Jose W Lalas

Jose Lalas has been involved in teacher education for 28 years as a faculty in both public and private universities (14 years at CSU Dominguez Hills; currently, 14 years at University of Redlands). Currently as a Professor of Literacy and Teacher Education and director of the University of Redlands' Center for Educational Justice. His most current research work focuses on student engagement and achievement gap and the influence of social and cultural capital, social class, funds of knowledge,...See more

Jose Lalas has been involved in teacher education for 28 years as a faculty in both public and private universities (14 years at CSU Dominguez Hills; currently, 14 years at University of Redlands). Currently as a Professor of Literacy and Teacher Education and director of the University of Redlands' Center for Educational Justice. His most current research work focuses on student engagement and achievement gap and the influence of social and cultural capital, social class, funds of knowledge, and language. Dr. Lalas is currently an elected school board member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District, the community service he has done for 21 years. He continues to integrate his university experience in improving the quality of K-12 schooling and focus his attention on improving the District's curriculum and instruction including its professional development. See less