Eugene Garcia
Eugene E. García, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Arizona State University
Dr. Eugene García is Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. He served as Professor and Vice President for Education Partnerships at ASU from 2006-2011 and as Dean of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education from 2002-2006. He joined ASU from the University of California, Berkeley where he was Professor and Dean of The Graduate School of Education (1995-2001). He has served as an elected member of a local school board and a Senior Officer in the US Department of Education. He has published extensively in areas of early learning, bilingual development and equal educational opportunity. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Erikson Institute and is an AERA Fellow. He has published 16 books and over 200 articles and book chapters. His most recent books include Understanding the Language Development and Early Education of Hispanic Children (2012) with Erminda Garcia, Teachers College Press, and, An Asset Based Approach to Latino Education in the United States (2018) with Dali Ozturk, Routledge Press.