Jair Munoz, PhD

Lecturer III, Secondary Literacy, Joint Appointment with LLSS

Hokona Hall 210
505-277-0538
jmunoz20@unm.edu
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PhD in Teaching, Learning & Culture. University of Texas at El Paso
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Jair Munoz PhD was recently hired at Lecturer III for both TEELP & LLSS. With the culmination of more than fourteen years in education; six in k-12, and more than nine in higher education. Dr. Munoz has worked in a wide variety of departments and capacities in disciplines ranging from Literacy/Biliteracy, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, AI, faculty development, disciplinary education, Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Reading, English, and Bilingual Education. Dr. Munoz has also worked in Student Affairs where he worked in campus advocacy, educational trainings, coordinator, and presenter in areas relating to student advocacy and sexual violence.

Research & Scholarly Interests

  • The school-to-prison nexus
  • Translanguaging and multiliteracies
  • Critical pedagogies and teaching practices
  • Minoritized and marginalized communities in K-12 & higher education
  • Sociocultural foundations
  • Learning frameworks
  • Educational Anthropology
  • Identities and dynamics in secondary education

Courses

  • Issues in secondary education
  • The Teaching of English/Advanced ELA Teaching Methods
  • Reading and writing in the Content Field