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Books by Maria Martinez-Cosio

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Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Oct 26, 2021

We report on a qualitative research study that identifies both challenges and successes resulting... more We report on a qualitative research study that identifies both challenges and successes resulting from the implementation of a Peer Education program at an urban, Hispanic-serving, Tier 1 Research University. By drawing on the experiences of 29 peer educators, we demonstrate the ways that combining peer mentoring and tutoring provided benefits for those who were not only served but those who served them. Lessons learned are shared.

College Teaching, Oct 29, 2020

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Aug 12, 2020

Students benefit when faculty develop their teaching practice. This study aimed to identify why f... more Students benefit when faculty develop their teaching practice. This study aimed to identify why faculty seek professional development (PD), barriers to addressing classroom needs, and the benefit of PD in developing an understanding of classroom diversity at an HSI. Data from over 400 participants indicate a desire for classroom and online engagement activities. Faculty also described PD as facilitating the building of a community of peers engaged in student success while better understanding shifting demographics.

Routledge eBooks, May 29, 2013

Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface PART I The Scope and Scale of Philanthropic Investmen... more Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface PART I The Scope and Scale of Philanthropic Investment in Community Development 1 The Changing Landscape of Foundation-Led Community Development 2 The Origins of Community Development Philanthropy 3 The Intersection of Philanthropy and Community Development 4 Typology of Comprehensive Community Development Initiatives 5 Systems Change Theory: Advancing Complex Community Change PART II Lessons from the Field 6 Price Charities and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation: An Introduction to the Case Studies 7 The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation 8 Price Charities 9 Applying Systems Change Theory to Price Charities and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation: Lessons Learned 10 Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index

Elected officials and the media continue to clamor for magic formulas, prescribed models, and a c... more Elected officials and the media continue to clamor for magic formulas, prescribed models, and a clear set of instructions for turning around our troubled urban high schools. Despite NCLB sanctions and district-wide reform measures, many high schools continue to struggle to graduate students from underserved populations. Linda Nathan brings the discussion back to center, by rejecting the “cookie cutter” method of educating urban youth, and instead reaffirming an important tenet of improving education:“reform is essentially political and [ ...

Frontiers in Public Health

As the number of older adults is growing rapidly in the U.S., the need for personalized, innovati... more As the number of older adults is growing rapidly in the U.S., the need for personalized, innovative, and sustainable Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) solutions is critical to support individuals' social, emotional, and physical health. Such technology can significantly help older adults' ability to live independently in their homes despite the challenges the aging process may present, referred to as aging or staging in place. In this study, we explored ways to integrate ICTs into Agile Dwelling Units (AgDUs) through affordable, innovative, technology-enabled tools and practices that can be adapted to respond to individual's needs while supporting independent, secure, and engaged healthy living. The technology-enabled and human-centered AgDUs organically transform in response to users' needs. This approach offers a viable solution for older adults at different stages throughout their lifespan to transition into an intimate, technologically-enhanced li...

This article presents an analysis of a Latino parent group and an African American parent group i... more This article presents an analysis of a Latino parent group and an African American parent group in California who struggled to engage with a contentious urban school reform. Using Bourdieu’s cultural capital framework, the study focuses on the institutional responses to parent involvement, and the inequality in access that occurs as capital from different parent groups is validated or dismissed. Findings suggest that researchers also focus on school district responses to parents ’ efforts at engagement and help highlight ins titutional obstacles. Keywords parental involvement, cultural capital, school reform Urban school reform research has grown exponentially as new educational initiatives are introduced to try and close the achievement gap. Some reform-ing school districts try to engage parents in specific elements of the reform, as in the creation of local school councils in Chicago (Hess, 1991; Malen, 1999) and community school boards (Hess, 1999). But the large majority of scho...

City & Community, 2021

Participatory planning has faced challenges engaging predominantly Spanish-speaking immigrants be... more Participatory planning has faced challenges engaging predominantly Spanish-speaking immigrants beyond the bottom rungs of Arnstein’s ladder of citizen participation. Participating at any level of the ladder requires individual civic skills, or capacities, that are integral to participatory processes. However, the specific skills necessary for collective action are less certain, due in part to a lack of clear definitions and a lack of clarity about how these capacities work in practice. Drawing on two years of data from a participatory budgeting process in an immigrant community in Chicago, Illinois, the authors identify key civic capacities that Spanish-speaking immigrants activated while engaging in civic discourse, and they explore the role these capacities played in moving ideas toward collective decision making. The authors present an organizational schema that aligns the study’s findings of 17 unique civic capacities with capacities identified in the literature as helping parti...

American Journal of Qualitative Research, 2020

The High School Journal, 2020

Journal of Civil Society, 2018

Urban Education, 2011

Focusing specifically on adolescents forced to relocate after Hurricane Katrina, the study looks ... more Focusing specifically on adolescents forced to relocate after Hurricane Katrina, the study looks closely at the role of schools in helping adolescents adapt after a natural disaster. Data collected from 46 middle and high school students across a 6-month period demonstrate that those who showed the greatest improvements in their well-being were those who sought help from their teachers, whose new school created a milieu of cooperation, and who were placed in a school that neither went overboard trying to help nor ignored their special needs. The article concludes with recommendations for schools seeking to maximize the welfare of their students.

Population Research and Policy Review, 2008

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 1996

The demographic changes of the 21 st century promise a very different arena for the practice of l... more The demographic changes of the 21 st century promise a very different arena for the practice of leadership in our country. People from ethnic, religious and cultural groups are clamoring for respect of their cultural values while seeking full participation in decision-making processes. The industrial model of leadership fails to fulfill the needs of this growing diversity of voices. This article takes a closer look at Dr. Joe Rost's definition of leadership as "an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes" and its application to communities of color. The elements of Rost's definition foster pluralism which occurs when minority group members participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences. In other words, Rost's definition is promoting leadership for an increasingly diverse 21st century.

Journal of Civil Society, 2006

Civic participation and its role in increasing social capital is touted as a key element in the r... more Civic participation and its role in increasing social capital is touted as a key element in the regeneration of urban communities. This approaches assumes that urban communities are homogenized collective interests and misses the diversity of interests that capitalize on the growth of institutionally supplied social capital brought about through redevelopment projects. This article examines the participatory processes in a

Education and Urban Society, 2010

Community Development, 2012

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This paper focuses on interviews with counselors at 19 middle schools and high schools in North T... more This paper focuses on interviews with counselors at 19 middle schools and high schools in North Texas that received Katrina evacuees. Counselors fell back on functionalist approaches to managing the needs of the newcomers from New Orleans as they sought to maintain equilibrium ...