Power & Voice in Research with Children

Biographical notes

Lourdes Diaz Soto (Volume editor) Beth Blue Swadener (Volume editor)

The Editors: Lourdes Diaz Soto is a graduate of Hunter College and The Pennsylvania State University. She has taught and worked with families and children in Puerto Rico (Dorado Academy), Florida (Florida Atlantic University), New York City (Teachers College, Columbia University), and Pennsylvania (Lehigh University and Penn State). Her publications include Language, Culture, and Power: Bilingual Families Struggle for Quality Education and two edited volumes published by Peter Lang, Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Learners and The Politics of Early Childhood Education. Scholarship and collegial opportunities have taken her to Costa Rica, Greece, Spain, Taiwan, and Uruguay. In addition, she has published numerous refereed articles and book chapters examining issues of social justice and equity. Beth Blue Swadener is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy Studies at Arizona State University and does research on social policy, professional development, language and culture issues, and early education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her books include: Reconceptualizing the Early Childhood Curriculum; Children and Families «At Promise»: Deconstructing the Discourse of Risk; Semiotics of Dis/ability: Interrogating Categories of Difference; Does the Village Still Raise the Child?: A Collaborative Study in Changing Childrearing and Early Education in Kenya; and Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Critical Personal Narratives. Dr. Swadener is also active in a number of peace, social justice, and child advocacy groups.