Editorial Board Membership

Review of Educational Research
 
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Journal of Childhood Studies        
                                   
International Journal of Early Years Education    

                       
Advisory Board Membership

Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street, New York City

Women-Space


Appointments, Awards & Recognitions

Velma E. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Early Childhood Education, University of North Texas, 2022 to present
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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