UC San Diego - EDS - Education Studies

Luz Chung

Lecturer in Teacher Education

Luz Chung earned her B.A. in Applied Mathematics with a minor in French Literature from the University of California, San Diego. She received her M.A. in Teaching and Learning from UCSD in 1996, and her Ed.D. in Teaching and Learning, also from UCSD, in 2006. She has been a bilingual classroom and Title I Resource teacher in grades 7-9 at Memorial Academy in the San Diego Unified School District, and a vice-principal for grades 5-8 at Wilson Academy, also in the San Diego Unified School District.

Prior to her arrival at EDS as a Lecturer, Luz Chung was the Director of Education at UCSD Extension, where she coordinated professional development programs for teachers. Her responsibilities at EDS include teaching EDS 250: Equity and Diversity in the Classroom, EDS 136: Introduction to Tutoring in Secondary Schools; EDS 138: Introduction to Tutoring at the Preuss School and; EDS 39: Practicum in Science and Math Teaching and Learning. Her research interests include multicultural education, critical pedagogy, bilingual education, and how immigrant families socialize their children into language and learning.