Assistant Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
School of Education | Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Hometown: Quito, Ecuador
Diego Román is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also holds faculty affiliations to the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program, and Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition. His research is located at the intersection of bilingual education, science education, and environmental studies.
Professor Román’s talk can also be given in Spanish.
Talks:
Latinx students attending schools in rural areas of Wisconsin
This talk addresses the growth of Latinx communities in rural areas of Wisconsin and the ways in which various school districts are building on the linguistic and cultural richness these communities bring to these regions of the state.