Fred Ramirez

Dr. Ramirez was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California and comes to Biola University after serving as an associate professor of education at California State University, Fullerton from 1998-2008. Prior to this he worked as a high school teacher in both public and private schools teaching a variety of subjects. His research interests include families and schools, international education, social justice, and diversity. He has spoken at national and international conferences and has published his research in journals such as Educational Leadership, Multicultural Education, International Education, The School-Community Journal, the Journal of Thought, and others. His research has been chosen to be chapters in a variety of textbooks and he is in the process of developing a text on strategies for teachers to work positively with families. He has worked with a variety of school districts around the country to develop school-home strategies, and his educational endeavors have taken him to the countries of Burundi and the Dominican Republic. He believes that the issue of "diversity" is more than skin color. He believes diversity is more about who each individual is as a person and how they identify themselves, rather than how others identify them. This personalized diversity framework assists educators to better understand themselves as individual people, as well as their K-12 students. Dr. Ramirez teaches the secondary student teaching seminar, and online courses for the MA program in families, multicultural education, and action research. Dr. Ramirez is married and has three children. In his spare time, he enjoys watching his children play a variety of sports and traveling. Dr. Ramirez is also a certified PADI scuba instructor.

Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association (1996-present)
• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Developers (1996-present)
• Association for Teacher Educators (2000-present)
• California Council on the Education of Teachers (2000-present)
• International Network of Scholars (2000-present)
• International Society for Technology in Education (2002)
• Phi Delta Kappa (1996-present)

Awards and Honors

• Intramural research grant, 2009-2010
• Bible Integration Summer Institute grant, 2009
• Spiritual Formations grant, 2008-2009
• Honored as one of 10 CSUF members who have made positive contributions to the university as part of the 50th anniversary, 2007
• Outstanding Scholarly Research and Creative Activity Award, 2007
• Honored as Volunteer of the Month from the City of Chino Hills, 2003
• Fulbright Scholar Award, 2003-3004
• Nominated from President Milton Gordon, CSUF for the "Young U.S. Hispanic Leaders" program for the Spanish Embassy, 2002
• Jewel Plummer-Cobb Award for Diversity in Teaching, 2001
• Outstanding Scholarly Research and Creative Activity Award, 2001
• CSUF Carnegie Scholar, 2000
• Untenured Faculty Grant, Spring 2000
• Technology fellowship CSUF, Summer 1999, 2001
• Indiana University School of Education Minority Fellowship, 1995-1996
• "Who's Who of American Teachers," 1994

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

• Ramirez, A.Y. & Soto-Hinman, I. (2009). “A Place for All Families: Building bridges and abandoning misconceptions is key to raising family involvement in schools.” In Marge Sherer (Ed.) EBook Challenging the whole child: reflections on best practices in learning, teaching, and leadership.
• Ramirez, A.Y. , Stymeist, M. (submitted, Fall 2009). “Bible living or Biblical theory: What are Christian schools providing for families with children with special needs?” The ICCTE Journal.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (submitted, Spring 2009). “A humbling cycle: A father is educated through his son.” Harvard Education Review
• Ramirez, A.Y. (submitted, Spring 2009) “Why teach? Ethnic college students and their perceptions of the teaching profession.” “Multicultural Education Journal”.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (Summer, 2008). “Ethnic minorities and teaching: An examination on the low numbers in the teaching profession.” Multicultural Education Journal pp. 19-24.
• Ramirez, A.Y. & Soto-Hinman, I. (2009). “A Place for All Families: Building bridges and abandoning misconceptions is key to raising family involvement in schools.” Educational Leadership 66, (7). pp. 79-82.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2008). “Immigrant families and schools: The need for a better relationship.” In Turner-Vorbeck, Marsh (Ed.) Other kinds of families: Diversity in schools and culture. Teachers College Press.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2007). “Schools and Latino parent/family involvement: A case of miscommunication, stereotypes, and inaction.” In Lourdes (Ed.) The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S. Westport, CT., Greenwood Press
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2005). “Esperanza's lessons: Learning about education through the eyes of the innocent.” Multicultural Education Journal (13), 2. pp. 47-51.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2004). “Passport to Success: An examination of a parent involvement program.” The School-Community Journal (14), 2. pp. 131-152.
• Junn, E., Kottler, E., Coffman, J., Oliver, P., Ramirez, A.Y. (2004). “Approaching faculty development from the grassroots: Establishment of an innovative, formal untenured faculty organization.” To Improve the Academy
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2003). “Dismay and Disappointment. Parental Involvement for Immigrant Parents.” Urban Review (35) n2 p93-110.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2003) “Ethnic family communications: The triumphs and tragedies of school-home communication with African-American and Latino families.” In Diana I. Rios (Ed.) Brown and Black Communication. Greenwood Publishing: Connecticut, Storrs. Storrs, CT 06269
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2002). “Hidden curriculum or simple mistake? How parents are portrayed in educational journals.” School-Community Journal (12), 2. pp. 51-62.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2002). “A little change does me good: Incorporating Web-enhanced technology within multicultural education.” The Multicultural Education Journal (10), 2. pp.38-40.

Edited Journals

• Ramirez, A.Y. & Soto-Hinman, I (submitted proposal, Spring 2009). Special issue on English Language Learners. The Multicultural Education Journal
• Ramirez, A.Y. (Ed. 2005). Special issue on parent involvement and multicultural education. The Multicultural Education Journal (13), 2. pp. 47-51.
• Ramirez, A.Y. , Green, T., & Brown, A. (Ed. 2002). Technology and multiculturalism: A special issue. The Multicultural Education Journal (10), 2.

Book Proposal Submitted

• Ramirez, A.Y. & Soto-Hinman, I (proposal submitted, April, 09). “School-Home Communication.” Corwin Press

Book Reviews

• Ramirez, A.Y. (2003). “Using Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in my classes.” Multicultural Education Journal (10), 4. pp. 52-53.

Presentations

• Ramirez, A.Y. (February, 2009). Education panel contributor. Biola University Academic Writing Conference. Biola University.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (February, 2009). “Searching for Truth: Investigations of a Christian school.” Invited paper to present at Joni and Friends Conference, Pasadena, Ca.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (January, 2009). “What is "race?" A critical examination from pre-service teachers.” Paper presented at the annual Hawaii International Conference on Education.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2008). “A Family Involvement Masters course for educators: What teachers have researched and use to increase school-home relations.” Title I State Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2008). “Scripture or Secular: The testament of one family's experience in a Christian school.” National Association of Christians in Special Educators. Azusa Pacific University.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2007). “Major League Heroes: Baseball clinic for families with children with disabilities.” Orange County Department of Special Education. Anaheim, CA.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2006). “Esperanza's Lessons: Learning about Education through the Eyes of the Innocent.” International Network (INET) of Scholars on School, Family, and Community Partnerships. San Francisco, California
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2006). “PASSport to Success: An Examination of a Parent Education Program.” American Educators Research Association. San Francisco, California.
• Ramirez, A.Y. & Green, T. (2003). “The growing digital divide among immigrant-urban Latino families.” American Educators Research Association. Chicago, Illinois.
• Ramirez, A.Y. & Green, T. (2003). “The hidden curriculum in parochial schools: Lay vs. religious faculty.” American Educators Research Association. Chicago, Illinois.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2002). “Social justice, equity and 2042: Individual and programmatic responses to increasing state and national control over teacher education in California.” Annual California Council on Teacher Education. San Diego, CA.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2002). “Family involvement on your campus: What it takes to make it work.” Orange County Department of Human Services Conference, Irvine, CA.
• Junn, E., Young, P., Ramirez, A.Y., Munoz, J., & Jasis, R. (2002). Presentation accepted for the Keeping our Faculties Conference at the University of Minnesota.
• Ramirez, A.Y. (2002). Presented “Moving beyond the rhetoric: How parents are portrayed within academic circles” to the International Roundtable on School, Family and Community Partnerships for their 2002 annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Ramirez, A.Y. & Bauerle, K. (2002). Presented “Every parent learns, every child succeeds: Innovative ideas for family involvement at the high school level within the Anaheim Union High School District” to the International Roundtable on School, Family and Community Partnerships for their 2002 annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.