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Jason G. Irizarry Assistant Professor

Jason G. Irizarry is an Assistant Professor in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. A former middle school teacher in New York City, he has most recently worked as a Postdoctoral fellow with the Teachers for a New Era (TNE) Project- a grant funded program designed to enhance teacher preparation, particularly as a means to improving pupil achievement in K-12 settings. Prior to his arrival at UConn, he was the Director of Project SPIRIT (Springfield Partnership to Improve the Recruitment of Inspiring Minority Teachers), a college-community collaboration aimed at increasing the number of teachers of color in urban schools. He received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2005 and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in action research, multicultural education, critical pedagogy, philosophy of education, culturally responsive curriculum development, and urban education. His research focuses on urban teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention with an emphasis on increasing the number of teachers of color. Additional areas of interest include youth participatory action research, culturally responsive pedagogy, urban youth culture, and Latino students in U.S. schools.	•Ed.D. Language, Literacy and Culture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005