Biography
Jomar Lopes is a first-year doctoral student specializing in Educational Policy and Social Context at the University of California, Irvine. He hopes to use his interdisciplinary approach to research to develop equity frameworks, challenge the opportunity gap, and scrutinize existing educational paradigms that work to disenfranchise racially minoritized youth within the K-12 public school system.
Jomar received his Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and his B.A. in Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University. His previous research examined how cultural capitals are expressed or repressed within college STEM classes. In other works, he analyzed the intersection between cultural anthropology and sociology as a means of reframing the causes of educational inequality and racial stratification within Oakland, California.
Jomar Lopes is a first-year doctoral student specializing in Educational Policy and Social Context at the University of California, Irvine. He hopes to use his interdisciplinary approach to research to develop equity frameworks, challenge the opportunity gap, and scrutinize existing educational paradigms that work to disenfranchise racially minoritized youth within the K-12 public school system.
Jomar received his Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and his B.A. in Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University. His previous research examined how cultural capitals are expressed or repressed within college STEM classes. In other works, he analyzed the intersection between cultural anthropology and sociology as a means of reframing the causes of educational inequality and racial stratification within Oakland, California.
