Karen Escalante

Karen Escalante (education) was interviewed for an article about new standards to teach reading that were adopted by the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Zachary Powell (criminal justice) coauthored a study on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on law enforcement officers, and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by an Arab-language television news program.

Education is considered a female-dominated field, however, an Education Week article noted, “Education is largely powered by women, but in the rooms where big decisions are made …, the power brokers are often male.”