Dr. Reyes L. Quezada is the department chair and a professor in the Department of Learning and Teaching at the University of San Diego in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences. His doctorate is from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and also holds degrees in counselor education and administration and supervision from SJSU, SDSU, Point Loma University, and USD. He has been an elementary bilingual classroom teacher and a community college counselor and program coordinator.
His research and teaching focus is on cultural proficiency, equity, family-school and community engagement, action research, community college students of color and their resiliency, and international education. He teaches in USD’s PhD in Education for Social Justice, the Graduate Med. And teacher credential program. He has published books, book chapters and over 25 articles on teacher education in the Journal of Education for Teaching, Journal of Multicultural Education, the Catholic Education Journal, Teaching Education, and, Journal of Education and Teaching, the Journal of Applied Research in Community Colleges, Teacher Education Quarterly, and others.
He has served in multiple positions in the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE). He is the Editor for Teacher Education Quarterly, served as President of CCTE, as a CCTE board member, and a CCTE representative to both the Association of Teacher Educators, (ATE) and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). He is also the current Past Chair of the International Council for the Education of Teachers (ICET) and a former Board Member for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).
He has served on state and national accreditation agencies, as he currently serves on the Association for Advancing Quality Educator Programs (AAQEP), was the Co-chair for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing-Committee on Accreditation (CCTC-COA), and a former Board member for the Council on Accreditation of Educator Preparation programs (CAEP).
In his professional community he is the Vice Chair of the University of San Diego Senate and is on the Executive Council and Presidents Cabinet. He has served as the Associate Director for the National Community College Hispanic Council, a former San Bernardino County-Third District Supervisor Representative to the Equal Opportunity Commission, Former Board President of Real Journey Academies Charter schools and on the advisory board of Excellence for Educational Justice (EJE Academies) Charter School, and on the Old Town Academy Charter School Board.