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Dr. Charise N Pimentel

  • Regents' Teacher - Curriculum And Instruction
Portrait of Dr. Charise N Pimentel

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Education, Culture and Society

University of Utah, 2006

Master's Degree

MA in Psychology

California State University-Chico, 1997

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Spanish

California State University-Chico, 1994

  • Pimentel, Charise N, Assaf, L. Equity and Access Diversity Grant, Office of Equity and Access, Texas State University, $2000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Pimentel, Charise (Principal). Equity and Access Diversity Grant, Office of Equity and Access, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Pimentel, Charise N. Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Latin American Research Grant, Center for International Studies, Institutional (Higher Ed). Grant.
  • Pimentel, Charise (Principal). Equity and Access Grant, Office of Equity and Access, Texas State University, $4200. (Funded: October 2017 - May 2018). Grant.
  • Pimentel, Charise (Principal). Diversity Travel Grant, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Institutional (Higher Ed), $2000. (Funded: 2002). Grant.
  • Pimentel, C. N. (2025). Everyday White Supremacy: A Method for Detecting Interest Convergence in Film Screenwriting. In Critical Race Theory and the American Media. Routledge.
  • Pimentel, C. N. (n.d.). Critical Media Literacy. In Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education (Teaching and Teacher Education Volume). Bloomsbury.
  • Balzhiser, D. A., Pimentel, C. N., & Scott, A. E. (2019). “Matters of Form: Questions of Race, Identity, Design, and the U.S. Census Bureau.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2018.1539192
  • Pimentel, C. N., & Busey, C. L. (n.d.). Hollywood films as social studies curriculum: Advancing a critical media literacy approach to analyzing Black male representation. Critical Education.
  • Pimentel, C. N., & Balzhiser, D. A. (2012). Whites’ Panic: The Double Occupancy of Hispanics in the U.S. Census Questions. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 26(3), 311–339.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Service, College of Education. 2026 - 2027
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2024 - 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty Senate. August 2023 - July 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Regents' Teacher Award, The Texas State University System. August 2023 - July 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, International Studies. September 2023 - September 2024
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  1. Organizer

    Telelingo Live Performance

  2. Other

    Bilingual/Biliteracy Elementary Education

  3. Graduate Advisor

    Bilingual/Biliteracy Elementary Education

  4. Other

    Quetzal Critical Film Series, Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University, Texas

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    American Educational Research Association (AERA)

  6. Other

    NABE Journal of Research and Practice

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