Richard Duran

About

Richard Duran is a Professor in the Latin American & Iberian Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, within the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. He holds a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley. His academic focus includes bilingual education and educational measurement. Duran is involved in the Latin American & Iberian Studies Program, contributing to the department's academic and research activities. His work emphasizes understanding educational practices and issues related to Latin American and Iberian communities, supporting the program's mission to explore and promote knowledge of Latin American and Iberian cultures and societies.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Pedagogy
• Social Science
• Demography
• Anthropology
• Economics
• Medical education
• Psychology
• Geography

Selected publications

• Redefining the Digital Divide: Beyond Access to Computers and the Internet

  ˜The œHigh School journal/˜The œHigh school journal · 2007-02-01 · 138 citations

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  This study critiqued the notion that a binary "digital divide" between high and low resource schools describes accurately the technology disparity in U.S society. In this study, we surveyed teachers from six southern California schools. Five of the schools were low resource schools and one school, chosen for comparative purposes, was characterized as a high resource school. We found that high resource school teachers had significantly more physical access to computers and the Internet (C&I),…

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• Assessing English-Language Learners’ Achievement

  Review of Research in Education · 2008-02-01 · 106 citations

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• A sociocultural perspective on mediated activity in third grade science

  Cultural Studies of Science Education · 2006-09-29 · 37 citations

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• Latinx Community College Students’ Transition to a 4-Year Public Research-Intensive University

  Journal of Hispanic Higher Education · 2020 · 26 citations

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  This ethnographic case study examined how 16 Latinx community college students experienced the transition to a selective 4-year public research-intensive university. Participants encountered challenges with social isolation, adapting to a fast-paced quarter system and to large course sizes, limited access to information on resources, restricted access to majors, and maintaining healthy lifestyles while attending to academic achievement. Participants benefited from involvement with student organi…

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• The Once and Future Issues of Validity: Assessing the Meaning and Consequences of Measurement

  2013-07-04 · 25 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Mary K. Enright

  11 shared

• Donald A. Rock

  Educational Testing Service

  9 shared

• Jasmine Nation

  6 shared

• Charles W. Stansfield

  6 shared

• David Sañosa

  Design Science (United Kingdom)

  5 shared

• Francesca Sen

  Design Science (United Kingdom)

  4 shared

• Richard E. Mayer

  4 shared

• Joi Duncan

  Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)

  4 shared

Labs

• Latin American & Iberian Studies ProgramPI

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