Editorial Board Membership
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Journal of Childhood Studies
International Journal of Early Years Education
Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology
Advisory Board Membership
Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street, New York City
Women-Space
Watershed Community School, Child/hoods Research Collective
Appointments, Awards & Recognitions
Velma E. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Early Childhood Education, University of North Texas, 2022 to present
Mid-Career Award, American Educational Research Association, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education SIG, Spring 2020
Host Chair, 27th International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference, Oct 31-Nov 5, 2019
Interim Associate Dean for Research, NMSU College of Education, Spring/Summer/Fall 2019
Co-Founder, Glass Family Research Institute for Early Childhood Studies, New Mexico State University, 2019
J.Paul Taylor Endowed Professorship, New Mexico State University, 2018-2022
Co-Authored Article Named Top Five in “Most Read Education Research Articles of 2017” for AERA’s Review of Research in Education. Pérez, M. S., & Saavedra, C.M. (2017). A call for onto-epistemological diversity in early childhood education and care: Centering global south conceptualizations of childhood/s. Review of Research in Education, 41(1), 1-29.
Elected SIG Chair (2017-2018) & Co-Program Chair (2015-2017), Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education, American Educational Research Association
Dean's Excellence in Research Faculty Award, College of Education, New Mexico State University, Fall 2015
Exceptional Achievement in Creative Scholarly Activity, Early Career Award, University Research Council, New Mexico State University, Fall 2014
Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Association, Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education SIG, Spring 2011