Associate Professor at California State University, Fullerton. He has created partnerships with school districts, local educational agencies and universities to develop and implement community-based [bi]literacy programs involving parents and their children in dialogic reading practices that explored the linguistic symmetries between languages –Spanish, English, Catalá and Arabic. He has also developed interdisciplinary curriculum supporting language acquisition for English Learners. Dr. Rodríguez-Valls’ work focuses on equitable instructional practices for second language learners and migrant students as well as on the socio-cultural factors affecting their academic achievement, educational continuity and school engagement.

ORCID: 0000-0001-6564-6863