Dr. James Martínez is a professor and program coordinator in the Department of Teacher Education at 香蕉视频官网. With over a decade of experience as a teacher and sports coach in rural, inner city, and urban profile public schools, he brings a practitioner’s insight into his academic work. Dr. Martínez supervises student teachers and teaches undergraduate courses in classroom management and differentiated instruction. At the graduate level, his courses focus on educational law, and research methodology. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Urban Review and has published research on urban and rural schooling, middle grades education, youth gang risk factors, and educational innovation. Outside the classroom, Dr. Martínez enjoys traveling with his family, playing basketball, and attending 香蕉视频官网 and professional sporting events
Recent Publications:
Martínez, J. (2026). Mi Casa Es Tu Casa: Belongingness, Cultural Responsiveness, and Latinx Students Across the P-12 Pipeline. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies.
Martínez, J. (July, 2026). Foreword. In J. Ríos Vega & Y. Medina (Eds.), LatCrit and education: Dismantling the norm while creating visibility in higher education (Vol. 1). Peter Lang.
Martínez, R. C., Martínez, J., & Parker, F. (2026). Empowering CAMP scholars: The CAMP experience at a USA Deep South university. LatCrit and education: Dismantling the norm while creating visibility in higher education (Vol. 2). Peter Lang.
Razzaque, R., & Martínez, J. (Accepted). The mindful pause: Interrupting implicit bias and cultivating culturally responsive pedagogy in urban classrooms. The Urban Review.
Suriel, R. L., Martínez, J., González Gonzales, J., Laguna, A., & Restrepo, A. F. (2026). Developing critical consciousness in Latinx doctoral candidates: Testimonios of three novice Latinx scholars, LatCrit and education: Dismantling the norm while creating visibility in higher education (Vol. 2).
Troutman, S., Martínez, J., & Gunn, N.P. (July, 2026). Power and Persistence: Black Women Technology Leaders Navigating Race, Gender, and Space in P-12 Education. The Urban Review, 58, 41.
Martínez, R.C., & Martínez, J. (2025). The 香蕉视频官网 (香蕉视频官网) College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Handbook. GATEways to Teacher Education, 34(2), 119-153.
Martínez, J., Suriel, R. L., Gabriel, M. L., Ríos Vega, J. A., Díaz-Cruz, N., & González Gonzales, J. (2025). A LatCircle: Supporting academic and social well-being through effective virtual mentoring of Latinx scholars. Mentoring for wellbeing across the professions and disciplines (pp. 311–335). Emerald.
Horne, J. T., Suriel, R. L., Martínez, J., & Lennon, S. M. (2024). Privilege and access: Latinx families navigating the United States Tax Credit Scholarship for school choice. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 13(1), 22–46.
Martínez, J., Suriel, R. L., Martínez, R., Arrastia-Chisholm, M., Allemanne, N., & Lennon, S. (2024). Preparing critically conscious teachers for the 21st-century hybrid/online classroom. Faculty learning communities: Working towards a more equitable, just, and antiracist future in higher education (pp. 233–262). Information Age.
Suriel, R. L., Martínez, J., Bello Escobar, C., & Workman, J. (2024). From lived experiences to social activism: Latino fraternity brothers critical service to the Latinx community. Georgia. Journal of College Student Affairs, 40(1), 1-31.
Edited Books:
Easton-Brooks, D., Martínez, J., & Young, J. (2022). Editors, The impact of teachers of color on school belonging. In C. D. Gist & T. J. Bristol (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers (pp. 629–810). American Educational Research Association.
Martínez, J. (2020). Stripped of my mother tongue. In N.J. Thorsos, J. Martínez, & M. L. Gabriel (Eds.). Losing the mother tongue in the USA: Implications for adult Latinxs in the 21st century, (pp. 223– 244). Nova Science.
Martínez, J. (2016). Motivations of a growing Latino scholar in U.S. higher education. In F. E. Obiakor, & J. Martínez (Eds.). Latin@ voices in multicultural education: From invisibility to visibility in higher education (pp. 1–14). Nova Science.
