UA's Top Education Scholars Recognized
Iliana Reyes, assistant professor in the UA's language, reading and culture department
Gary Rhoades, director of the UA's Center for the Study of Higher Education
College of Education faculty members Iliana Reyes and Gary Rhoades have been named Erasmus Circle Fellows.
A bilingual education expert and a center director have been named Erasmus Circle Fellows, one of the highest honors given by The University of Arizona College of Education to its faculty.
The new recipients are Iliana Reyes, assistant professor in the college's department of language, reading and culture, and Gary Rhoads, director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education.
“The strength of a great college lies in its faculty," said Ronald W. Marx, dean of the college.
Reyes and Rhoades, whose awards were announced at a dinner earlier this month, will each receive $7,500 to be used for travel, scholarly work, professional development or student support.
Reyes, who is also an affiliate faculty member with the UA’s interdisciplinary graduate program in second language acquisition and teaching, is a widely published scholar. Her research is focused on bilingualism and biliteracy acquisition among young children, and she has presented her work nationally and internationally.
She was also the principal investigator on a grant that supported a longitudinal study focusing on ways that low-income Mexican families and educators teach young children English and Spanish.
The funding came from The Foundation for Child Development, which named Reyes a “Young Scholar” in 2004. The prestigious designation came with a monetary award. Her work was published in the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
Rhoades, whose scholarship has focused on the sociology of education as well as education policy and reform, is a leading researcher in the field of higher education.
Nationally known for his work, Rhoades has contributed to numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries and has been able to attract six faculty members to his department as a result of his research.
With a social justice focus, Rhoades has centered his scholarship on the structure of universities and academic professions. His studies have explored program development and efforts to improve access for low-income and minority groups.
Reyes are Rhoades are the third set of professors to earn Erasmus Circle Fellowships, which are named for the Renaissance-era scholar. The College of Education Advisory Board each year chooses one senior faculty member and one junior faculty member to receive the award.
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