UNL is committed to creating and maintaining an environment where people from all backgrounds can engage, challenge and support one another. Its experts include scholars who have studied the cultural and historical effects of race and ethnicity throughout the world, as well as administrators who create and maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all students.
Bio
Cynthia Willis-Esqueda studies the effects of race and ethnicity, with bias and issues of assimilation and acculturation a part of the mix. She teaches a class on the psychology of immigration, which touches upon all aspects of immigration and acculturation. (Updated March 2025.)
Amanda Morales
faculty
Associate Professor
Teaching, Learning & Teacher Ed
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amanda.morales@unl.edu
Bio
Amanda Morales is an associate professor of multicultural and multilingual education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research addresses issues of equity and access for underrepresented students across the education continuum, from pre-kindergarten to advanced degrees. Her current work focuses on teacher diversification pathways, teacher preparation for working with immigrant and migrant, multilingual, and underrepresented students, critical mentoring for teachers of Color (TOCs), as well as the lived experiences of pre-service and in-service TOCs in predominately White institutions. She has won national research awards from the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the American Education Research Association, and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Association. Morales teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses on multicultural education, intercultural communication, and critical de-colonial/anti-colonial theories in education. (Updated May 2025.)