Armando Zuniga

Chair
Humanities and Sciences

Biography

Dr. Armando T. Zúñiga is an Associate Professor and Chair of the department of Humanities and Sciences. Prior to working at ArtCenter, Dr. Zúñiga was Assistant Director of the Center for Equity for English Learners at Loyola Marymount University. He has taught and consulted in the area of second-language acquisition, culturally diverse pedagogy, and systems change within educational contexts both domestically and internationally. He earned his doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. His dissertation research was a qualitative study on the impact that knowledge, motivation and organizational influences have upon the goal attainment of instructional coaches for teachers of ELLs. His current research interests include organizational change and systems theory; the intersections of language and power; and English-language acquisition.

Classes

• HWRI-101A-09: Writing Studio: Intensive FYI
• HWRI-102-09: Writing Studio (FYI)
• HWRI-102-01: Writing Studio