, Judy Clark and Jennifer Clark McDonnell, and grandmother of Erica Clark Salazar, Madeline and Emily Clark McDonnell.
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