Biography and expertise
Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education at Texas State University. Her work seeks to understand the relationship between Latinx immigrant parents and schools in the early grades, and privileges parent voices to demonstrate ways in which stakeholders can have more reciprocal types of relationships. Using video-cued ethnography, she examines how the ideas and experiences of school stakeholders compare across different communities. Dr. Colegrove has published in the journals of Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Research Journal, Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education. She has conducted research projects in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Chile. Dr. Colegrove received her Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education from The University of Texas at Austin.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Curriculum and Instruction
Early Childhood Education
University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Master's Degree
MED in Elementary Education - Bilingual/Bicultural
Texas State University, 2006
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Child and Adolescent Development
San Francisco State University, 2003
Featured grants
- Colegrove, Kiyomi Sanchez-Suzuki. Effectively preparing teachers to promote language acquisition and school success among linguistically diverse students, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2021, Funded: 2022). Grant.
- Colegrove, Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki (Principal), Huerta, Mary Esther (Principal). COE Scholar-Mentor Program, College of Education, Texas State University, $500. (Submitted: October 2015, Funded: 2016). Grant.
- Colegrove, Kiyomi Sanchez-Suzuki. Examining issues in education while addressing new trends in immigration in Chile, Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Latin American Research Program, Texas State University, $500. (Submitted: April 2024). Grant.
- Colegrove, Kiyomi Sanchez-Suzuki (Principal), McManus, Molly (Co-Principal), Zuñiga, Christian (Co-Principal). Developing teacher conscientization using video-cued ethnography to center Latinx immigrant parents’ knowledge of bilingual/bicultural development, Spencer Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $59451. (Funded: March 2023 - Present). Grant.
- Negrete Lagos, B C (Principal), Lara Morales, P R, Gainer, Jesse S (Co-Principal), Lopez, Minda Morren (Co-Principal), Colegrove, Kiyomi Sanchez-Suzuki, O'Malley, Michael P. Migration, Inclusion & Diversity in Texan and Chilean K-12 Schools and Local Communities: MID Texas-Chile Project, 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund Grant, public-private sector collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassies, Partners of the Americas, NAFSA, corporations, and foundations working together to stimulate new higher education partnerships between the United States and the rest of the Western Hemisphere., $24300. (Submitted: June 2018, Funded: November 2018 - October 2019). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Colegrove, K. S.-S. (2019). Working with diverse families. In C. Brown, M. B. McMullen, & N. File (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
- Colegrove, K. S.-S., & Zuñiga, C. E. (2018). Finding and enacting agency: An elementary ESL teacher’s perceptions of teaching and learning in the era of standardized testing. International Multilingual Research Journal, 12(3), 188–202. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2018.1474061
- Colegrove, K. S.-S., & Krause, G. (2017). “Lo hacen tan complicado”: Bridging the perspectives and expectations of mathematics instruction of Latino immigrant parents. Bilingual Research Journal, 40(2), 187–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2017.1310679
- Adair, J. K., Colegrove, K. S.-S., & McManus, M. (2017). How the word gap argument negatively impacts young children of Latinx immigrants’ conceptualization of learning. Harvard Educational Review, 83(3), 309–334. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-87.3.309
- Colegrove, K. S.-S., & Adair, J. K. (2014). Countering deficit thinking: Agency, capabilities and the early learning experiences of children of Latina/o immigrants. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 15(2), 122–135. https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2014.15.2.122
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Education Achievement Award for Excellence in Academic/Creative Activities, Texas State University. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Council on Anthropology and Education's 2021 Outstanding Book Award, American Anthropological Association. 2021 - November 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: American Educational Research Association’s Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education 2021 Emerging Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association. 2021 - April 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Education Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. 2018
Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
External Reviewer for Tenured and Promotion
- Member
Texas Association for Bilingual Education Higher Education Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
Revista Bilingue
- Reviewer / Referee
Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics
- Other
Young Children
- Member
Facilities Committee