Tina M. Trujillo

Tina M. Trujillo is an associate professor in the Berkeley School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Trujillo uses tools from political science, critical policy studies, and critical race theory (CRT) to study the politics of educational change; the democratic and instructional consequences of national and state accountability policies for students of color and English Learners (ELs); trends in urban educational leadership; and the relationships between different international political contexts and schools’ promotion of democratic values like collectivism, welfarism, and the common good. She is also a former urban public school teacher and has worked as both an educational evaluator and school reform consultant. Her work is published in a range of journals and other outlets, including American Educational Research Journal; Teachers College Record; Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis; and McSweeney's Quarterly. Dr. Trujillo holds a PhD in urban schooling from the University of California, Los Angeles along with an MA in educational foundations, policy and practice and a BA in political science jointly from the University of Colorado Boulder.

updated 2024