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 Handbook of Latinos and Education:

        Research, Theory & Practice

LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, INC., PUBLISHERS

10 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE, MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY 07430-2262

Editor:

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.

Associate Editors:

Sofia A. Villenas

Ruth Trinidad Galván

Juan Sánchez Muñoz

Corinne Martínez

Monica G. García

Section Editors:

Douglas E. Foley

Norma E. González

Eugene García

Esteban Díaz

Project Email:

hle@csusb.edu

Project Website:

http://coe.csusb.edu/Murillo/handbook.htm

Section I:

Theoretical and

Methodological Approaches

Section II:

Politics/Policy

Section III:

Language and Culture

Section IV:

Teaching and Learning

Section V:

Appendix of Resources

Dear Proposed Advisory Board Member,

We are writing to invite your participation in a project that we hope will be of considerable interest to you.   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. and we have recently contracted to publish the first ever Handbook of Latinos and Education, with an anticipated publication date of 2007.

This Handbook of Latinos and Education (HLE) will have the unique purpose and function of profiling the scope and terrain of this particular domain of academic inquiry. It will represent the most significant and potentially influential work in the field of Latinos and Education, in terms of its contributions to research, to professional practice, and to the emergence of related interdisciplinary studies and theory.

Please click here to review the HLE webpage:  http://coe.csusb.edu/Murillo/handbook.htm

The length of the Handbook will be 600-900 printed pages (900 - 1200 manuscript pages) but it may be shorter (400-500 printed pages, which is about 600 to 750 manuscript pages). The volume will be divided into sections, each addressing a major theme in the field. Each section will have about 6-10 chapters. Each chapter will focus on a specific aspect within the section theme.

There will be Consulting Editors to work with specific authors and chapters (to comprehensively review key scholars, the array of conceptual, philosophical and methodological approaches, and the main programs of research and lines of thinking). Associate and Section Editors will work with the respective Section Teams, to hold the sections together conceptually and address any gaps in the knowledge base.

The Handbook will capture the field at this point in time -- each chapter will be a comprehensive review of research and practice on the topic that is its focus (not a research report of a single study, but a piece representing the author's particular point of view, etc...)

Significant thought has been given to the major organizing themes, which are:                             Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
                            Politics/Policy
                            Language and Culture
                            Teaching and Learning
                            Appendix of Resources

One of the goals of HLE will be to actively mentor the next generation of educational scholars, Latino or otherwise, working with our populations. 

Given the breadth and complexity of this intellectual project, it is essential that we assemble a team of people, such as yourself, with recognized expertise in the diverse areas of the field.

We would therefore like you to be a member of the HLE Advisory Board. 

Among the duties of the Advisory Board will be to help us build a contents map, review chapter drafts, and identify the most pertinent resources for the appendix.

We ask for your decision about serving as a board member by Oct 15th 2005. 

You may provide official notice via email to Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. (principal editor):     emurillo@csusb.edu

We do hope that you will agree to join us in this much-needed, exciting project.    

Sincerely yours,   HLE Collaborative Team

EDITOR
Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.      California State University-San Bernardino

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Sofia A. Villenas     Cornell University- Ithaca
Ruth Trinidad Galván      University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Juan Sánchez Muñoz     Texas Tech University-Lubbock
Corinne Martínez      California State University-San Bernardino
Monica G. García     University of Illinois-Chicago

SECTION EDITORS

Douglas E. Foley     University of Texas-Austin
Norma E. González     University of Utah-Salt Lake City
Eugene García     Arizona State University-Tempe
Esteban Díaz      California State University-San Bernardino