Jasmine Alvarado

Jasmine Alvarado is an Assistant Professor in Education Studies at Brandeis University. With regard to her research agenda, Jasmine focuses on the intersections between societal inequities, educational policies, and the experiences of families in K-8 schools. In relation, Jasmine engages in ethnographic, narrative, and participatory-based methods, and draws on understandings from critical race, intersectional feminist, and sociolinguistic perspectives. 

Jasmine's teaching experiences over the past decade include teaching university-level courses, supervising teacher candidates, leading conference workshops for educational leaders, teaching elementary bilingual youth, and leading adult language development classes. Her unwavering commitment towards collective learning, organizing, and interconnectedness stem from her experiences as a student, teacher, administrator, and after-school program director of NYC and Greater Boston Public Schools, and being a member/caretaker of an Ecuadorian family with Quechua roots.