Department of Secondary Education
Social Science Education Faculty
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Professor
(813) 974-2817
(813) 974-3837 Fax
cruz@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Office: 308B
Mailing Address:
College of Education
Department of Secondary Education
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave., EDU105
Tampa, FL 33620-5650
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Bachelor's: University of Miami
Master's: Florida International University
Doctorate: Florida International University
Bárbara C. Cruz is Professor of Social Science Education at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include global and multicultural perspectives in education, with an emphasis on ethnic minority students. Other work includes innovative teacher preparation practices, active learning strategies, and textbook bias. In addition to academic publications, she is the author of several Hispanic biographies and young adult books on educational issues such as school dress codes, single sex education, school violence, and civil rights.
Dr. Cruz has received a number of teaching awards and recently received the Association of Educational Publishers 2002 Distinguished Achievement Award Winner in the Learned Article category. That same year she was also honored with the Carter G. Woodson Book Award for Multiethnic Teens and Cultural Identity. That same year she was also honored with the Carter G. Woodson Book Award for Multiethnic Teens and Cultural Identity. In 2006, she again received the Carter G. Woodson Book Award for César Chávez: A Voice for Farmworkers.
Dr. Cruz has published and presented extensively, focusing her research on multicultural and global education and equity issues. For her role as an activist-scholar she has received several awards including the Hispanic Pathways Award (2004), Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award (2003), the FCSS International Relations Award (2002), and the Hispanic Woman of the Year in Education for the city of Tampa (2000).
Recent, Selected Publicaitons
Cruz, B. & Bermudez, P. (2009). A Retrospective on the Global Awareness Program: 1986-2006: Challenges and Future Directions, in Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker (Ed), Leadership and Vision in Global Education: The Globalization of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Teacher Education and Schools. New York: Peter Long.
Cruz, B. & Bermudez, P. (2009). Continuing the Dream: A Case Study of Mentoring in Global Education, in Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker (Ed), Leadership and Vision in Global Education: The Globalization of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Teacher Education and Schools. New York: Peter Long.
Cruz, B. & Thornton, S. (2008). Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners, New York: Routledge Publishers.
Cruz, B. (2008). Triumphs and Struggles for Latino Civil Rights. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.
Cruz, B. & Thornton, S. (2008). Social Studies for All: ESOL Strategies for the Elementary Classroom,” Social Studiesand the Young Learner 21(2), 11-16.
Wilkins, K., Ford, M. Sheffield, C., & Cruz, B. (2008). Images of Struggle and Triumph: Using Picture Books to Teach about the Civil Rights
Movement in the Secondary Classroom, Social Education 72(3), 178-181.
Cruz, B. (2008). “School Textbooks,” Battleground Schools: An Encyclopedia of Conflict and Controversy, edited by Sandra Mathison and E. Wayne Ross (pp. 655-661). Greenwood Press.
Cruz, B. (2008). “Operation Pedro Pan” and “Latina Scientists,” lessons for CD-ROM accompanying the Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Cruz, B. (2007). Stories from Afar: Using Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Teach about Latin America, Social Education 71(4), 170-176.
Cruz, B. (2007). Guest Editor, Special Issue on the Humanities in Latin American Studies, Social Education 71(4).
Cruz, B. & Duplass, J. (2007). The Elementary Teacher’s Guide to the Best Internet Resources: Content, Lesson Plans, Resources, and Standards. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
