Faculty Profiles

Campbell, A., Straubhaar, R., & Martinez, M. A. (2025). Equity gains from unforeseen crisis: Leadership insights from 10 Texas superintendents. In Leveraging Crisis for Equitable School Improvement: Strategies from the Field (pp. 101–117). Emerald.

Martinez, M. A., Enyioha, J. C., Marquez, J. G., & Baker, A. M. (2024). “I get Emotional About it”: Teachers’ (Com)Passion in College-Going Efforts at Three Urban High Schools. Urban Education, 59(6), 1905–1934. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221089544

Martinez, M. A., Glover, K. T., Ota, M., Long, T. A., & Ureta Viroga, M. M. (2024). Sacrificing body and mind: Pretenure women faculty of color, their health, and well-being. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 17(6), 829–842. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000462

Buchanan, M., Martinez, M. A., & Pena, R. M. (n.d.). Mean girls in educational leadership: Overcoming incivility among women. In Incivility and Workplace Toxicity in P-12 Schools: The Causes, Costs, and Solutions for Educational Leaders. Routledge.

Calderone, S., Lozano, M., Serafini, A., & Martinez, M. A. (n.d.). Engaging in plática and photo elicitation to explore cross-racial trust in a woman faculty co-mentoring circle. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education.

Serafini, A., Lozano, M., Calderone, S., & Martinez, M. A. (n.d.). No wom(b)an no cry: Contemplating wom(b)anhood as (In)voluntary childfree education faculty. In Experiences of Child-Free PK-16 Educators: Bias,  Perspectives, and Assumptions. IGI Global.

Davis, D. L., Martinez, M. A., & Pena, R. M. (2024). Navigating quandaries and hard places: The impact of leadership dynamics on the career paths of three BIPOC women assistant principals. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231221113

Martinez, M. A., Glover, K., & Ota, M. (2023). Leadership journey testimonios: Four Latina assistant principals enacting applied critical leadership. Journal of School Leadership, 33(3), 291–312.

Martinez, M. A., & Méndez-Morse, S. (2023). Nuestra invitación a convivir con Latina leaders: A foreword. In Las voces nuevas: Emerging scholarship on Latinas in leadership. CEDER, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Martinez, M. A., & Méndez-Morse, S. (2023). Growing Latina  school leaders: Recruiting and Mentoring as key critical aspects. In S. Rodriguez & N. Mendoza-Reis (Eds.), Baila Conmigo: Mentoring Latinas as School Leaders (pp. 27–45). ICPEL.

Lozano, M., Calderone, S., Martinez, M. A., & Serafini, A. (2023). Gendered lessons in (non)collegiality for women in the academy. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 21(4), 51–63.

Martinez, M. A., Glover, K. T., & Ota, M. (2023). Leadership Journey Testimonios: Four Latina Assistant Principals Enacting Applied Critical Leadership. Journal of School Leadership, 33(3), 291–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846221143038

Serafini, A., Calderone, S., Lozano, M., & Martinez, M. A. (2023). A critical safe, supportive space: a collaborative autoethnography of a woman’s academic mentoring circle. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 12(1), 47–61. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmce-07-2021-0075

Martinez, M. A., & Rivera-McCutchen, R. (2021). The collective and unique contributions of three Latina urban school leaders: Testimonios of advocacy and  resistance. In Handbook of  Urban Educational Leadership (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.

Méndez-Morse, S., & Martinez, M. A. (2021). Why Latina school  leaders? An introduction to this needed book. In Latinas Leading Schools. Information Age Publishing.

Martinez, M. A., & Méndez-Morse, S. (2021). Building a purposefully inclusive future for Latinas in school leadership: Una jornada continua de esperanza, lucha  y triunfo. In Latinas Leading Schools. Information Age Publishing.

Martinez, M. A. (2021). Tenured professor, novice parent: A pandemic tale of love and learning. In Education Professors and Pandemic Parenting. Information Age Publishing.

Martinez, M. A., & Mendez-Morse, S. (Eds.). (2021). Latinas Leading Schools. Information Age Publishing.

Hamilton, M., Meaney, K. S., & Martinez, M. A. (2020). See, Reflect, Act: Using  Equity Audits to Enhance Student Success. Kinesiology Review, 9(4), 324–330. https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2020-0033

Martinez, M. A., Rivera, M., & Marquez, J. (2020). Learning From the Experiences and Development of Latina School Leaders. Educational Administration Quarterly, 56(3), 472–498. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161x19866491

Martinez, M. A., Lewis, K., & Marquez, J. (2020). College Ready at a Cost: Underrepresented Students Overwhelmed, Scared, Increasingly Stressed, and Coping. Education and Urban Society, 52(5), 734–758. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013124519887713

Martinez, M. A., Torres, I., & Lewis, K. (2019). Beyond Posters and Pennants: College-Going Messaging at Three Racially and Economically Diverse Public Schools. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 121(11), 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811912101103

Romo, E., Ozuna-Allen, T., & Martinez, M. A. (2019). “It Was Kind of a Dream Come True”: Undocumented College Students’ Testimonios of Cultural Wealth in the College Choice Process. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 18(4), 389–409. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717752816

Martinez, M. A. (2018). From student to professor: How Hispanics are fairing as faculty in higher education. In A. de los Santos Jr., G. Keller, R. Tannenbaum, & A. Acereda (Eds.), New Directions: Assessment and Academic Preparation of Hispanic College Students (pp. 69–80). Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press.

Martinez, M. A., Niño, J. M., & Torres, I. (2018). Examining intersectionalities among male faculty of color on the tenure-track. Intersections: Critical Issues in Education, 2(2), 57–75.

Martinez, M. A., Valle, F., Cortez, L. J., Ponjuan, L., & Sáenz, V. B. (2018). Context Is Key: School Leaders’ Approaches in Creating and Maintaining Dual Enrollment Opportunities in South Texas. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 17(4), 516–540. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2017.1326149

Rodriguez, C., Martinez, M. A., & Valle, F. (2018). Latino educational leadership: Serving Latino communities and preparing Latina/o leaders across the P-20 pipeline. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Rodriguez, C., Martinez, M. A., & Valle, F. (2018). Evolving Latino Leadership: For Latino  Communities and Latinx leaders across the P-20 pipeline. In A. G. de los Santos Jr., L. Rendon, G. F. Keller, A. Acereda, E. M. Bensimon, & R. J. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Latino educational leadership: Serving Latino communities  and preparing Latinx leaders across the P-20 pipeline (pp. 89–106). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Martinez, M. A., Vega, D., & Marquez, J. (2018). Latinx students’ experiences with college access and preparation at college preparatory charter schools. Journal of Latinos and Education.

Martinez, M. A. (2017). College-going culture and college readiness complexities: A case study of three racially and economically diverse Texas high schools. Greater Texas Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.greatertexasfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Martinez-FINAL-2017.pdf

Haber-Curran, P., Everman, D., & Martinez, M. A. (2017). Mentors’ personal growth and development in a college access mentorship program. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2017.1403558

Martinez, M. A., Everman, D., & Haber-Curran, P. (2017). A college outreach mentorship program for high school students: Considering college student mentors’ roles and perspectives. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 1(1). Retrieved from http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/collaborations/?utm_source=scholarlyrepository.miami.edu%2Fcollaborations%2Fvol1%2Fiss1%2F8&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages

Martinez, M. A., & Everman, D. (2017). Fostering a College-Going Culture for Historically Underserved Students: One Principal’s Role. Journal of School Leadership, 27(2), 242–268. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461702700204

Cantu, Y., Rocha, P., & Martinez, M. A. (2016). Shock, chaos, and change: An elementary school turned upside down. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 19(2), 75–81.

Welton, A. D., Williams, M., Caldwell, P. H., & Martinez, M. (2016). First-generation, Pretenure faculty of color navigating the language of academia. In N. N. Croom & T. E. Marsh (Eds.), Envisioning a critical race praxis for leadership: Critical race counter-stories across the P-20 pipeline. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Martinez, M. A. (2016). La evolución desde una frontera a otra: Reflections, writings, and  practices in social justice and multicultural advocacy. In F. E. Obiakor & J. Martinez (Eds.), Latin@ Voices in Multicultural Education: From Invisibility to Visibility in Higher Education (pp. 69–80). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Martinez, M. A., Marquez, J., Cantú, Y., & Rocha, P. (2016). Ternura y tenacidad: Testimonios of Latina school leaders. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 10(3), 11–29. Retrieved from http://amaejournal.utsa.edu/index.php/amae/article/view/307

Martinez, M. A., & Marquez, J. (2016, August). Teachers College Record. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Martinez, M. A., Chang, A., & Welton, A. D. (2016). Assistant professors of color confront the inequitable terrain of the academy: A community cultural wealth perspective. Race Ethnicity and Education. Race Ethnicity and Education, 20(5), 697–710.

Martinez, M. A. (2016). The college-going culture and college readiness efforts at three Texas  high schools: Brief synopsis of the study’s progress. Bryan, Texas: Greater Texas Foundation.

Martinez, M. A. (2015). Engaging aspiring educational leaders in critical self-reflection regarding race and privilege. Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2015.1095727

Martinez, M. A., Hamilton, M., Castaneda, E., Francis, L., & Corcoran, A. (2015). Helping diminish the college knowledge and access divide: The development of a college outreach camp to serve community needs. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 8(2), 86–96.

Rodriguez, C., Martinez, M. A., & Valle, F. (2015). Latino educational leadership across the pipeline: For Latino communities and Latina/o leaders. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192715612914

Sáenz, V. B., Martinez, M., Cortez, L. J., Ponjuan, L., & Valle, F. (2015). Charting a new course: An examination of dual enrollment pathways & programs in the Rio Grande Valley.

Martinez, M. A. (2015). Increasing college readiness and creating a college culture at Texas high schools serving low-income students and students of color. Greater Texas Foundation.

Cortez, L. J., Martinez, M., Alsandor, D., Chang, A., & Welton, A. D. (2015). Nuestras raizes ground us: Connecting comunidad and cultura to who we are as Latina/o faculty. In F. Hernandez, E. Murakami, & G. Rodriguez (Eds.), Abriendo Puertas, Cerrando Heridas (Opening Doors, Closing Wounds): Latina/os Findings Work-Life Balance in Academia. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Martinez, M. A., & Welton, A. D. (2015). Straddling cultures, identities, and inconsistencies: Voices of pre-tenure faculty of color in educational leadership. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 12(2), 122–142. https://doi.org/10.1177/1942775115606177

Cortez, L. J., Martinez, M. A., & Saenz, V. B. (2014). Por los ojos de madres: Latina mothers’ understandings of college readiness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 27(7), 877–900. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2013.805851

Martinez, M. A., & Cortez, L. J. (2014). Mentoring Faculty of Color. Essays on Professional Development and Advancement in Colleges and Universities [Review of the book]. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies.

Martinez, M. A. (2014). My Relationship with academia as a Latina scholar. In W. Sherman Newcomb (Ed.), Continuing to disrupt the status quo? Young and new women professors of educational leadership. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Martinez, M. A. (2014). Questions of ethics and loyalty: An assistant principal’s tale. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 17(4), 66–77.

Martinez, M. A. (2014). Questions of Ethics and Loyalty. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 17(4), 66–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458914549668

Martinez, M., Alsandor, D. J., Cortez, L. J., Welton, A. D., & Chang, A. (2014). We are stronger together: Reflective testimonios of female scholars of color in a research and writing collective. International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2014.969698

Martinez, M. A., & Welton, A. D. (2014). Examining College Opportunity Structures for Students of Color at High-“Minority,” High-Poverty Secondary Schools in Texas. Journal of School Leadership, 24(5), 800–841. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461402400501

Martinez, M. (2014). College information, support, and opportunities for all? Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 17(2), 94–107.

Welton, A. D., & Martinez, M. A. (2014). Erratum to: Coloring the College Pathway: A More Culturally Responsive Approach to College Readiness and Access for Students of Color in Secondary Schools. The Urban Review, 46(2), 224–224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-014-0283-8

Martinez, M. A. (2013). (Re)considering the role familismo plays in Latina/o high school students’ college choices. The High School Journal, 97(1), 21–40. https://doi.org/10.135/hsj.2013.0019

Chang, A., Welton, A. D., Martinez, M., & Cortez, L. J. (2013). Becoming academicians: A critical ethnographic analysis of the figured worlds of underrepresented female faculty. Negro Educational Review, 64(4-Jan), 97–118.

Martinez, M. A. (2013). Helping Latina/o students navigate the college choice process: Considerations for secondary school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 11(1). Retrieved from http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v11n1.pdf

Martinez, M. A., Cortez, L. J., & Saenz, V. B. (2013). Latino parents’ perceptions of the role of schools in college readiness. Journal of Latinos and Education, 12(2), 108–120. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2012.745402

Martinez, M. A. (2012). Wealth, stereotypes, and issues of prestige: The college choice experience of Mexican American students within a community context. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 11(1), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192711428992

Saenz, V. B., Rodriguez, A. A., Martinez, M. A., & Romo, E. (2011). The college pathways of foreign-born and native-born Latina/o college students at four-year institutions. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 5(1), 31–40.

Yamamura, E. K., Martinez, M. A., & Saenz, V. B. (2010). Moving beyond high school  expectations: Examining stakeholders’ responsibility for increasing Latina/o  students’ college readiness. The High School Journal, 93(3), 126–148.

SÁenz, V. B., Yamamura, E. K., Cabrera, N., Lopez, P. D., Martinez, M., Aguilar, A., & NÁjera, T. (2008). College readiness in the Rio Grande Valley: Affirming  our expectations, ackwledging our responsibilities, and accepting the challenge to do something about it. Texas Valley Communities Foundation.