Dr. Juan F. Carrillo is a native of the barrios of south Los Angeles. His K-12 schooling experiences were in low SES L.A. area public schools. He graduated from Lynwood High School (Lynwood, CA) and had his first college experience as a 16 year-old at Compton Community College (Compton, CA). Carrillo was raised by Mexican immigrants and he was the first person in his immediate family to graduate from third grade. His work reflects the potential of connecting the personal to research questions and dilemmas in U.S. society. His experiences include being a high school teacher in low SES communities, positions in curriculum development, & various administrative roles in K-12 schools. In 2010, he earned a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in Cultural Studies in Education, & a Mexican American Studies Graduate Portfolio from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2014, he was awarded the UNC Chapel Hill Chiron Award for Teaching Excellence and Service and he was selected to be part of the fifth class of the UNC Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars. In 2015, he was awarded the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. In Feb. of 2016, he became the founding director of the Latin@ Education Research Hub (LERH), a key piece of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Education. LERH focuses on: public pedagogy, university-community/school partnerships, and critical Latin@ education research (see: http://lerh.web.unc.edu/).
Currently, Dr. Carrillo is an associate professor at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. You can learn more about his research at:https://education.asu.edu/juan-carrillo and on the publications tab on this website. Further, in efforts to engage communities beyond traditional academic spaces, Dr. Carrillo co-hosts the Block Chronicles (BC) podcast with Dr. Jason Mendez. Updates and new content related to BC will be shared on this site.
