Kenji Hakuta's Home Page
I returned last year (July, 2006) to Stanford University after three exciting years (2003-2006) at the University of California, Merced, where I helped get the campus off the ground as its Founding Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts.
I was re-appointed at Stanford as the Lee J. Jacks Professor of Education (before leaving for Merced, I held the Vida Jacks Chair, so I am quite indebted to the Jacks family). At Stanford, I teach and do research in the areas of education policy and practice, especially as they pertain to language minority students.
Upon my return to Stanford, I was also asked to co-chair the faculty steering committee of the university's K-12 Education initiative. This is part of a $4.3 billion fundraising campaign to engage the campus in addressing real world problems, including the environment, health, and world peace.
I am also co-directing, with my good friend and colleague Guadalupe Valdés, a set of on-line teacher resources and video materials to help in the professional development of teachers of language minority students -- a project that I started with Elsa Schirling Billings (now at San Diego State University) and Sue Baker (now at Sacramento State University).
Outside Stanford, I am working with the San Francisco Unified School District as part of the Strategic Educational Research Partnership (SERP), a long-term effort to bring district personnel and researchers to help develop a knowledge- and data-driven organization.
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This page was last updated September 20, 2007