Dr. Cortés is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside. Since 1990, he has served on the summer faculty of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, as well as serving on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication since 1995, and has been an adjunct faculty member of the Federal Executive Institute since 1999. His recent books include The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity and The Making — and Remaking — of a Multiculturalist, published by Teachers College Press. He is co-author of the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies series, senior consultant for the McDougal Littell World History series, and Creative/Cultural Advisor for Nickelodeon’s Peabody-award-winning children’s television series, “Dora the Explorer,” and its sequel, “Go, Diego, Go!” In addition, he has also performed his one-person autobiographical play, A Conversation with Alana: One Boy’s Multicultural Rite of Passage. A consultant to many government agencies, school systems, universities, mass media, private businesses, and other organizations, Dr. Cortés has lectured widely throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia on the implications of diversity for education, government, private business, and the mass media.
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- George Abrams, Parent Selected Representative
- Marta Alcumbrac, Board Chair
- Michael P. Bishop, Sr., CBO, Board Member
- Elise Buik, Board Member
- Marisa Chibas, Board Member
- Dr. Verna B. Dauterive, Board Member
- Robert Greenberg, MD, PhD, Board Member
- Linda Johannesen, Board Member
- Gabrielle Samuels, Board Member
- Dr. Sharon Sutton
- Dr. Carlos E. Cortés, Advisory Board Member
