April 6, 2026
Cati V. de los Ríos, faculty affiliate of the Center for Ethnographic Research and Center for Research on Social Change, received the 2026 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association. De los Ríos' research applies critical, sociocultural, and translingual theories to examine the literacy and language practices of immigrant and bi/multilingual youth populations. Her ethnographic, community-based, and participatory research is situated at the axes of literacy studies, educational anthropology, civic and political learning, and ethnic studies, with an emphasis on studying the linguistic-semiotic repertoires that Latina/o/x youth and families deploy and develop across educational settings.