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Portrait of Dr. Luz Alba Murillo Benjumea

Dr. Luz Alba Murillo Benjumea

  • Associate Professor at Curriculum And Instruction, College of Education

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, Texas State University Scholarships BOSS. November 30, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Academic Governance Committee. September 1, 2021 - Present.
  • Chair, Chair of the Department Scholarship Committee. January 7, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, World Education Research Association. January 7, 2019 - Present.
  • Spanish Reading Tutor, Plum Creek Elementary School. October 10, 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Anthropology & Education Quarterly. September 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Hispanic Policy Network. March 1, 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reading Teacher. September 1, 2016 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Latinos & Education. August 2015 - Present.

2025

  • Texas State University: Applicant Reviewer, Charles Butt Foundation Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers, 2025. February 10, 2025 - February 28, 2025.

2024

  • Co-Chair, Council of Anthropology & Education: Multilingualism & Multiliteracies Subcommittee # 2. August 25, 2022 - March 27, 2024.
  • Attendee / Participant, San Marcos Green Alliance Annual Meeting. February 24, 2024.

2022

  • Alma Brewer Elementary School. September 20, 2022.
  • Chair, BOSS TXST. 2022 - April 30, 2022.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Colorado Denver. May 5, 2020 - August 17, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Colorado-Denver. July 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020.
  • Participant, Curriculum & Instruction BOSS scholarships review. March 20, 2020.

2019

  • Organizer, “Leyendo, Cantando y Comiendo en el Día de Los Muertos con Xavier Garza”. November 7, 2019.
  • Member, J Richard Parker Award-Literacy Research Association. June 2016 - July 2019.
  • Organizer, Latinx Languages and identities beyond borders. March 7, 2019.
  • Organizer, Jonathan Rosa: Raciolinguistics: The Interplay of Race and Language in the School Success and Failure of Linguistically Diverse Learners. March 7, 2019.
  • Member, Bobcat Days. February 16, 2019.

2018

  • Member, Oscar Causey Award Committee/Literacy Research Association. August 2015 - July 2018.
  • Workshop: Reading aloud & Reader's theater with bilingual books, The Reading Council at Texas State. April 10, 2018.
  • Member, C and I Scholarship Committee. February 2018 - March 2018.

2017

  • Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Education Committee, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2016 - 2017.
  • Member, Equal Opportunity and Inclusion Committee, University Faculty Senate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2016 - 2017.
  • Member, Executive Committee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2015 - 2017.
  • Mentor, James Scholar student. 2015 - 2017.
  • Affiliate Faculty, Department of Latina/o Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2014 - 2017.

2016

  • Member, Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Education Committee, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2014 - 2016.
  • Member, Champaign Unit 4 School District. October 2015 - June 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer, UIUC College of Education Graduate Student Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2015.
  • Spanish Literacy Tutor, Garden Hills Elementary School After-School Program, Champaign Unit 4 Schools, Champaign, IL. 2014 - 2015.
  • Organizer, Champaign Unit 4 Schools. October 1, 2015.
  • Other, Champaign Unit 4 Schools. September 17, 2015.
  • Other, Rantoul Multicultural Community Center. June 15, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Experimental Education. March 2015 - April 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Language Arts/National Council of Teachers of English. February 22, 2015 - February 28, 2015.
  • Member, Champaign District 4. February 12, 2015.

2014

  • Spanish literacy tutor, (Second grade) Garden Hills Elementary School. Champaign, IL. 2014.
  • Chair, Student Code Of Conduct Committee, University of Texas Pan American. 2013 - 2014.
  • College of Education Representative, Faculty Research Council, University of Texas Pan American. 2012 - 2014.
  • Member, Executive Committee, Academic Senate, University of Texas Pan American. 2012 - 2014.
  • Apasionados por la lectura. Family Literacy Program. 2009 - 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Education Research Association. August 4, 2014 - September 2, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Literacy Research Association. May 2014 - June 2014.

2013

  • Chair of the Roundtable, Latinas in the fight for the inclusion of the Mexican American history and culture in education in South Texas, at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies NACCS Tejas Conference, Edinburg, University of Texas Pan American. 2013.
  • Member, The University of Texas Pan- American, Undergraduate Research Initiative Advisory Board. 2013.
  • Member, Committee on Clinical Faculty Criteria, University of Texas Pan American. 2013.
  • Oral language interviews for applicants to the Reading Specialist Option of the Reading and Literacy M.Ed. program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. 2013.
  • Mexican American Studies Faculty Affiliate, University of Texas Pan American. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Proportional Representation in the Senate, University of Texas Pan American. 2012 - 2013.
  • Senator, Academic Senate. 2010 - 2013.
  • Member, Continuing Education Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. 2010 - 2013.
  • University Writing Center Hiring Committee, University of Texas Pan American. June 2013.
  • Diversity, respect, and open-mindedness. Session presented at the Fitness to Teach Academy, a professional induction for pre-service teachers, University of Texas Pan American. May 31, 2013.
  • Graduate Reception/Recruitment Social Planning for the Reading and Literacy M.Ed. Program, with Dr. Janine Schall, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. May 2, 2013.
  • Helping recruit new students at the UTPA Expo, University of Texas Pan American. March 29, 2013.
  • FESTIVA faculty escort for writers Winfred Conklin and Gwendolyn Zepeda to Diaz Villareal Elementary School, University of Texas Pan American. March 20, 2013.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee, University of Texas Pan American. January 2009 - January 2013.

2012

  • Grand Marshall, College of Education and College of Health Sciences and Human Services, University of Texas Pan American. 2012.
  • Co-Master of Ceremony College Graduate Hooding Ceremony, University of Texas Pan American. 2012.
  • Tutor Training Program, College Reading and Learning Association/University Writing Center, University of Texas Pan American. 2011 - 2012.
  • Attended, El Retorno. Gloria Anzaldua’s geographies of the soul. Mexican American Studies. The University of Texas Pan American. Edinburg, TX. May 2012.
  • Certificate of appreciation, Bilingual Education Student Organization (BESO), University of Texas Pan American. “Documenting Family Literacy/Biliteracy Practices in the RGV.”. May 2012.
  • Attended, Festival of International Books and Arts. Librarians and Educators day. The University of Texas Pan American. Edinburg, TX. March 2012.

2011

  • Member, Search Committee for Faculty Position in Early Childhood, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. 2011.
  • La importancia del desarrollo de la lecto-escritura: Lo que los padres pueden hacer desde que los hijos nacen. Family workshop with 200 parents in Hidalgo ISD. Hidalgo, TX. December 2011.
  • Apoyando el desarrollo de la matemática en el hogar a través de la lectura y la escritura. Family Literacy Workshops at the Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA), University of Texas Pan American. With Zulmaris Díaz. April 2011.

2009

  • Member, Regent’s Teaching Award Nomination Committee. 2009.
  • Other, Admissions Committee, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership College of Education, University of Texas Pan American. 2009.

2004

  • Member, Colombian National Commission for the Design of a Doctoral Program in Education and Cultural Diversity, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. 2004.
  • Research Project Evaluator, Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology (COLCIENCIAS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. 2001 - 2004.